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The cyber security company Avast launched a worrisome alert, warning users in more than 100 countries about the presence of pre-installed malware in several new low-end mobile devices, mainly from ZTE and other manufacturers, Globovisión review.
In addition, the company also warned about the presence of several applications in the Google store that are already being canceled for security reasons.
According to the report "Android devices are delivered with pre-installed malware" published by Avast in its official blog, only in April were detected more than 18 thousand smartphones of various brands in more than 100 countries around the world that were detected with a known adware like Cosiloon, although he points out that several of these models are not certified by Google.
The report points to Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Portugal and the United States among the countries with the highest presence of infected devices. In the case of Latin America, the most affected country is Venezuela and the country does not mention other affected countries.
The malware is hidden in the configuration of the system applications and installs other APK files that can detect if there is an antivirus in the mobile device and thus avoid being detected.
The applications were based on the Cordova development framework and used the names of several developers, probably to prevent Google from deleting them at the same time.
Globovisión information
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https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2018/05/26/detectan-virus-preinstalado-en-smartphones-android-baratos