Spammy app detection systems and methods

A spammy app detection system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium;
• and
• stored instructions translatable by the processor to perform:
• sending a request to a network server for updates on a page monitored by the spammy app detection system;
• receiving, from the network server, the updates on the page monitored by the spammy app detection system;
• analyzing the updates on the page monitored by the spammy app detection system;
• determining, based at least on the analyzing, that a new app is interacting with the page monitored by the spammy app detection system;
• processing the new app through a plurality of spammy app detection stages, including:
• determining whether the new app is a known fraudulent application;
• determining whether a poster of the new app is a known spammy user;
• determining whether the new app is similar to a known fraudulent application, the determining including comparing the new app with the known fraudulent application;
• and
• determining whether the new app is posting anomalously to the page through a plurality of user accounts;
• identifying the new app as a benign application in response to the new app passing the plurality of spammy app detection stages, or as a spammy app in response to the new app failing any of the plurality of spammy app detection stages.

A computer program product for spammy app detection, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions translatable by a processor of a spammy app detection system for:

• sending a request to a network server for updates on a page monitored by the spammy app detection system;
• receiving, from the network server, the updates on the page monitored by the spammy app detection system;
• analyzing the updates on the page monitored by the spammy app detection system;
• determining, based at least on the analyzing, that a new app is interacting with the page monitored by the spammy app detection system;
• processing the new app through a plurality of spammy app detection stages, including:
• determining whether the new app is a known fraudulent application;
• determining whether a poster of the new app is a known spammy user;
• determining whether the new app is similar to a known fraudulent application, the determining including comparing the new app with the known fraudulent application;
• and
• determining whether the new app is posting anomalously to the page through a plurality of user accounts;
• identifying the new app as a benign application in response to the new app passing the plurality of spammy app detection stages, or as a spammy app in response to the new app failing any of the plurality of spammy app detection stages.