Malicious software codes are still one of the major problems of Android smartphone and tablet users. Their number is growing like a bet. In addition, malicious codes for it are becoming more and more dangerous for end users, and their authors are becoming more sophisticated every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More and more infected applications find their way to the Google Play online store, which was recently shown again by the security experts of the web portal Dr. Web. This time they discovered malware that was infected with relatively annoying malicious code. It was able to recognize the content of the notes, copy them and transfer them to a remote server. In addition, it could also modify data and perform other malicious tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Malicious code was hidden in as many as 101 mobile apps, which were downloaded a total of 421 million times. A complete list of malicious applications is available at THESE<\/a> web link. Among the most "popular" malicious applications we find Noizz (at least 100 million downloads), Zapya (idem), VFly (at least 50 million downloads), MVBit (idem) and Biugo (idem).<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have installed any of the malicious apps on your Android mobile device, delete them immediately. Better yet, just reset the phone to factory settings. Also, make sure that your mobile device is up-to-date and that you have the appropriate anti-virus protection installed on it.<\/p>\n