Malware: A security panic for Android phone user!
Before installing the app on your smartphone, you need to consider whether it is safe or not. If these harmful apps are installed on your Android phone, it can intentionally steal your personal information. Just as there are millions of app to speed up the use of smartphones, there are also a number of malicious software and malware that cause various problems. The biggest threat to the use of smart devices is malware. Viruses, Worms, Trojans. Malware is an acronym for Malicious Software.
Recently, 'Joker' malware has once again become a terrible for Android phone users. This Malware enters the Google Play Store in the guise of a real app. When it attacks someone's smartphone or other device, it can take access to SMS. The miscreants can grab all the contact list and device information to use the Joker malware. This threatens the privacy of the user.
This year, Google announced that Joker malware was in the Play Store. This harmful program has been in the Google Play Store since 2016. Google cited this as the longest-running risk they've ever had to deal with.
The reason for the panic over the malware is that in addition to raising concerns about privacy, the Joker may secretly launch an app subscription or purchase premium services or apps on a website. Google has already removed malware from 11 malicious apps. Several Joker malware apps have been uploaded to the Google Play Store. It is proved that the Joker malware is silently interacting with various ad-filled websites and stealing SMS, contact lists and device information from mobile devices.
To keep our device safe, we must always have the right knowledge to avoid malware.
This post is my original post and published in my another blog HERE
How can we recognize a malware? I will like to be educated on this topic because sometimes we innocently install an application without knowing what it can do.
if we download file from various unknown site. then it has chance to be malware.