- Check for increased data usage: Because viruses run in the background, using your data plan to communicate with the internet, you may notice spikes in data usage. Keep an eye on your billing statement. You can ignore this if the data usage is actually from your own browsing
- Look for apps you didn’t download: Seeing a new app icon on the home screen but don’t remember installing it? This could be the work of a virus. These apps might even look legit, but if you don’t recall downloading them, it’s best to remove them from the Android. Sometimes you can suddenly see an app installing.
- Battery Drainage: All of these unauthorized functions in the background will ultimately cause your battery to drain quite quickly because your phone has a virus. So if you notice signs such as drastic drainage in your battery or your phone heating up even if you’re not excessively using it, be alarmed.
- First of all install a trusted Android antivirus such as Avast.
- Check your device administrator and check if you do not give access to a strange app
- Uninstall strange apps not installed by you.
Below is a screen shot of a shaddy app i saw on my phone. If you see things like that, have it at the back of your mind that its definitely a virus and they are mostly not installed by you.
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