For smartphone users, the difficulties are not being named less. In such a situation, another cybersecurity company has asked users to be careful. Kaspersky Labs has detected a virus that cannot be easily deleted. At the same time, now around 250 crore smartphones worldwide are under threat from this virus.
According to Kaspersky Labs, the security company has detected a virus named Exhelper on the mobile app marketplace. Hackers are leaking private data of users through this virus. Also, hackers are trying to defraud users. The report further states that this malware transmits users' smartphones through the Fake Cleaner app and it is completely hidden after downloading in the app. At the same time, users are not able to see this virus neither on the home screen nor in the program menu.
Users can see this dangerous virus mobile app in the list of installed apps by going to Android system settings. At the same time, it has been reported from Kaspersky's report that the company detected the virus after checking the Trojan-Dropper.AndroidOS.Helper.h sample.
Cyber experts believe that this virus is very dangerous. Hackers easily access users' data through this virus. At the same time, when users try to delete the app affected by this virus, it is automatically installed in the device. On the other hand, the company says that the Exhelper virus cannot be considered completely safe only after removing it from the phone.
Earlier, a checkpoint report was revealed which claimed that there are 56 mobile apps in the Google Play Store, which are infected with the virus. According to the report, 56 mobile apps have 24 games or puzzles and 32 utility apps. It is worth noting that these apps have been downloaded 10 million times. Also, the report further states that as soon as these apps are installed, the virus also gets automatically downloaded into the device, which greatly increases the risk of data leaking.
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