The XHELPER virus returns again and targets 45,000 Android devices






New reports have recently surfaced that the XHELPER virus has returned to Trojan and infected at least 45,000 Android devices in the past six months. But the way it works may change to more dangerous processes later, and what's now scary is that there's no way to remove XHELPER from Android devices even with antivirus, reboot, or even factory reset.


Two reviewers in the Google Play user forum have reported that XHELPER can turn on app installs from unknown sources that remove the first line of protection against installing malicious apps, and Google usually asks its users to protect themselves from similar attacks by going to Settings or making sure that Run the installation feature from unknown sources or Unknown Sources and download applications only from the Google Play Store and install one of the best antivirus applications on their devices, however, XHELPER has found a way to overcome all previous protections.
 
 
It is not yet clear how the virus can keep it stable. It does not have the APK version of Android applications but is a dex file that is automatically readable so it will not appear in the list of installed applications. Some people claimed to have infected their phones, one HTC One and the other Google Pixel and the virus seems to be linked to a puzzle game called New2048HD, which no longer appears in the Google Play App Store.
 


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