Browser Hijacker: takes control of your browser’s settings and manipulate them to promote dubious content. Adware: bombard your device with ads that contain malicious links. Spyware: created for monitoring and collecting the users’ activities on their phone. Trojan: present themselves as the essential apps and then infect phone. Ransomware: encrypt your smartphone’s data and then ask for ransom in return for the decryption.
Restart your phone in Safe Mode so that only System Applications are active. Go to App settings and one by one remove all the recently installed applications. Make a list of the apps that you are removing so that if they are, you can reinstall them. Once you uninstall an application, reboot your phone in normal mode and check for unusual symptoms. Repeat the above steps until you catch the culprit application. After the malicious applications are removed, you can reinstall the other safe apps.
Always keep a security solution installed on all your devices. Frequently check your phone for updates and maintain it. Avoid downloading apps apart from a trusted source such as Google Play Store and Apple App Store. When an email from unknows source arrives with an attachment, never open it without a proper scan. Never get trapped in the intriguing pop-up ads a click on them. They are mostly malware carriers.
