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How to Remove Agent Smith Virus from your Android Device?

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Guide to Remove Agent Smith Virus Cyber-security is one of the major concerns that the world is dealing with today. Devious variants of Ransomware , Spyware & Viruses seem to sprang up every now & then, to steal personal information of the users & extort money from them. While renowned cyber-security firms assure that most of such issues are under control, the attack of Agent Smith Virus melted the veil away. Agent Smith Virus is a new variant of android phones malware that surfaced to lime-light last week. It has infected over 25 Million Android users around the globe so far, including 15 million mobile devices in India. This new advertising malware is targeting the infected devices with dubious & malicious pop-up ads, when the users open the apps. Reports by Check Point, an Israel-based IT firm, states that Agent Smith Virus is propagating its infection through the unverified apps that are available on third-party app stores. How to Remove...

Android Nemesis MobSTSPY goes global via Google Play

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An Android Spyware disguised as games & utilities struck more than 100,000 victims in 196 countries before being taken out of Google Play. Detected as  ANDROIDOS_MOBSTSPY  & dubbed  MobSTSPY,  the malware initially grabbed attention when it was masqueraded as a called  Flappy Birr Dog . While it is common to find unarmed goods in third party app stores,  MobSTSPY  managed to infiltrate the authentic & reliable App Store i.e. Google Play with at least six different apps in 2018. These apps include: FlashLight, HZPermis Pro Arabe, Win7imulator, Win7Launcher, and Flappy Bird Flappy Birr Dog These apps pose as legitimate & claim to be torches, games & tools for productivity. Some of these have seen 10,000 download from users around the world. Though malware invasion in devices is common, but what makes this case more interesting is the widespread distribution of its applications. Among the countries where the malware is sca...