Instagram
in Android's popularity turns out to invite the bad guys to take advantage of
the moment by making a false application Instagram. False application comes
just a week after the original Instagram application available on Android, and
in contrast to the original application, false Instagram is proved to have
malicious intent.
Instagram
false application for the Android is provided from a third party site on
Russian territory and not from Google's Play Store. Once installed, the
application will attempt to connect to the network in Russia and it will be
sending a message in the background to a premium telephone number. This will
suck up the pulses and the bad guys are using the benefits of this application.
Cases
like these have appeared previously and occurs in the game Angry Birds Space
applications. Some counterfeit copy of this game had circulated on the internet
and even act like a real game but these clones proved to have a malicious
program that is stored in a JPG file that was taken.
Therefore
it is necessary to remember again that it is advisable for Android handset
users to simply download the application from the official sites like Google
Play Store. The official portal of the validity of the application more secure
and thus users will avoid the risk of loss or damage to the handset.
source
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