The most powerful Android virus outbreak in history, effective on 15,000 models

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Many years ago, viruses (programs) were only available on desktop systems, but now they have begun to infiltrate every one of our smartphones. Recently, an Android virus called "Ghost Push" has begun to sweep smartphones and has caused a very serious impact. Unlike previous mobile phone viruses, "Ghost Push" can obtain the phone's root control authority (commonly known as root), making antivirus software ineffective against it, so it is called the most powerful Android mobile phone virus to date. (The pictures in the article are from the Internet)

Recently, CCTV reported an Android mobile phone virus called "Ghost Push". The "Ghost Push" virus will hide in some popular tool software, such as Talking Tom Cat, etc. When users install these tools downloaded from informal channels, they will be poisoned. The virus will download and install a series of malicious programs, thereby infringing on the user's personal interests or causing other impacts.

Liu Wenzhu, a network security engineer, said: "Ghost Push will help you continuously download the applications it promotes. During this process, if you use WiFi, it will shut down your WiFi network and use your 3G/4G network to directly consume your service fee."

The transmission method and harm of the "Ghost Push" virus are no different from many mobile phone viruses discovered before. The difference is that this virus has a high technical content. It can be directly installed in the mobile phone system and obtain *** permissions, which makes it impossible for antivirus software to delete it because antivirus software has no right to change or delete system files.

Li Tiejun, a network security engineer, said: "This is the most serious mobile phone virus we have found on Android so far. First, it is a virus that directly root your phone after installation. It has very high technical content. Second, it has a very high infection rate and has infected people in all countries around the world. Third, it has a very wide impact. The root function has achieved rooting more than 3,000 mobile phone brands and 15,000 models. This is very powerful."

Network security engineers remind users that if the mobile phone is infected with the virus, they can choose a professional anti-virus tool for the virus to kill it. In addition, when downloading software, users must download it from regular websites, not from forums or illegal websites. Speaking of this, it is necessary to remind everyone that due to the lack of Google services in China, ordinary users cannot download approved software from Google Play. They need to use the software market launched by domestic software manufacturers to download software and games; therefore, when downloading mobile phone software, the credibility of the application in the built-in application market is still very high. Even if there is a problem with the program in the built-in application market, you can also ask the manufacturer for three guarantees.