The virus hijacks the smartphone and rescue calls comes to Android – ABC.es

This type of malware became popular in 2013 on computers and has already made the leap to the largest mobile platform

has come to Android a new type of virus that basically hijacks the phone and all files and asks for money in exchange .

class=”p”> Robert Lipovsky , an antivirus company has found this Trojan called SimpleShocker . What it does is encrypt all the files that are on your phone, such as photos, videos, and asks for money to restore the information. According to Ars Technica the virus has become popular in Eastern Europe.

is a CryptoLocker, malware popular during 2013 in computers has come to mobile platforms. According to several photographs published in Sophos, malware calls, for example, in Ukraine, about $ 21 unblock the device. The “rescue” is canceled by payment kiosk and the device unlocks in 24 hours . Some messages accuse the user of having made an illegal discharge or having committed some kind of crime.

From Sophos suggest that in some cases it is possible to unlock the phone manually restarting in safe mode but you can lose those files that are encrypted.

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The news comes just days after cases of “abduction” of iPhone, iPads and Macs were given in Australia by those asked to rescue $ 50. The warning, in such cases, reached by the application ‘Find my Phone’. It happened just days after a hacker group declare that it had breached the security of iCloud.