New ‘unremovable’ xHelper malware has infected 45,000 Android devices

Over the past few months, many users have complained about xHelper’s near “unremovable” state… While the trojan is currently engaging in spam and ad revenue, it also possesses other, more dangerous features. xHelper can download and install other apps, a function that the xHelper could at any point to deploy second-stage malware payloads, such as ransomware, banking trojans, DDoS bots, or password stealers.

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