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Fleeceware is a type of malware mobile application that come with hidden, excessive subscription fees. [1] These applications also take advantage of users who do not know how to cancel a subscription to keep charging them long after they have deleted the application. [1]
Once a device was infected the malware could act like spyware, as well as do other actions like download additional malicious files, send SMSs to premium rate numbers and block phone calls. [29] Gunpoder: This worm file infector virus is the first known virus that officially infected the Google Play Store in few countries, including Brazil. [30]
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It is believed to be the first computer worm that can infect mobile phones. [2] When a phone is infected with Cabir, the message "Caribe" is displayed on the phone's display, and is displayed every time the phone is turned on. The worm then attempts to spread to other phones in the area using wireless Bluetooth signals.
The FBI MoneyPak Ransomware, also known as Reveton Ransomware, is a ransomware that starts by purporting to be from a national police agency (like the American Federal Bureau of Investigation) and that they have locked the computer or smartphone due to "illegal activities" and demands a ransom payment via GreenDot MoneyPak cards in order to release the device.
Rogue security software is a form of malicious software and internet fraud that misleads users into believing there is a virus on their computer and aims to convince them to pay for a fake malware removal tool that actually installs malware on their computer. [1]