At least 24 Chinese models of smartphones are sold with … – Softonet

The recently published report of the company G Data indicates that 24 Chinese models of smartphones are sold with an installed malware. Among these producers can find companies such as Xiaomi, Huawei and Lenovo, but the blame for this state of affairs investigators a burden on intermediaries who sell the device, not the producers, who do not consciously risked losing credibility in the world markets.

In recent years the popularity of smartphones originating in China is growing at a tremendous pace. Manufacturers such as Xiaomi, OnePlus, Meizu and Huawei are no longer perceived as the creator of dubious quality clones phone brand manufacturers, but more often provide users equipped with the most powerful components of very good quality smartphones that cost far less than their counterparts from Samsung, LG and HTC . Employees of the company G Data – anti-virus software manufacturer – checked sold in the country inside mobile devices for security software installed on them, and the fruit of his work concluded in a recent report. It shows that 24 of the tested models, researchers found malicious software. Among threatening the safety of users of smartphones were models:

• Xiaomi Mi3, Huawei G510, Lenovo S860, Alps A24 Alps 809T, Alps H9001, Alps 2206 Alps PrimuxZeta, Alps N3, Alps ZP100, Alps 709, Alps GQ2002, Alps N9389, Andorid P8, Concord SmartPhone6500, DJC touchtalk, iTouch, NoName S806i, SESONN N9500, SESONN P8 and Xido X1111

In the vast majority of cases, malicious software was added application system and run in the background without requiring any action on the user side. Employees of G Data indicate that detected the malware is able to not only gather information and user data, but also send them on the Internet. Additionally, malicious code detected is very low quality, which allows almost anyone to his remote use and further exposes users to hacker attacks. The blame for this state of affairs investigators a burden on intermediaries engaging in the trafficking of Chinese smartphones. They make profits not only from commissions from the sale of equipment, but also collected data about users.

To all persons holding the above-mentioned models of smartphones as soon as possible, we recommend anti-virus software to scan them. Unfortunately, the only way to remove malicious code to install the operating system directly supplied by the manufacturer. For those of you who are considering buying a Chinese smartphone draw attention to the fact that the purchase be made directly from the manufacturer or one of its authorized partners.