In our country recorded epidemic of a new Trojan Xafekope infecting tablets and smartphones based on OS Android. The existence of such malware said the “Kaspersky Lab”, which, in fact, found him.
Trojan Xafekope is rampant not only in Russia but in other countries, but in Russia account for 61% of cases, while in second place is India with 21%. According to experts, a virtual plague has come to us from neighboring China, but this is only a preview, the main similarity Xafekope early appeared a Trojan Ztorg with roots from the same China. It is believed that some hackers simply bought code from others and have made a number of changes. Xafekope Trojan being installed on the mobile device, independently opens the link and sends messages to subscribe to paid services.
And all is so serious that even this malware is able to bypass the captcha and confirm your subscription on the websites of the four major Telecom operators of Russia. It is possible that they also involved in all this. But that’s not all: if the phone number is tied auto-refill with a credit card, the subscription to the paid services with Xafekope can greatly reduce its balance sheet behind the scenes. Be sure to check your mobile gadget with modern antivirus and do not install applications from untrusted sources.
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