{"id":85795,"date":"2016-02-23T16:39:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T14:39:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=85795"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:04:19","slug":"new-android-malware-could-wipe-your-device-with-just-one-text-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/new-android-malware-could-wipe-your-device-with-just-one-text-message\/","title":{"rendered":"New Android malware could wipe your device with just one text message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re an <strong>Android <\/strong>user, you might be used to facing malware threats on a daily basis. The problem is that these hazards are becoming increasingly frequent, and more and more dangerous. A Danish security company has recently discovered a <strong>new malware<\/strong> that can erase your phone with just a simple <strong>text message<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The threat in question is called &#8220;<strong>Mazar<\/strong>&#8220;. This malware has the ability to send you a text message that includes a link, which at first glance looks harmless. If you click the link, you will automatically download &#8220;<strong>Tor<\/strong>&#8221; with the most recent malware. With Tor, Mazar can be undetected, and will begin to work its evil on your device.<\/p>\n<p>This malware can not only delete your data. It can also send other messages to your contacts without your permission. More than <strong>100,000 Android<\/strong> <strong>users<\/strong> have received this text message and the fear is expected to grow on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85797\" title=\"Mazar-malware\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Mazar-malware.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Mazar-malware.jpg 620w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Mazar-malware-256x130.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2016\/02\/Mazar-malware-568x288.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Our advice?<\/h3>\n<p>Simply<strong> don&#8217;t open any strange messages<\/strong>. Especially in this day and age of <strong>WhatsApp<\/strong> and <strong>Facebook, <\/strong>receiving an <strong>SMS<\/strong> is somewhat rare, and is usually limited to companies sending you ads. It may sound a bit harsh, but the truth is that those who have fallen victim to this malware already have only got themselves to blame.It&#8217;s a cruel world out there &#8211; be careful.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubergizmo.com\/2016\/02\/new-android-malware-erases-phone-with-a-single-text\/?utm_source=mainrss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UberGizmo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re an Android user, you might be used to facing malware threats on a daily basis. The problem is that these hazards are becoming increasingly frequent, and more and more dangerous. A Danish security company has recently discovered a new malware that can erase your phone with just a simple text message. The threat &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/new-android-malware-could-wipe-your-device-with-just-one-text-message\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Android malware could wipe your device with just one text message&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2041,"featured_media":85796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-85795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85795"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85795\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329284,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85795\/revisions\/329284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85795"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=85795"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=85795"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=85795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}