‘Joker’ virus has returned on Android

There is a survey that says that the virus Joker is returned and now it again attacks the android devices and hacks the device without knowing you. The most dangerous part is that now it can hide in any application and can easily enter into your phone or any device. The Belgian police warned everyone and also aware them of the consequences of the virus Joker.

It mainly attacks at the time of transaction of money. It can empty your bank within some seconds without knowing you. This malware is capable of subscribing to the payment service of the user and without taking their permission or authorization it can empty your bank account within some seconds. The malicious program is detected in eight different applications on Google Play Store, this statement was published in Belgian last Friday.

Just to spread the awareness of this dangerous virus they are trying to make campaigns all over there. The virus Joker malware is famous in the year 2017 and from that time it started infecting and robbing its target victims with the program which is processed in it. From that time, it can hide in any application and this is how it can spread in user’s phones and hack their data in some seconds.  Then Google Play Story take active participation at that very time and removed around 1700 apps from the platform which consist of the virus.

After that in the year 2020, a survey comes that says 24 apps consist of the same program of joker virus and that are registered in the Google Play Store. Where there are more than 500 thousand downloads. After the news spread Google removed that 24 apps from the platform. Between 2017 and 2020 it spread in 30 countries like Brazil, Spain and United States. That time hackers could steal up to $7 per subscription and the figure increased day after day.