You may have viruses on your Android phone and you still do not know

[OyaYansa]

When a user downloads an app from Google Play, he thinks it's a totally safe gesture. It is Google who must filter the software that is distributed through its store of apps to prevent that the users end up getting infected by virus for Android, but it is not. The company may try, but at the moment it has not.

This is demonstrated by the study by security firm eZanga, which has analyzed Google Play applications for viruses. The results are surprising, not because of the amount of malware found but because of the way the malware works. The most common modus operandi is not ransomware, but adware or advertising on Android, but in an undetectable way.

According to the report, rather than showing annoying mobile advertising that can not be removed, applications follow a much more subtle method. By installing these malicious apps, you also give permissions to click on advertisements that you can not even see. Automatically consume battery and resources of your smartphones in pushing on fraudulent advertising without you realize.

The automatic consequence is that the companies developing these applications with viruses for Android charge several cents for each click. If they multiply by millions, the benefits also do. The direct hit by this scam are the advertising companies and Google, which after all is the largest intermediary in the sector.

The losses caused are estimated at 6.5 billion dollars a year, an amount not negligible. In addition the panorama is not without desolator, as malware in Android continues to grow and now is the ransomware the new threat for its users.

In theory, Google Play apps should be safe, unlike APK installation files downloaded from third-party websites. We already know and it has been proven that the latter are tremendously dangerous, with several millionaire scams behind them, however should we be suspicious of the Play Store? Apparently yes.

In fact, the test scope of this systematic fraud with malware, virus and adware for Android is the name of one of the applications pointed out by eZanga: ES File Explorer. This app accumulates between 100 and 500 million downloads and has a rating of 4.5 stars. Of course, only malicious code has been found in a cracked and unofficial version of it, causing irreparable damage to the developer company.

Another segment particularly affected by viruses is that of the wallpapers. Many apps offer dynamic, varied wallpapers and other options, albeit not altruistically. They are accessing the permissions of the mobile to be able to make money generating clicks