Practical Reason To Ditch Your Android Phone And Switch Over To An iPhone
This is the news coming out of China where lack of Google official app store has allowed hackers to access half a million Android powered handset. The missing Play Store has forced many developers to launch their own app store, which is not only creating isolated marketplace but also allowing hackers to plant trojans and malwares without much difficulty.
Recently, mobile security experts have published their findings concerning a new Android spyware that has very damaging capability to generate totally illegal purchases, in addition to being able to gain access to banking accounts particulars or any credit cards linked to the bank account and acquire details about any prior expenditures, which have been made applying the details. The finding alone presents a very straining image of the situation; however, when you take into account that malware is already present on more than 500,000 Android phones in China; the problem seems almost impossible to solve in a short period.
The Android virus called Trojan!SMSZombie was, in fact, identified only last month by an antivirus solution provider, interesting part revealed by the firm is that the virus has its own integrated protective components that behave as a survival tool in adverse situation. The new Android virus commonly comes inlaid with various Android wallpapers and similar customization apps and has the capability to deploy itself on the handset. The reality that plenty of Chinese buyers use Text message to make a purchase enable the trojan to intercept fiscal information from inbound and outbound SMS
So, if you have recently downloaded a new wallpaper app and noticing that it is asking you to install additional files, then the chances are that your Android phone is already infected by the notorious Android virus SMSZombie. You can use TrustGo’s Android trojan detection apps to get more info.
