Some popular applications that you are not secure and harmful
Self report; 6/12/2020: Day
by day we are being more dependable on online facilities. Google Play Store is
popular for the huge availability of every kind of application. People download app from this store whenever
it is needed . But there are some applications that can harm your device. Many people are being deceived by these apps.
Yours personal data are being sold in dark web. But it is revealed that these some applications of this kind have
already been downloaded by billions of people. Which can bring you in dangerous
situation in future.
Several applications were already identified
as malicious in the first quarter of this year.
Recently in the Play Store a fake
alternative to the Arogya Setu built by the Government of India to prevent
corona has been found which is harmful.
These types of applications allow cyber hackers to steal important
information from your phone without your permission. So here is a list of some of the applications
that should be deleted from your phone as those apps are not secure . Your data
is being sold in dark with huge amount but you don’t know. So know about the
applications and delete those from your phone just now.
Fake
WhatsApp Application:- WhatsApp is one of the most used chatting platforms in
the world. So cyber hackers hack the
most using this application. There are
several fake copy applications for this app in the Play Store. At first glance it is not clear that they are
fake applications because the logos of these applications are exactly like the
real WhatsApp. Now it is the question, How you can recognize the real fake by
looking at the name of the company. The
original WhatsApp company is WhatsApp Inc. others are fake, never download any of
those applications.
• Fake
Arogya Setu Application :- Government of India has come up with Aarogya Setu
application to warn people in case of corona virus. But Himachal Pradesh police have already
found several fake Arogya Setu app in the app store. These applications allow you to inject
different types of virus-filled APK files into your smartphone -, viber.apk, normal.apk, , imo.apk, trueC.apk, snap.apk, etc.
Fraudsters can steal your personal information using these apk
files. NIC eGov Mobile Apps is the
original founder of Arogya Setu App.
• Enidesk :- This is an application that allows you to view everything on your phone or computer screen on another phone or computer. You have to allow to access storage also. This is a screen remote sharing application that has already been downloaded many times from the Play Store. Using this application, hackers can steal your important and personal information from your mobile phone or computer without your permission. In addition to Enidesk, the list also includes the name of an application called TeamViewer. Although these are not new but yet people have bot been conscious.
• Viva
Video :- Almost every one use this application . This is one of the most popular
applications. But you don’t know this
very popular video editing application can steal your information. According to a report, Viva Video takes some
dangerous permissions from you. The
Chinese-made video editing application has previously been accused of data
theft. So if you have this application
on your phone, uninstall it. Or you may have to fell in dangerous situation.
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Zoom
App:- In this present situation all group works are going on by online app. And
zoom has become one of the most popular video conferencing app. Now almost every
one using this application . But it is come to know the data of the users are
not secure who are using this application. It is announced from the cyber crime
department to uninstall this app from your device. It is also being heard that
data are being sold in dark web. So be conscious about this. Delete this app
from your phone and download the alternative app.
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