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bertie10
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Registered: ‎24-02-2010

malicious software on smartphones

have just read about malicious apps are being downloaded more and more on smartphones, one is a trojan pretending to be google play, how can i protect my phone against this?

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drey_p
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Registered: ‎13-10-2009

Re: malicious software on smartphones

Are these apps being downloaded from the Play store or from other sources? 

The reason I ask is that as far as I am aware, most of the problems start when people download apps from outside of the Play Store.

 

To prevent apps that are not from the Play Store installing I would recommend selecting Settings then Applications then checking to make sure that Unknown Sources is un-ticked.  This will reduce the risk of installing dodgy apps on your device.


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