“Hello, you are being harassed by the bank’s security service…” — now this is an old scheme and most people have learned to identify such calls as another attack by telephone scammers. What remains for scammers? Of course, come up with a more sophisticated scheme.

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You are on the “my old computer” channel and today we will analyze another fraudulent scheme using telephone calls. The main purpose of the article is to warn citizens about possible schemes of telephone scammers, as well as to provide recommendations on how to counter such tricks. «Forewarned is forearmed».

Now the same scammer or a group of such persons calls the potential victim’s number several times. The prepositions and dramatizations are different, only now they rarely use a “fake” bank security officer for the first call.

It is now “fashionable” to introduce yourself as law enforcement officers. A “fake” detective or investigator, let’s call them that, may call. The speech has been prepared in advance: you will be given the full name, title and position of the employee, the number of the criminal case or audit material.

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The main point of this scheme is to convince the person that he has become a witness or victim in a major case involving bank account fraud that is being investigated by the police. If the ground is prepared and the potential “victim” makes contact, the conversation with the law enforcement officer ends and a new player enters the scene. A new incoming call is received at the “victim’s” number. An employee of a banking organization, up to an employee of the Central Bank, comes into play. But in fact, this is the same person or his accomplice.

During the conversation, the scammer continues to convince the “victim” of the reality of what is happening. The main goal is to persuade a person to take certain actions related to entering bank card data into a “special register” to protect and preserve funds. The person transfers all his personal data, reveals information about his bank card and follows the scammers’ clear instructions and even goes to the bank terminal. The result is the same — the “victim’s” money is written off and goes to the scammers.

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In such situations, no matter who calls you with such information, do not continue the conversation. And if you are worried, then personally contact the bank where your bank card was issued or the police. Remember that via mobile communications, no criminal cases are investigated and no one will call you to protect the safety of your money in your bank card account. If you have anything to do with such a criminal case, you may be summoned for questioning by the police by telephone or given a subpoena. An investigator can recognize you as a victim or witness in your personal presence, but not via mobile communications.

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Have you ever thought that for 5000 years humanity has not developed at all? And over the past 100 years, instead of wooden houses, skyscrapers have grown. People have cars, smartphones and robots. Remember your childhood. What you use now would have seemed fantastic to you 30 years ago.

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Hi all! You are on the “My Old Computer” channel, today we will think a little and discuss an interesting theory of a leap in the development of mankind. The article is informative in nature and does not contain any appeals or intent to hurt anyone’s feelings, just the author’s thoughts.

According to official history, humanity lived long before our era. But why was Antarctica discovered only in 1820? Why was the USA formed only in 1776? Electricity was discovered in 1831, but not even 200 years have passed since we are already sitting at computers and heating food in the microwave. Why didn’t humanity develop at such a pace before?

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There is a theory that official history has been rewritten. Darwin’s theory does not stand up to criticism, because there is not a single transitional form of life on Earth. For millions of years man ate with his hands and lived in caves, and over the past 300 years he has moved from the pen to the smartphone. Somewhere we are being deceived. Either we are 300 years old, or 300 years ago we were deprived of all technology and thrown back far in development.

Approximately 300 years ago, some kind of catastrophe, global event, or even a lightning war could have occurred. After this event, the so-called “elite” could take away all the knowledge and technology, and throw ordinary people back in development for a thousand years. It is easy to control those who do not know their history and do not have knowledge.

All these UFOs that people are seeing around the world could be technology that is being hidden from us. Even the world map is completely wrong. If you look at a world map on the Internet, a geography textbook, or even a globe, Greenland is the size of Africa, and Russia is larger than South America. But Greenland is actually 14 times smaller than Africa, and Russia is much smaller than you think. Africa can fit 2 Russias.

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They also lie to us about the world’s population. There are no 7 billion. The population is rapidly decreasing every year. This is especially noticeable in our country.

But what happened 300 years ago? There are many structures, finds and traces of mining activity on Earth that cannot be replicated even with modern technology. Find photographs of the Babolovskaya bath or Indian columns on the Internet. This can only be done by machine processing, with a high level of industrial production. The Alexandria Column in St. Petersburg cannot be made without rotation in a lathe and high-speed polishing machines.

Look at the photos of polygonal masonry. How can you build buildings from blocks that weigh about 100 tons? It is impossible to even insert a playing card between these blocks. Now compare this with the well-known “Khrushchev”. Also, pay attention to the architecture of buildings that are more than 250 years old. All these towers, columns, arches are truly beautiful! And now all the buildings look “soulless.”

