Experts to HummingBad: so bad it really is

Experts to HummingBad: so bad it really is

The new Android malware HummingBad is known also as Shedun for several months. So bad is the malware? We talked with an expert to do this and more precisely classify the threat. Learn also how you you liberated by the malware.

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Different sources talking about an increase of infections with the Android malware HummingBad. Check point speaks of world's ten million devices, Lookout writes of a dramatic rise in infections in the past four weeks. Is the concern?

HummingBad: What does the malware?
The term HummingBad behind a rootkit, which can be incorporated into finger-jointed apps. Once installed, the malware nests down in the system. You install more apps in the background and is used to finance their developers. This realized she displays in the background, without your knowledge, advertising banner and click on. Thus, the malware loaded your data volume and your battery life.

KitKat were affected, according to the report from check point [PDF, 1 MByte] to 90 percent of devices with Android 4.4 or earlier. European countries only on the edge appear in the collection according to affected regions.

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Thomas Uhlemann: HummingBad [is] little of importance to users in the Central European space. / © ESET
The experts assuaged
At security firms, we ask how big the Bedrohungspoenzial really is? Thomas Uhlemann, security specialist / evangelist at ESET, explains:

"Technologically HummingBad represents a danger for Android devices. However, we can not really see a significant increase. The numbers are as you can (see below) see attached screenshots of www.virusradar.com, more consistently and with a worldwide peak of 2.3 per cent in the Yemen or by 2 percent, and less in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Nepal also scarcely of importance for users in Central Europe. Users, the latest protection software, like the ESET mobile security for Android, should be protected against infection since last September (at ESET)."

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The infection rate with HummingBad has hardly changed according to ESET. / © ESET
HummingBad: How do I avoid malware?
The expert advises to get apps from Google play, or at least from the vendor's Web site to download. Specious offers where else paid apps are promised free should necessarily be avoided.

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Another tip is to read the reviews of the apps before installing from the play store. Flashy apps are characterized by very many reviews with exactly one or exactly five stars out.

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The spread of HummingBad is manageable. / © ESET
The malware do I go?
Should be an infection, it is already too late, as the threat to the affected devices by the user silently rootet at HummingBad. This means that warranty, safety, and much more are lost and not again producing themselves. A simple uninstall of the trojanisierten app doesn't help here unfortunately.

The dramatic escape would lead then about an alternative firmware. In our overview of the best custom ROMs you can get tips on this subject and finds a solution to the Dour situation may be.

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