The virus is difficult to detect and neutralize.
Up to 10 million smartphones running the Android operating system, infected with a virus that “wind” counter ad banners and redirects users to advertising websites. It is reported BBC with reference to the experts.
Most of the infected phones are sold in China, India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
The malware also secretly installs third-party applications, and monitors the preferences of owners of infected devices.
It brings to the creators about 300 thousand dollars of income per month, according to a study conducted by the two antivirus labs – Checkpoint and Lookout – independently from each other.
The virus is difficult to detect and neutralize.
“He can stay active even if the user resets phone settings to factory settings” – written by Christy Edwards of anti-virus lab the Lookout.
At Google said that they knew about this family of malware.
In the new security patch for Android, which came out this month, removed more than a hundred vulnerabilities of the operating system, Google said in a statement.
