This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Luckily, there are steps you can take to avoid downloading a malicious app. The first step to making sure that your apps are safe is to download security software. You have it on your computer, right? Your phone needs it too. The most basic ones will scan your apps for anything that looks suspicious, but you can also find ones that enable you to locate your phone or even wipe its data remotely if it gets lost or stolen, or perform data backups.
OK, so how do you know that the security app itself is safe? Do some research. I chose my security app by going online and reading reviews and articles about the best ones for my Android phone. All of the download platforms also have customer reviews, so that's a good place to go when you've narrowed down your choices.
Just take the reviews with a grain of salt -- if every single one of them is glowing and uses similar language, they might be fake. Some unscrupulous developers employ people to leave fake positive reviews to boost their sales. Also look specifically at the app's developer. Many of them will have websites. You can also see which other apps they've developed. Major publishers of the most popular games, for example, aren't going to put out malicious apps.
It's also safest to stick with the most well-known platforms, like the ones associated with your phone's operating system.
They have systems in place to evaluate apps before they go up for sale, as well as quickly identify and remove malicious ones.
When you have chosen an app -- no matter what kind it is -- look at the permissions that it requires before you download. Some apps will request permission to see your location, information about the phone calls you make, or the ability to read and write to your SD card. Carefully consider whether the app actually needs to do whatever it's asking.
An app that helps you locate restaurants nearby would need to know your location, but should an app that helps you create lists? All applications included privacy policies but mining operations were not mentioned in any of them or the descriptions.
The applications used the majority of the computer's CPU cycles according to Symantec for mining operations. Symantec informed Microsoft about the applications, and Microsoft has removed them in the meantime from the Store. While it is certainly arguable that cryptocurrency mining is less harmful than a device's infection with malicious software or ransomware, it is clear that Microsoft Store users need to be careful when it comes to the installation of apps from the Store.
I recommended that users verify app developers before they install apps in Microsoft's Store is not the only Store that hosted cryptomining applications or extensions. The particular form of unwanted software was found in extension stores, e. The main point of centralized application stores is supposed to be that applications are verified as safe by the store.
This is how it works on linux. Of course evil entities like Google with their Play store and now Microsoft just saw that system as an opportunity to grab more control, censor, spy, and take their huge parasitical share on application payments, while not even doing the minimum work of removing malware.
Worse than that, they have incentive to keep malware in store as long as they profit from it too. Mozilla no longer cares about what they host so I trust no app stores on Windows any more. This is not the direction civilization was supposed to take! Thank heaven for Linux and BSD. Not actually heaven but you get the idea. Not exactly. They may not hang around as long before being discovered but the risk is still there.
In a way Apple are the worst as protecting users is their excuse for the walled garden yet have been shown not to. I presume MS get the same sort of cut. Third-party transactions are also allowed, of which Microsoft does not take a cut. Even Ubuntu warns about adding other repositories. Nobody cares about your safety.
Just use trusted Win32 apps. That YOU can fully control. No, thanks. Repository is the way to go. None of these stores are. I'd say it is extremely difficult to pull that off. That's not completely true. It's possible to install a profile on your iPhone that will let a third party push apps to your phone.
This is intended to allow companies to send proprietary software to employees. My last employer used such a system to give us access to an app that allowed us to clock in and out.
It's also use for beta testing software. Some people, however, have used it as a way to "sideload" software. But you have to chose to install the profile in the first place.
Unless the profile is from a trusted source like your employer don't. If you stick to the App Store, the worst that's likely to happen is you'll download a stupid app that you wish you could delete from your purchase history because it's embarrassing.
There have been a few incidents where malicious apps are hosted on Apple app store. Apple was quick to respond and remove the offending apps. Question: Q: How safe is the App Store? And other questions.
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