Sunday 5 February 2017, Poradnik bezpieczeństwa

Beware the fake Pokémon Go apps

Lost24

In United States there is absolute frenzy for the Pokemon Go game. 


Pokemon Go is officially available in Poland, in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOeZBW9Lwos 


But while downloading the game on our smartphone, we can be unpleasantly surprised. 

The ESET company warns about the false Pomekon Ultimate Go application which can entirely paralyse the work of our smartphone. 

After installing the application, it renames itself for the Network Pi at once. Starting the application causes blocking of the smartphone. We are forced to take the battery out or reset the phone with the use of  Android Device Manager. However, the application will still work in the background and  show unwanted advertisements,  additionally generating profits for authors of malware (similarly to HadBadlink). 


One should also watch out for "Install Pokemongo" and "Guide&Cheats for Pokemon Go" applications. These applications offer false PokeCoins and hints to players, which should allegedly speed up your progress in the game. In reality they are used for subscriptions of paid contents and premium text messages. 


Remember about checking the application which we want to install on our smartphone. Check online opinion of the given game.