Find buildings in your city that are over 250 years old. Evaluate the quality of the masonry and the size of the blocks, and then compare it with modern brick buildings. You will be surprised.

They carefully hide from us what happened in those days. But the facts confirm that before 1700 there was a developed civilization on our planet. From the buildings and numerous traces of mining, one can judge the development of industry and high-tech tools.

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After 1700, all technology, tools and knowledge disappeared. Mendeleev came up with the table of chemical elements in 1869, but to create an iron column in India that does not rust requires much more modern knowledge. Even now we will not be able to create such pure iron. There are pyramids all over the planet, but people still don’t know about their purpose. Of course, if you look for information, you can find some logical explanations and theories.

Or maybe they decided to hide all this knowledge from people and rewrite history. This was done in order to control the population. The shadow world government has such technologies and developments that we have never dreamed of. They could reinvent the steam engine and throw in the periodic table of chemical elements. They control our knowledge and technology to always have an advantage over us.

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Sales of a domestic smartphone called AYYA T1 (also called “Trustfon”) have started in Russia, and the manufacturer is the Rostec company. For such a new product you need to be prepared to pay 18,999 rubles. You can purchase it at M-Video or Eldorado. Let’s take a look at this new product and whether it’s worth purchasing.

The development of the gadget was carried out by a Rostec subsidiary, Smartecosystem. In order to somehow distinguish their device from competitors, the developers paid attention to the safety of storing users’ personal data. We added several functions, for example, blocking the camera and microphone.

The smartphone is designed for a domestic operating system and components, but in fact the gadget uses foreign parts, and the operating system is Android 11. From Russia, the gadget has pre-installed domestic programs and applications.

The question arises: why buy such a smartphone if Chinese analogues are several times cheaper and also have wider functionality? In all likelihood, this model is some kind of test on the market. But why put such a price tag?

Of course, there is a positive aspect to this news. Russian gadgets will begin to appear on store shelves. Many have heard that similar attempts have already been made, but, unfortunately, not successful (YotaPhone, Taigaphone and others). Maybe this time something will work out. There’s a long way to go.

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Let’s go over the components of the gadget:

• Screen: 6.5 inches with a resolution of 1600×720 with a refresh rate of 60 Hz;
• Processor: 8 cores MediaTek Hello P70 (considered an old model);
• RAM: 4 GB (enough for modern software);
• Built-in memory: 64 GB (it seems not enough in modern times, there is support for memory cards up to 128 GB);
• Main camera: 12 MP (the camera is weak, there is no wide range of useful settings for photos and videos);
• Support: 2 SIM cards;
• Data transmission: 2G, 3G, 4G LTE;
• NFC: yes;
• Housing: metal/plastic;
• Available body colors: black and green;
• Dust and moisture protection: no;
• Charging: Type-C, fast charging technology supported;
• Battery: 4000 mAh.

Overall, nothing special. Based on reviews from buyers of this model, we can say that the smartphone is weak and not worth the stated price. It is currently difficult to compete with Chinese smartphones, but let’s hope that the development of domestic gadgets will continue. The emphasis on the security of storing user personal data is questionable. Taking into account Russian legislation, making a smartphone a reliable, confidential means of communication for the user, I believe, is something out of the realm of science fiction.

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At this point in time, it is unlikely that such a model will be of interest to ordinary users for retail purchase. Perhaps there will be demand for government procurement of a similar model. It will be expensive for a user to pay 18,999 rubles for such a gadget, but for procurement at the level of state companies and large commercial organizations, it will be just right. Nowadays, domestic software is being actively promoted, and a Russian-made gadget is an excellent option.

And a little humor, according to comments in reviews of this model:

“If this is a Russian phone, then why not call it normally, then what the hell???”

“There is nothing to add, if only to say ayay again”

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Telephone scammers “attack” users every day, the main goal is to illegally seize funds. Despite all the modern technologies for protecting confidential data, people continue to become victims of scammers.

In most cases, the user, due to his gullibility, falls for the cunning tricks of scammers. Follows the instructions of the scammers and transfers the money himself. You look at such events from the outside and wonder: “how do people fall for such schemes, it’s like some kind of magic.” But the old schemes of scammers work, and new ones are also appearing.

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You are on the “my old computer” channel. The main purpose of the article is to warn citizens about possible schemes of telephone scammers, as well as to provide recommendations on how to counter such tricks. «Forewarned is forearmed». On the channel I often cover various schemes, I recommend reading other publications on this topic.

It is very difficult for law enforcement agencies to prevent and investigate such cases. In most cases, criminal cases are initiated and become “wood grouse”, initiated against unidentified persons. Such cases accumulate in departments and lie for years without being solved.

