Mobile operators learn to identify viruses on mobile phones to its subscribers and provide early warning of infection. They will block the massive SMS-newsletter and offers to download for your mobile phone anti-virus program.
The operator MTS has already implemented such a defense system. About the same plans and said “VimpelCom”. “The secret we do not disclose to avoid giving cybercriminals a way to get around them, but in a set of measures for detection of viruses included in the analysis, including the activity of users. Now users virus-infected devices to access the Global Network will be automatically redirected to a page informing about a possible threat. They offer free antivirus installed on the device from the “Kaspersky Lab”, Dr. Web or Avast “, says a representative of MTS Dmitry Solodovnikov. It is hoped that hackers can not simulate this page and under the guise of anti-virus impose download malicious applications.
“In the first place we will fight viruses on Android. The vulnerability of the platform due to the fact that, unlike iOS , Windows Phone or Blackberry, this system makes it easy to install applications from sources other than the official app store. For example, at risk – 90% of users with older versions of Android, not having the ability to upgrade to version 4.2 and above, where the available functionality of mandatory confirmation of sending SMS to a short number “- quoted a representative of the news of the operator.
In the” Kaspersky Lab “reported that about 99% of all existing mobile malware is aimed at users of Android-devices. Despite the fact that mobile viruses are traditionally considered far less dangerous than the computer, and treat them with disdain, the dangers of such viruses sometimes striking. The representative of the “Doctor Web,” said that viruses can send SMS, subscribe to paid services, calls to premium numbers, steal information, to carry out wiretapping, take pictures and video, steal money from your bank account, track Activity, extort money, blocking device, delete data and even use power devices to launch attacks on websites.
Representatives of “VimpelCom” said they also are working on similar instruments, and “MegaFon” assured that the network operator to work algorithms to detect viruses. For example, it’s spam filters that block mass mailings aimed at infecting devices.
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