9 Signs Your Phone Isn't Your Private Zone Anymore

[Music] [Music] whoa look out here are nine signs that your phone has a virus but you know not that kind smartphones have become ingrained in our everyday lives unfortunately along with the ever creasing number of these gadgets the number of malware attacks on them has also grown that's why everybody needs to know the signs indicating that their favorite smartphone has caught a virus but before you learn how to tell that your gadget is infected or even which virus it's infected with hit the subscribe button and ring the notification bell this way you'll keep track of all the new videos that appear on the bright side of life every day well viruses pose a serious danger to modern smartphones they can cause such problems as personal data theft enormous phone bills and malfunction of different apps luckily there are ways to recognize that a virus has infiltrated your device number one the battery gets drained much faster than usual now modern smartphones have a much stronger battery than their predecessors some particular models can work for as long as two days on a single charge if you begin to notice that the battery of your smartphone depletes faster than before the device may be infected with a virus or malware most viruses don't give away their presence they function in the background and that's what makes your battery run out so quickly on the bright side wink this can help you detect a virus number two you experience disruptions during calls and it's not your little brother either if your calls often drop or you have strange disruptions during conversations this should ring alarm bells naturally you may just have problems with connection or your carrier bad weather may also affect your phone calls but if this situation repeats time after time it might be a virus many of them have a bad influence on the quality of your phone calls number three you notice mysterious outgoing calls you should be suspicious if you start to notice outgoing phone calls you didn't make or text you didn't send if no friend or family member used your phone the chances are high that your gadget is infected with a virus some viruses are created specifically to send messages and make calls from a smartphone and this is how they replicate so if your friends get spam messages with suspicious links from you your phone must have caught a virus number four there are constant pop-ups now in most cases constant ads and pop-ups appearing on the screen are sure signs of a smartphone virus you probably downloaded an app with adware on your gadget such pop-ups are often connected with suspicious websites if you click on a link offered by a pop up add a new portion of viruses may infiltrate your phone check your latest apps to find out which one brought along the adware as soon as you figure it out install it immediately number five there are unfamiliar apps on your phone a very common sign of a virus is the appearance of unfamiliar apps on your phone you know for sure that you haven't installed them but they do exist it's simple mobile viruses tend to install other harmful malware on your device this helps them to work in tandem and gain strength number six your gadget overheats [Music] infected phones often suffer from overheating viruses and worms use your smartphone's resources putting a serious strain on the gadget as a result it becomes hot to the touch you should know that if your device has become too slow and heats up even when you don't use it much it's most likely infected with a virus number 7 your smartphone uses much more data than usual if your smartphone is infected with a virus you might spot a noticeable increase in data usage a malicious bug can use the data source of your gadget to send out information and show pop-up ads luckily you can deal with this problem Android phones have settings that can help you manage your data usage choose Wireless and networks in the settings menu then tap data usage and pick set mobile data limit now adjust the sliders to set your limit 8 there are mysterious charges on your phone bill hmm an enormous phone bill is a sure sign that your smart phone has caught a virus some malware sends out a huge number of messages until you're left with a significant phone bill other viruses act more carefully and send one or two messages a month to not raise suspicions in addition they may simply uninstall themselves after they've punched a hole in your finances pay close attention not only to your phone bills but to all other bills as well strain subscription fees or mysterious charges may indicate that one of your gadgets has gotten infected number 9 there are frequent program crashes if a game you're playing on your smartphone subtly crashes for the first time it's suspicious but if this starts to occur repeatedly something has definitely gone wrong almost all viruses affect the apps you have on your phone as a result programs don't load as they should or a crash unexpectedly another example may be a missing Bluetooth icon or any other icon on the screen they may not be displayed if your smartphone is infected to prevent the interference of a virus try to update your apps in a timely manner these are the most common smartphone viruses one Trojan this virus often sticks to an app that looks absolutely harmless at first glance but as soon as you download this app the malware becomes active and infects your phone after that it can worm your personal data out of the phone a Trojan virus can uninstall apps on your gadget or make your phone send expensive texts even worse it can completely paralyze your device two of the most famous types of Trojan virus are Hummer and skulls - phishing now not phishing phishing this malware looks like a proper login page but as soon as you enter your account details third parties get an opportunity to steal your credentials and use this information for their purposes number three worm what you use for fishing no not really this virus is typically spread with the help of text messages the worst part is that it doesn't need any interaction with a user to be activated the main goal of this virus is to spread and reproduce itself but it can also contain harmful instructions number 4 adware also known as spyware you probably won't know that your gadget has been infected with this malware since it likes to pretend to be a legitimate app but as soon as your phone is infected this virus starts to collect your personal information including your contacts location browsing history and even your preferences after that this data is delivered to a third party which most often turns out to be an advertising company five ransomware now this virus disables a gadget and makes its owner pay ransom to regain control over their phone some modern malware of this type can get administrator rights and tamper with your security code or pin you can catch this virus when you visit insecure or malicious sites or if you download unreliable apps and finally especially watch out for the infamous miley virus it can sure do a wreckingball on your device no I just made that up hey maybe Miley will send us a tweet do you think yeah I'll let you know now as you can see even one virus on your smart phone can cause a whole peck of trouble that's why it's so important to protect your gadgets from getting infected here are a few more tips always update your smart phone software every new update contains new bug fixes do not install apps from unreliable sources on your Android device choose settings security find device administration and search for unknown sources this setting should be unchecked don't don't don't don't let your device download any apps until you enter a password before you decide to download an app look at the dialog box where it asks for access to different options naturally a browser can't work without internet access and a photo app will want access to your storage but if you notice something suspicious among the apps demands don't install it install a good antivirus free built-in programs aren't bad but they aren't really effective if you use the Internet on a daily basis you should have a professional antivirus don't open or download any email attachments before you scan them even if it's an email from your best friend it's better to use for instance an inbuilt gmail scanner better safe than sorry backup your data on a regular basis it will help to restore your information if a virus damages or destroys it read what you see on the screen before you tap it if a pop up ad appears on your phone the chances are high that it's the plot of a third party trying to con you into giving away your credentials always be mindful of what you do that's it so how do you protect your phone from viruses share your experience in the comment section below remember to hit the like button share this video with your friends and join us on the bright side of life by subscribing to this channel you

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Length: 11min 44sec (704 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 11 2019