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Do you know what the “top” phrase of scammers is that has a great effect on a potential “victim”? It is simple and many have already heard it when answering an incoming call from an unknown number. It sounds like this: “Suspicious activity has been recorded on your bank account, indicating the work of fraudsters.”

The most interesting thing is that the overwhelming number of people have this bank account, and honestly earned money is stored in it. And when a person hears that this money is in danger, vigilance disappears somewhere. It’s as if a person is under hypnosis and begins to believe the scammers. And then all that remains for the attackers is to implement their scheme and take possession of other people’s money.

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To avoid becoming victims of telephone scammers, you need to follow a simple rule. No contact with unknown persons who call your number and try to engage in dialogue about your bank accounts. For all questions about banking operations on your account, please contact the bank where the account is opened. Real bank employees will not call the client and report suspicious activity on your account. Monitor this activity yourself, all banks have mobile applications, the entire history of cash flows is displayed there.

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Many people know or have heard about the online auction site “Meshok.ru”. This is a Russian site, a kind of analogue of Ebay. Many users use this site and sell some of their personal belongings, while others buy, especially if they are into collecting. There are people who make money there by selling other people’s things.

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Hi all! You are on the “My Old Computer” channel. Today we will get acquainted with the online auction “Bag”. I’ll tell you how people make money on it using auctions. The main purpose of the article is to warn users who decide to sell or buy something on this site how to protect themselves from the actions of such persons. The article is for informational purposes only and does not contain any instructions or calls.

There are many different schemes. One of the most common is registering two accounts. A sale is made from one account, and an artificial increase in price occurs from the second. Although the rules of the site prohibit this, users find ways to easily circumvent this rule.

On this service you can often buy valuable goods at a ridiculous price. Auctions are selected and sorted by end date. The main task is to find a product that is sold at a reduced price. It could be a painting, a rare record, a camera, an album of stamps, a collectible coin, or anything that might have value.

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At this auction, people manage to buy 500 German marks for 2 rubles or a rare record for 500 rubles, there are a lot of options. The secret is that people put goods up for auction for 1 ruble, but not all lots are of interest to people. Some lots go completely unnoticed.

People who make money on this site simply come in every evening for 15-30 minutes and look through profitable deals, especially those whose auction period is coming to an end and where there are no or few bids. Accordingly, a profitable purchase is made and its own auction is launched. The task is to sell this product at a higher price than it was purchased for. You can follow the lots you are interested in using watch lists.

To be on the safe side, people use the second page or “help from a friend” who will raise the price. The auction is won by the person who makes the highest bid before the auction ends. If a camera is offered at auction for 1 ruble, but no one has bid for more than 500 rubles, then the required bid is made from the second page. A bet is made, for example, 3500 rubles and all bets up to the specified value will be automatically outbid. Thus, such users sell the product at the price they need. Or they “keep” this product for themselves, independently increasing the rate to astronomical values. If an album of Soviet stamps is sold, then no one will beat the bid of 100,000 rubles.

Oil paintings and rare vinyl records bring the maximum profit. These goods do not have any specific value. People who really need them are willing to shell out a large sum of money. Such paintings are bought at auction for 1000-3000 rubles, and sold for 5000-10000 rubles and more.

As for rare records, things are even more interesting. “The Dark Side of the Moon” by the famous group Pink Floyd in good condition can be sold for either 2,500 rubles or 14,500 rubles. Maximum profit is made on collectibles and art objects.

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The main thing you need to do before you start using this service. Go in and read the rules, spending 15 minutes of your time. The administration of the site, in general, described everything in simple and understandable language. Until you gain experience, do not offer lots for 1 ruble, place a fixed bid or bid for a higher amount. Look around, study the site. If you buy or sell something and conduct a dialogue with another person, remember the basic safety of maintaining confidential data (do not disclose your bank card information, do not follow dubious links, etc.). All payments are made through the site. Look at the seller’s or buyer’s rating. If buyer ratings are negative, consider whether it is worth conducting a transaction with such a person.

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There is interesting news from Samsung. The Australian division of the company and the Dr Denim brand have developed and released jeans with a special pocket for carrying smartphones.

So far we are talking about the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip3 smartphone model. For those who are not familiar with this gadget, it is a folding model, which can already be purchased at an electronics store at a price of 90,000 rubles.

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According to the designer, large pockets in jeans are a thing of the past. The new product has only one pocket, located on the front side, tailored to the size of the smartphone. You won’t be able to put anything else in your pocket, and there are simply no others.

