It is not the first time this has happened, nor will it be the last. Suddenly, it is discovered that several of the apps from the same developer are infected with malware that, as you can imagine, puts all the content stored on the victims of those who have installed them at risk.
On this occasion, we have a total of about 8 applications developed by Yobi Mobi that have even started to advertise on other platforms such as Facebook with the intention of increasing the number of victims. Therefore, if you have seen one of them advertised or installed it without knowing what they hide in the shadows, we encourage you to uninstall them immediately.
At the moment, all of them add up to almost 50 million downloads , which means that a large number of people have already taken a bite and have all their data exposed and in danger. These 8 applications with millions of downloads could be:
- Weather Home – Local Forecast
- Big Keyboard & Home Screen
- Email Home – Email Homescreen
- Messenger Lite – SMS Launcher
- Messenger Home – SMS Launcher
- My Theme Home – Launcher with
- News Home: News Home Screen
- Social Home Widget and Launcher
In our country it seems that the downloads have been fewer, but even so, it never hurts to take a look at your list of installed applications in case you have one of those mentioned. Also, if you see that your mobile seems to have gone crazy, it is likely that a virus has slipped in without you knowing it.
Are they that dangerous?
The first symptom that your smartphone is infected, by one of these or any other application that hides malicious files inside, is that it would work much slower than just a few days ago. Likewise, you will also notice increased overheating on the phone , which is due to these applications making the device’s CPU work much harder. And you already know that the heat does not bring anything good to the phone, also causing battery wear.
Regarding these specific apps from the developer Yobi Mobi , when you install one of the mentioned ones, the first thing that will happen is that you will receive a fake notification generated by the application. It pretends to be a security notification from the operating system whose intention is that you click on it to grant it the necessary permissions to set it as default. Since it is a notification that pretends to be from the same system, there are many who fall for it.
Once on their networks, these apps will start displaying ads of all kinds on the phone , consuming memory space and spoiling the user experience. Right off the bat you will see how your smartphone is filled with advertising pop-up windows, at the same time that ads appear in the notification bar and the shortcut menu of your mobile phone. In addition, it is a virus that also has the ability to imitate the Google search bar , therefore, every time you use this bar instead of using the Google engine, you will use an unknown browser, exposing all the information you enter. in the same.
