The message "! Caution! Your phone may be obsolete and [sic] be in danger ", accompanied by a vibration every time you try to close the popup window, it is a sure sign that we are about to fall into a scam Android . Such traps are the agenda on the Android operating system,
and any website we visit runs the risk of ending showing ads that
actually hide some kind of deception seeks financial gain at our
expense. But with a few tips available to any user, protect us from these threats is much simpler than it seems.
"Your browser may be too old," "Your phone has a virus" or "Upgrade the operating system of your mobile" are just one example of the variants of the scams that we find when surfing the Internet from Android.
In most cases, these messages appear when we open in the browser an ad
while browsing a web, and over time these scams have become more
professional to reach a point where many users are not able to
distinguish these emerging messages from real messages that can display
our mobile operating system.
To avoid any risk, the first thing we have to remember that our smart phone is never notified us updates or threatened by a message hosted on a web page. It is true that some manufacturers use the pop-up messages to inform users of the arrival of an upgrade, but certainly that message will never be displayed in a web browser (Chrome, Firefox, the browser that comes standard on our mobile, etc.) , much less it will forcing us to turn to an external website.
In addition, updates are always available from the phone settings, so
that even if we ignore a pop can that actually does correspond to an
update of our mobile, can download the same update at any time without
having to wait another message appears.
Are you sure that your mobile phone has really received an official update? To
find out for sure, go into the Settings application, go to the section
"About phone" and click on the option "Software update". If no update here shown, and have received a popup saying otherwise, it means you're exposing a scam.
Therefore, if we have doubts about the messages displayed on this mobile, it is not more being excessively cautious.
By disposing a popup we will not miss any updates and, of course, no
manufacturer will threaten us with a notice that we download an update
if we want our terminal unusable.
Now, if we fall into the trap of any of these messages, what's the worst that can happen in our mobile Android? These schemes have many variations but generally are divided into two procedures:
- On the one hand, some scams they are looking for you download a file on your mobile phone to then be ourselves who we install thinking that this is an official update. These applications contain malicious code that could lead to disparate results as our mobile begin installing applications that have not authorized, our contacts receive advertising messages sent from our own terminal or even someone can access your passwords. Therefore, the idea with which we make our stand is that we should never be installed outside the Google Play store (unless you have advanced knowledge) applications, much less must open the files of dubious origin that are downloaded on our browser.
- On the other hand, are also fashionable scams that try to convince us to introduce our phone number with the alleged purpose of accessing an official update. Never, and repeat, we NEVER should introduce our mobile number in any form unless fully trust the source.
Come on, do you really think that you need to enter your phone number to watch a video on the Internet? Never enter your number lightly on the web; if you fall for a scam, you're in for a surprise on the bill later this month.
As often we say in these cases, the best protection for a smartphone is the common sense of the owner. Today, we can not rely or our own contacts, as has been shown the recent scam that has been circulating in recent weeks WhatsApp .
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