Escape from the "spy": how to find out about smartphone tracking

07.08.2024 20:01

Kaspersky Lab has announced that it has discovered an unusual virus living in the Android OS.

The malware in question spies on users. It often disguises itself as other applications.

Experts reported that the virus collects information about the smartphone user, for example, steals his contacts and calls, as reported by NEWS.ru.

How to find out if your phone is being monitored? The second part of our article answered this question in detail.

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In particular, we are talking about a Trojan program called LianSpy. It is believed that it was invented in 2021.

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There are several signs that indicate that your device has been infected with a virus.

So, the infected smartphone works slower, and suddenly new search engines appear that it did not install.

In addition, there is a high traffic consumption, and problems with logging into secure sites appear.

Antivirus and other security software may also be disabled.

Author: Margarita Sadkovskaya Editor of Internet resources