If you use WhatsApp, be extra careful: the virus that is currently spreading in the messaging app will automatically be sent via download link to all received messages.
If you accidentally click on this link, it will send you to a fake web page similar to Google Play, which will help you download the “official app” from Hawaii. Except that it doesn’t. Once the fake application has been downloaded, it will require multiple accesses that will allow it to display fake ads and fake login pages. Ambition? Get credentials of people affected by the device.
When a message arrives on WhatsApp, the virus responds automatically with the popular download link, with the following message: “Download this app and beat the smartphone”. Suspicious news, but misleading news to many. When you receive messages like this, do not automatically click on the links provided and ask your contact if the message is really from him / her so as not to be deceived.
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