Don’t be easily Fooled by these Viruses

Generic Android 5.1 is infected with a malicious virus.

January 25, 2016 on Tech Quick Tip, Virus / Scam Alerts!

This last holiday season (November and December) it seemed that we saw less viruses than normal, though it seems that advertisements containing viruses are on the rise.

Here are some examples of malware and potential viruses in advertisements, or seemingly helpful system notices.

: This first one seems like it’s a notice from Google itself stating that you are “heavily damaged by (4) virus!”.

: This one is telling me my device is “infected with (3) Virus!” Though, the previous ad told me that I had 4! Make up your mind! LOL

: This pop-up is telling me that my device is infected with “a dangerous trojan virus.” In virus Example 4 you will see the next ad that looks like it comes right from the developers at Google Android. Though, I guess my device is doing better now seeing I’ve went from 4 viruses, to 3, and now only have the Trojan!

: This is the Warning screen saying that I have the “dangerous trojan virus.” and that I need to clean up my “Generic Android 5.1 right now”.

: My device must be doing better now. Instead of having 4, 3 or even the Trojan Virus(es), I now only have a malicious virus. Unfortunately, according to this pop-up, if I don’t remove it within 24 hours, my Generic Android 5.1 will be locked until it’s removed. In Example 6, you’ll see the download page.

: Here’s the download from example 6. This is a little scary as they call this an “antivirus” update. We would imagine it’s not, but instead containing viruses and other types of malware.

: This one tells me that there is a Generic Android 5.1 Update. Eeek

We received these pop-ups on our mobile device after clicking a link shared by a friend on Facebook via a link from “Social App”. We’re assuming that their site was infected with some malware (probably from a plugin, or something seemingly helpful) because when we went back this morning to do more research, we were no longer receiving the popups.

Help Advisory: Don’t ever click to install these apps (unless you want to run the risk of infecting your device). To close these browser windows, for example in Chrome on an Android device, just press the Tab number at the top (you can see it as the #3 in the screen shots), and then you can close it. With the “The page at www.xxxxxxx.xxx says” dialog, you will have to click OK on that though – but pay close attention to what you are clicking on and if it has an X in the upper right hand corner, click that instead, normally. Otherwise, just power-off your device and then turn it back on, or end the task.

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