Users of Android devices should be on their guard, as new kind of malicious software known as Agent Smith has appeared on the network.

The virus is dangerous due to the fact that it can impersonate popular mobile applications. According to security experts from Check Point, Agent Smith is used to display unwanted ads, but there is nothing in its way to prevent it from being used to steal login data for mobile banking applications.

Fortunately, people who use the official Google Play Store are not at risk of an infection. However, it would seem that Agent Smith should not appear on fairly secure 9Apps, yet here we are…

According to Check Point, 25 million users had their phones infected with Agent Smith by downloading apps from unofficial stores.