{"id":23596,"date":"2016-07-05T09:14:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T09:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pricepony.com.my\/blog\/?p=23596"},"modified":"2016-07-08T03:01:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T03:01:06","slug":"how-to-remove-smartphone-malware-from-your-android-handset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.my\/blog\/how-to-remove-smartphone-malware-from-your-android-handset\/","title":{"rendered":"How to remove smartphone malware from your Android handset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If your handset\u00a0is not functioning the way it should be, there may be some smartphone malware attacking it. So what you should do to remove them\u00a0is listed down below, read on.<\/strong><\/p><div style=\"float: none; display: block; margin: 0 -10px; text-align: center;\"><!-- New Top AD MY Mobile 1 -->\n        <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n             style=\"display:inline-block;width:320px;height:100px\"\n             data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n             data-ad-slot=\"2390501667\"><\/ins>\n        <script>\n        (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n        <\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23622\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pricepony.com.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/smartphone-malware.jpg\" alt=\"smartphone malware\" width=\"425\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/smartphone-malware.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/smartphone-malware-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/smartphone-malware-640x377.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 100vw, 425px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What is Malware?<\/h3>\n<p>Malware smartphone is software containing nothing else but malicious content. A lot of different kinds, such as viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware and more are found, and it has been created or developed to be a new kind of malware.\u00a0Depending on the its type, if you have malware on you phones, the performance of your device could not be as\u00a0usual.\u00a0Your personal information could be stolen, or a stranger\u00a0is able to\u00a0penetrate\u00a0to your accounts.<\/p>\n<p>What shall you do? <strong>Firstly, almost all\u00a0smartphone\u00a0malwares\u00a0are delivered via apps installed on your Android device.<\/strong>\u00a0So if you want to prevent your phone or tablet from\u00a0viruses, the best way is to\u00a0never install software from other stores except\u00a0the Google Play app store. <strong>Secondly, if you still want to have an outside-Google-store apps<\/strong>, do research about it, then open your Settings menu, look for the Security option, then ensure the option for Unknown Sources (allow installation of apps from unknown sources) is disabled.<\/p><div style=\"float: none; display: block; margin: 0 -10px; text-align: center;\"><!-- MY End of Content -->\n            <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n                 style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n                 data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n                 data-ad-slot=\"7887885268\"><\/ins>\n            <script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script>\n            <!-- MY News Mobile Middle -->\n                                <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n                                     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\n                                     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4796993490224996\"\n                                     data-ad-slot=\"3890141663\"><\/ins>\n                                <script>\n                                (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n                                <\/script><\/div><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23624\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pricepony.com.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/smartphone-malware2.jpg\" alt=\"smartphone malware\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/smartphone-malware2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.pricepony.com.my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/smartphone-malware2-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thirdly, you can also install an antivirus app<\/strong>, and plenty of free Android antivirus apps are available that are able to detect and remove malicious apps. These all include an app scanner that will seek out any\u00a0smartphone malware, but note that these apps can also contain the\u00a0trigger of malware hidden inside. If you are in such case, report this app to the company. <strong>Finally, if these kinds of smartphone malware already\u00a0existed on your handset,<\/strong>\u00a0 follow these below steps to remove it.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How to remove malware from your Android smartphone<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Just calm down and do it step by step. The smartphone malware is not too hard to be removed. Put your phone or tablet into Safe mode, then open your Settings menu and choose Apps, \u00a0choose the name of the virus apps. If you do not know its name, go through the list of apps on downloaded tab and look for anything dodgy-looking or that you know you did not want to\u00a0install and tap on the that\u00a0app, then click Uninstall. Those are all\u00a0you can\u00a0do to remove the smartphone malware. 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