I’m glad that so far this is only a limited edition of jeans and there are only 450 of them. But I assume that if the test is successful and such jeans find their buyer, such an innovation will begin to rapidly be introduced into the market.

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You come to the store for a brand new smartphone, and you also leave wearing new jeans. In fact, it sounds kind of funny, but the most interesting thing is that something like this can easily happen.

So far, folding smartphones are not popular. But Samsung is spending a lot of money on an advertising campaign for a new production line. Users take a closer look, someone decides to buy. Why not buy jeans to go with such a stylish smartphone?

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And if we get ahead of ourselves. I represent the administration of large online stores who are clearing space for racks of jeans. So you also need to keep all sizes, and you need a fitting room. I also wonder if other brands adopt the idea, will the jeans have logos? You walk down the street like this, and on your jeans it says, for example: “Xiaomi” or “Nokia”, like a general’s stripes. Conveniently, you can immediately find out which smartphone a person is using. And if jeans appear, we need to make other clothes to carry a smartphone. So you can create new collections of clothes, which market opens up.

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You can continue to fantasize for a long time, I really hope that such an idea will remain at the “limited edition” stage and will be bought by some collectors. I’d rather go to the store and buy myself normal jeans with wide pockets.

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Technologies move forward, new products are constantly appearing. First, the power and performance of various gadgets increases, and then some design innovations begin.

While Samsung is marketing its foldable smartphones, laptop makers are developing dual-display options. In general, similar laptops already exist. Lenovo has a ThinkBook Plus model that features a second display on the outside, while Acer has introduced a ConceptD 7 SpatialLabs Edition with a 3D display feature. And now there is news that Lenovo will very soon introduce another new product.

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Only the second screen will be built in near the keyboard, most likely somewhere on the right, for ease of control. This screen will support touch input. Are we bringing back styluses?

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No matter how you feel about such new products, what can you do? Sooner or later you will have to change your laptop or smartphone. And on store shelves there will remain clamshell smartphones and laptops with two screens. Now, such new items are a very expensive and unknown “pleasure,” but believe me, very soon everything will become available.

In fact, such models have both pros and cons. These seem to be very convenient functions, but I immediately remember worn-out laptop keyboards, torn off keys and spilled coffee. And then there’s a screen next to the keyboard.

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I know for sure that buying such a laptop will be expensive, but how much will I have to pay for repairs? Or will it be a “disposable” technique? And it’s easy to damage such a screen. There is no need to compare with anything, just look at the ways people manage to break the screens of their laptops, and now there will be two of them. I doubt that they will come up with any additional protection.

If you buy such a laptop, you will have to use it very carefully, do not drink coffee or eat sandwiches nearby. Keep small children at a safe distance from the laptop. In other words, “blow away specks of dust” from such equipment. Or the option is to insure the laptop against mechanical damage, in addition to the existing store warranty.

I suspect that there will be many opponents of such executions of the technique, but people get used to everything. For now, I’ll happily work on my old laptop with one screen until, by some accident, I break the screen on it.

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Many people know about this excellent service where there is always something to watch in their free time. I know that many people use a paid subscription. And as always, you can’t do without scammers; they came up with a new scheme.

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You are on the “My Old Computer” channel. The main purpose of the article is to warn citizens about possible schemes of scammers on the Internet, as well as to provide recommendations on how to counter such tricks. «Forewarned is forearmed». On the channel I often cover various schemes, I recommend reading other publications on this topic.

The scheme is as follows: scammers gain access to a database of active and paid Netflix service accounts. One can only guess in what ways, it could be a hacker attack or some kind of leak of user data. In general, scammers only need the email address associated with your Netflix account.

Phishing emails are sent to the email addresses of potential “victims”, which contain a notification that the service has experienced a failure and it is necessary to update your bank card information to continue using it. A link is offered to follow; accordingly, it has “suspicious” content.

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On the one hand, such letters are unlikely to reach their destination, since anti-spam will work and such mailings will end up in the spam folder. Of course, there are individuals who open and check something from this folder, but I think the number of such users is very small.

But scammers have come up with a way around it. The content contains a link to the page with the CAPTCHA. On which they will supposedly check you whether you are a real user or a robot that is engaged in some kind of automated activity. A common procedure on many services that does not raise suspicion. But the point is that the user passes the captcha and goes to a phishing page, where the fraudsters plan to steal their bank card data. There the user enters his data, goes through the “confirmation” procedure and says goodbye to the funds from the card account.

