After the success of Pokémon Go, Super Mario Run has become the hottest Nintendo game for kids and grownups. With already 40 downloads, the game came a week ago on the iOS platform.
Of course, fans of Android devices are disappointed since it is not officially compatible with their operating system yet. A simple one search but on the internet it will convince you otherwise. If you search you will find an executable apk file of the game which runs on Android and is not under platform Google Play.
Have you already downloaded and run it on your phone? Congratulations!! You have malware stuck. Super Mario Run has so far only been released for iOS devices and does not exist on Google Play. Anything on the internet is malware.
The malware to install will require the user to go to menu of better safetyof the phone and set it to allow installation of apps from “untrusted sources”.
Some of these malicious apps running on the Internet have the ability to take full control of your Android device after your app asks you to access, read, receive and send SMS messages, capture photos and video and track your location using GPS.
However, one of the malicious applications entitled "Super Mario”Creates additional icons, displays pop-ups and banner ads, installs other malicious applications on the victim's smartphone, and performs activities without user interaction. According to the antivirus company Trend Micro its executives have been detected the malicious Super Mario application 90.000 times this year.
Another application, also called "Super Mario" discovered by the security company, asks users first to install an application called 9Apps, which then asks for more permissions, including audio recording, to read and modify the calendar and even access to the SD card.
So, we recommend you instead λήψη apps from unknown third-party stores, Android users to wait for the official release through Google Play.
We also recommend that you go to Settings → Security and make sure the "Unknown Sources" option is turned off.
