Friday, August 12, 2016

Quadrooter Exploit!! – How to be Safe ??


If you have an Android Device, which has Qualcomm Snapdragon Chip Inside it, then you are somewhat in  trouble !!
Quadrooter is a type of virus which is found affecting over 900Million Android Devices having Qualcomm Snapdragon Chipsets.

Some of the affected devices include :::

Nexus 6, 6P, 5X
Samsung Galaxy s7
LG G4,G5,V10
Redmi Devices
Asus Zenfone (Snapdragon Variants)
Huawei Phones
Blackberry DTEK 50

So, your Phone might as well be affected by the Quadrooter. 

So, how to find out??



After installing the app, open it, and click to scan. It will take some time, and show if you are clean or affected.

So now if you are affected, can you do anything?
First of all click on the affected codes and  see what all the codes given means, and what damage they may cause to your phone.

Then, try to install apps from the play store only, and not any third party websites. Secondly, try to install any software updates that your company provides, and keep your phone updated.

After that, tweet about your problem to the company, so that they can release the latest google security updates so that your phone stays protected. These things might stop any hacker trying to get root access to your phone by any means.


That’s it for now.

If you have any questions, do comment down below.
Thank you for visiting..


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