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In this case, the “anti-spam” email does not work, since the verification bot only reaches the page with the CAPTCHA, and no further verification occurs. Such a page is not defined as malicious. For this reason, incoming emails do not end up in the spam folder and are considered safe.

Be careful if you receive a similar message to your email address. Do not click on any links from such emails. Go to the official Netflix website and check your profile information. A similar scheme applies to other video services.

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There are gadgets in every home. While not every family has a laptop, almost everyone has a smartphone. Laptops and smartphones are designed with rechargeable batteries that need to be charged. There are chargers for this.

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Why is it necessary to always unplug chargers from the outlet?

1. Electricity consumption. When the charger is not in use for its intended purpose, but is plugged in, it continues to operate and consume electricity. This state is called “quiescent current,” i.e., a minimum amount of current is consumed while remaining operational and available for operation. Check your smartphone charger, which was left in the socket, it will be slightly warm, sometimes barely noticeable. And from a laptop, I noticed that the power supply will be many times warmer under the same conditions (not connected to the laptop, only to the outlet).

Don’t worry, this consumption is minimal, the meter won’t add up much. On the other hand, there is still consumption. Why pay for electricity that you didn’t actually use? It’s better to unplug it, put it in a drawer and close this issue.

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2. Mechanical damage. Leaving the charger in the outlet increases the chances of physical damage to it. Everything here is elementary simple, someone has small children or pets at home. In most cases, they will be very happy to play with the stray wire, eventually damaging it. You should also not exclude other ways of damage, such as pinching the wire with a door or drawer, somehow touching the charger with your foot, and the like. It is better to charge the gadget and put the charger in a drawer.

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3. Fire hazard. In general, the risks are minimal if you use original chargers. But they still exist. What if you use cheap, uncertified Chinese analogues? What if the power supply or cable has some kind of mechanical damage? It’s better to charge the gadget and put it in a drawer.

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4. Reduced service life. This point can be partially attributed to the second point. Under normal operating conditions, even if you forget to unplug the device, it will last a long time. Mechanical damage, power surges and the gadgets themselves are more influential here. If you charge a device with a faulty charge controller, the charger can easily fail.

In any case, it is better to unplug the charger from the outlet. With laptops it is more difficult, or rather more inconvenient when disconnected. In this case, you need to make sure that the socket to which the charger will be connected is not in a hard-to-reach place, for example, somewhere under the table.

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Malicious programs are being trumpeted on every corner, and on the Internet they constantly offer to buy an anti-virus program and live in peace. But such a purchase does not provide a 100% guarantee of safety. Technologies develop, and with their growth, new viruses also appear, or rather, they are developed by hackers.

Let’s talk about the Play Store. Every owner of a smartphone with Google services downloads something from this application store. A smartphone without modern programs will be just an ordinary “dialer”. Hackers will not be able to ignore this opportunity and not download their malware.

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At the moment, a virus called “Joker” is operating on Google Play, hiding in some applications of the service. The user downloads the program and a virus penetrates his gadget. After which the user is secretly subscribed to various expensive services with a monthly payment. Money will be debited from your phone accounts or linked bank cards. SMS, contact lists and other confidential data are also intercepted. Stolen data ends up in special databases, which are then sold. In this case, the user may become a potential victim for new scam schemes. Either some photos will be stolen, the user will simply be blackmailed, or they will be leaked somewhere online. The Internet is full of examples of how personal photographs of various media personalities are leaked.

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According to cybersecurity companies, the Joker virus was uploaded by attackers to the Play Store in quantities exceeding 5,000 copies. Even after the malicious program was detected, it was not possible to completely neutralize it. The popular theme of the series, “The Squid Game,” easily helped the malware spread. Users downloaded applications that installed popular screensavers from the series on their smartphone screens. As we know, there are many similar applications. You take your smartphone, unlock it, and there is one screensaver, repeat the steps and another screensaver appears on the screen. This is what happened with the popular theme “Squid Game”.

This is a single example about the Joker virus, but how many other malicious programs are uploaded to the service by hackers every day. Such programs have many goals: to take possession of users’ funds; steal confidential data; intercept information; monitor the user; secretly use the gadget in cryptocurrency mining; display paid advertising on the smartphone screen and the like.

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To protect yourself, you need to follow simple rules: use anti-virus software; Do not click on dubious links and download applications carefully. This means that before downloading the application you are interested in: you need to study the information; read the ratings; read the reviews if this is your first time encountering such a program. If you have any doubts, look for more well-known similar applications, think about whether you really need to download this program of dubious origin. In most cases, the user himself is to blame for the fact that malware penetrates his gadget.

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