A deadly virus threatens 90% of Android devices in the world

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Опасный вирус угрожает 90% Android-устройств в миреGodless is capable to infect devices with Android 5.1 Lollipop and below.

Blog researchers of Trend Micro have discovered a new version of the malicious software Godless (Atheist), has already affected more than 850 thousand devices, reports Phone Arena.

Godless is capable to infect devices with Android 5.1 Lollipop and below. Thus, under the threat turned out to be 90% of all Android devices in the world.

The program opens himself to have root access (root access), so can install new components, to monitor the user to perform almost any action.

Godless is distributed as a component of many applications from Google Play store. It was able to detect as copies of popular games, and simple programs such as a flashlight.

Mostly affected devices belong to users from India and other Asian countries, but also Godless was discovered on smartphones in the United States and Russia.

In order to avoid risks, it is recommended to download and update apps only via Google Play, as well as pre-test developers fear new and untested.

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