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BearClod

Posted: February 24, 2020

BearClod is one of the most active clicker malware families for Android, and it was found in over 40 applications hosted on the official Google Play Store previously. The good news is that BearClod relies on corrupted mechanisms to generate revenue for its operators, and it is not as harmful as Haken, another Android clicker that profits by subscribing users to expensive premium services silently. Unlike Haken, BearClod relies on simple techniques to generate revenue – it spawns advertisements in various places, and may often deploy 3rd-party applications on the infected device. According to security experts, the applications bearing BearClod's code may have accumulated over 10 million downloads, so it is safe to say that BearClod has an impressive global reach.

Having the BearClod clicker on your device is not a major security concern, but you might end up having difficulties maintaining your battery levels and using your device efficiently – the corrupted code will use your device to download new applications and spawn advertisements constantly.

Protecting your device from BearClod and similar threats can be accomplished by investing in a trustworthy Android security application. Furthermore, you should be more careful with the applications you download for your Android device – check the reviews thoroughly since many of the applications bearing BearClod's code ended up being outed by unhappy users in the reviews section.

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