Thursday 9 February 2012

Beware From Pirated Apps

Apps increases the capacity and function of Mobile phones. Popularity of Apps by Mobile users takes advantages by Cyber Criminal as they makes Pirated apps to steal the informations from mobiles. As people takes interest in mobile internet, they surf their favourite sites through mobile, if they are using Pirated Apps in their mobile it beomes more easy to Cyber Criminals to hack their accounts. Recently, Android users who download a Pirated Copy of the Walk and Text Application are strolling smack into trouble. The pirated version of Walk and Text is Walkinwat. It can be found in many third-party apps stores in North America and  China, uses a smartphone's camera to show users what's in front of them as they are walking and texting.

 Once Walkinwat is downloaded, a dialogue box appears on the user's phone that according to Symentec, gives the appearence that the app is in the process of being compromised or cracked wherease in fact, the app is gathering and attempting to send back sensitive data as name, contact list, phone number, IMEI number, messages etc. to an external server.

Trozen Virus are most dangerous if they are cracked in apps. It is most famous and favourite amongs the Cyber Criminals. Trozen Virus has the capacity to collect the informations from the phones and send it to hackers.

How To Save Your Phone From Pirated Apps :-

  • Download apps only from Trusted and Certified Sites. These Sites buy apps directly from companies so there is no chance of piracy. Certified Sites Also Detects such apps which are malfunction.
  • Install Antivirus program and if your phone support Firewall then must install it and update regularly.
  • If you can then buy apps and install. Dont install free apps in your mobile. Trial version apps provides an idea to buy an apps or not.  

1 comment:

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