<s>
CamScanner	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Chinese	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
first	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
that	O
allows	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
image	B-Application
scanners	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
'	O
scan	O
 '	O
documents	O
(	O
by	O
taking	O
a	O
photo	O
with	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
camera	O
)	O
and	O
share	O
the	O
photo	O
as	O
either	O
a	O
JPEG	O
or	O
PDF	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
app	O
is	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
on	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Apple	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Russian	O
cyber	O
security	O
company	O
Kaspersky	O
Lab	O
discovered	O
that	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
app	O
distributed	O
an	O
advertising	O
library	O
containing	O
a	O
Trojan	O
Dropper	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
some	O
apps	O
preinstalled	O
on	O
several	O
Chinese	O
mobiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
advertising	O
library	O
decrypts	O
a	O
Zip	B-General_Concept
archive	I-General_Concept
which	O
subsequently	O
downloads	O
additional	O
files	O
from	O
servers	O
controlled	O
by	O
hackers	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
hackers	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
device	O
,	O
including	O
by	O
showing	O
intrusive	O
advertising	O
or	O
charging	O
paid	O
subscriptions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
with	O
the	O
advertising	O
library	O
removed	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
Store	I-Application
as	O
of	O
September	O
5	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaspersky	O
later	O
acknowledged	O
"	O
We	O
appreciate	O
the	O
willingness	O
to	O
cooperate	O
that	O
we	O
've	O
seen	O
from	O
CamScanner	B-Application
representatives	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
responsible	O
attitude	O
to	O
user	O
safety	O
they	O
demonstrated	O
while	O
eliminating	O
the	O
threat	O
…	O
The	O
malicious	O
modules	O
were	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
app	O
immediately	O
upon	O
Kaspersky	O
's	O
warning	O
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
has	O
restored	O
the	O
app.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
as	O
tensions	O
along	O
the	O
Line	O
of	O
Actual	O
Control	O
between	O
China	O
and	O
India	O
continued	O
,	O
the	O
Government	O
of	O
India	O
decided	O
to	O
ban	O
118	O
Chinese	O
apps	O
,	O
including	O
TikTok	B-Application
and	O
CamScanner	B-Application
citing	O
data	O
and	O
privacy	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
5	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
US	O
President	O
Donald	O
Trump	O
signed	O
an	O
executive	O
order	O
banning	O
Alipay	O
,	O
Tencent	O
's	O
QQ	O
,	O
QQ	O
Wallet	O
,	O
WeChat	O
Pay	O
,	O
CamScanner	B-Application
,	O
Shareit	B-Protocol
,	O
VMate	O
and	O
WPS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
to	O
conduct	O
US	O
transactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Optical	B-Application
character	I-Application
recognition	I-Application
feature	O
recognizes	O
texts	O
in	O
images	O
and	O
extract	O
them	O
from	O
images	O
for	O
later	O
searching	O
,	O
editing	O
or	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CamScanner	B-Application
support	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
format	O
conversion	O
including	O
converting	O
PDF	B-Application
to	O
Word	O
,	O
Excel	O
,	O
PPT	O
,	O
JPG	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
