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Scam alert: Beware random text messages containing links

Posted on December 25, 2024

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By now you probably know better than to click or tap on links in emails because that’s one of the easiest ways to infect your device with a virus.

After all, once you click a link and visit an infected website, the damage is done.

Well, the same thing is now happening on smartphones as well, only the malware is being spread via text messages.  [Read more…]

Scam alert: Malicious apps can ‘root’ Android devices without the owners’ permission

Posted on July 19, 2021

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One of the great things about modern smartphones and tablets is their ability to run apps that perform a wide variety of useful tasks.

If you can think of something for your device to do on your behalf, there is probably an app for it.

In reality, smartphones and tablets are in fact tiny computers, and the apps they run are actually computer programs, and there’s a downside to that…

Any device that can run a computer program is subject to being attacked by hackers. [Read more…]

Scam alert: Malicious apps could be emailing SPAM and malware in your name

Posted on May 1, 2021

Did you know malicious apps on your Windows 10 machine could be sending spam and virus-laden emails to other people, in your name?

This is taking place right now on unsuspecting users’ PCs, and it’s happening on a massive scale.

[Read more…]

Scam alert: These 16 malicious apps are spawning pop-up ads on Android phones and tablets

Posted on July 28, 2020

I recently wrote about two groups of malicious Android apps that you need to delete from your phone or tablet.

If you missed them you can read those posts here and here.

Well, it’s just been confirmed that yet another group of malicious apps is actively spawning numerous irritating pop-up ads on Android devices as we speak.

[Read more…]

Scam alert: Are any of these apps on your phone or tablet? If so they could be stealing your money!

Posted on April 10, 2020

By now you’re probably familiar with the terms malware and freeware, but now there’s a new term you need to be aware of: Fleeceware

That’s the name security company Sophos has assigned to a new class of malicious mobile apps.

These malicious “fleeceware” apps list themselves as “Free With In-App Purchases” on the app store’s download page.

The problem is they create a fraudulent subscription and start charging you a weekly, monthly or quarterly fee soon after you install them.

Here’s a list of known fleeceware apps that are actively stealing money from unsuspecting users: [Read more…]

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