Skyfin

It's never tasteful dish writing about malware, but it is necessary to keep you prevented against possible infections. The one we bring you this time is called Skyfin, and it's especially worrying because it acts without you realizing Using your user ID, the program engages in purchasing and downloading apps, as well as clicking on ads or comment and rate other apps in the Plays Store.

How can we get infected?

This malware has the characteristics of a Trojan, meaning that it pretends to be by another app, and when you download it, it gets installed. For now it can only be found as an APK outside the Play Store, so we recommend that you stay away of all the unofficial app stores of Android The Play Storeis a secure store, and although occasionally it has encountered some malware episodes, luckily they have been fixed soon. Among the possible options is undoubtedly the lesser of evils

What exactly does it do?

While other viruses seek to steal personal files or attack the functionality of your device, Skyfin he wants to impersonate you to earn money with it.How? Buying apps in the Play Store, doing reviews and clicking on . links

In this way, they get money from the companies with which they have deals, both for clicks and for ratings Apart from the obvious damage to the impersonate our identity, we have to worry because the purchases made are charged to our credit card associated with the Google Play account

Purchased apps do not get installed, so we won't see them on our phone. The only way to find out is by examining our purchase history in the Play Store, something we recommendif you have recently downloaded an APK from unofficial pages.

What if it's already late?

It may take a while until you find out that you have this malware, due to its nature sneaky At the moment you do it, the only option is to do a hard reset of your Android terminal, and with that it should already be enough. Keep in mind that each model has a different combination to perform its most extreme reset, but today it is easyfind the right combination for your terminal on the Internet.

General recommendations

There is always an element of bad luck when our phone gets infected with any kind of malware , but there is also a part that is in our hands. Taking certain precautions we can at least keep the chances of contagion to a low percentage

The first is to stay away from downloads from pages we don't know about, and if possible, stick to the Play Store Within it , whenever an app seems suspicious, or we find several of the same, we must pay attention to the introductory texts, as well as comments. At the minimum rarity, let it pass.

Finally, as we have already mentioned, keep a control of expenses made in Google Play is always a good move to try to minimize the damage when it's already done. In short, with care and using your common sense, you'll be fine.