That there is not a single viral article (never mentioned better) that does not take advantage of the potential to continue to harass loyal users. That's what the founders of viruses, malware and Revwareware will say when they talk to each other, and the star of the season has its name: COVID-19. The name after the disease was caused by the Wuhan coronavirus and which is already used for dangerous purposes.
Specifically, we're talking about ransomware, software that infects your phone and "hijacks" it, because what it does is prevent you from receiving it until you pay the ransom the software developers have requested. A specific app that carries you It's called COVID-19 Tracker and you should not download it under these circumstances.
48 hours to pay $ 100 and recover your phone
DomainTools has been the website responsible for shedding light on this new computer program that targets those trying to stay informed of the coronavirus distribution, especially sensitive to confinement and various states of panic. According to Domaintools, this is on the horizon this is an acquaintance even now renamed CovidLock.
When we download an app and give it the permissions it asks for, COVID-19 Tracker to let go on the horizon that hides in and blocks our access to the mobile phone. Malicious code takes advantage of our permissions to change the password to the phone and leaves us out until we have paid the ransom required of us. To eliminate this outbreak in particular, the required payment is $ 100 for bitcoins, a well-known and unreliable cryptocurrency.
As if that wasn't enough, CovidLock sets the deadline to make this transfer. In 48 hours we will have to pay before the threat is that you can delete all content of our phone, from your contacts to photos and videos. And yes, there is more: it is threatening too make the public aware of the darkest secrets of our messaging systems and forums.
Therefore, we strongly advise you not to download this application, is not available in the Google Play store but yes on other channels like APK Mirror or F-Droid, or on the website on the horizon responsible for sending users to download managed files without security. Always trust the Google app store's security measures.
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