A particularly nasty piece of Android malware has been discovered by security experts AVG. It’s being called PowerOffHijack, and it’s capable of fooling you into thinking a phone is turned off, but instead it remains covertly active – and potentially spying on your every move.
MALWARE WORKS AFTER SWITCHING OFF MOBILES
According to AVG’s research, when users presses the power button on their device, a fake dialog box is shown. The malware mimics the shutdown animation and the device appears to be off, but actually remains on, the phone will stay on. Behind a black screen, the malware could enable the device to make calls, send out messages, or even access the camera app. All without your knowledge or permission and giving the malicious program freedom to move around on the device and steal data.
EASY STEPS TO GET RID OF POWEROFFHIJACK
In order to get rid of PowerOffHijack malware, users are advised to take some simple steps:
To restart infected device manually just take out the battery.
Remove malicious, untrusted and useless apps from your Android device.
Do not install apps from 3rd Party app stores.
Make sure you have a good anti-virus installed and updated on your mobile devices. AVG antivirus product can detect PowerOffHijack malware.
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