Signs To Know If Your Smartphone Has Been Infected By A Virus.
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It can be fun downloading things from the net, sharing things within our selves, surfing through lots of websites and so on. But, most times, we ignore certain things which could cause serious harm to our smartphones. As the world of tech is evolving at a very fast pace, so are new flaws or loopholes beign detected in such systems.
What's A Virus??
A virus can simply be defined as a software that is capable of reproducing itself and affecting the way other softwares work.
There certain sign that are noticeable on infected systems(smartphones) and that is our discussion today.
These Signs Are As Follows:
Detection Of New Apps:
When all of a sudden you start noticing new apps which you are quiet sure you didn't install, then theres a possibility that your smartphone has been hijacked by a virus. Of course there's a remedy to this problem.
Detection Of Ads On Your Home Screen:
When you start seeing irrelevant ads on your home screen, this indicates that your smartphone has been hijacked by a very stubborn anti-virus. This kind of virus can be a pain in the ass and are very difficult to remove. It requires one with high skill to remove. In otherwords it requires rom flashing to remove because this kind of viruses attach themselves to root system files and folders making them difficult to remove
Exorbitant Data Usage Consumption:
Some viruses in other to initiate some actions like running ads on your smartphone's background, make use of your mobile Internet data connection whenever they detect that it has been turned on. Anytime you notice such increment in data usage, then there's a higher tendency for virus Infection.
App Crashes:
All of a sudden those apps you use on a daily basis that works quiet fine start crashing, it could be an indication of virus infection.
That sounds scary.. I actually thought my phone is perfectly fine, but it seems like I could have a virus on mine too. I have a bunch of apps that start crashing, even when I just opened them. I thought it might be cause I've got this phone since a couple of years, but I guess it could be something serious this time! I can't wait to read more about it, it's very helpful :)
@theywillkillyou Oops so sorry for taking so long to reply you. Yeah... that probs you got about your apps crashing could be as a result of a virus. In my next post, I would write about a possible fix for it. Thanks for stopping by, means a lot to me. At least I have a reader out there. ☺️ @theywillkillyou
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