Until now, we knew that ransomware attacks computers, but it seems that crooks are slowly starting to infiltrate mobile devices as well. Appliances. An application adult for Android (displays pornographic material) secretly takes selfies of the user and blackmails them with obscene photos.
The 'Adult Player' app for Android works like an app designed to allow users to view pornographic material. But when it is installed, it also gains access to the camera.
The app then secretly takes pictures of the user, and demands ransom, ενώ το τηλέφωνο παραμένει κλειδωμένο. Η εφαρμογή απειλεί τον χρήστη με την έκθεση των εικόνων και των πληροφοριών που συνέλεξε, καθώς και με τη διαγραφή όλων των data device. The ransom demanded by the scammers to not carry out their threats is $500, according to the security company Zscaler.
The 'Adult Player' app has been coded so that even after a reboot, the device remains locked. An alternative solution that the victim has is to start the device in safe mode.
Starting in safe mode varies depending on your device. Safe mode launches the device with the default settings without running third-party applications.
If you downloaded the app and locked your device, follow these steps:
To uninstall ransomware from your device, you must first remove the administrator privileges it has acquired. To do so go to Settings - Security - Application Manager and select the ransomware app to turn it off.
Once this is done, you can go to Settings - Applications - Uninstall ransomware app.
Hopefully your obscene photos won't show up anywhere on the internet.
