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Re:New 'unremovable' xHelper malware has infected 45,000 And... by wnevets on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @10:56PM (#21394289)
>According to Malwarebytes, the source of these infections is "web redirects" that send users to web pages hosting Android apps. These sites instruct users on how to side-load unofficial Android apps from outside the Play Store. Code hidden in these apps downloads the xHelper trojan.

Ok, maybe don't do that?

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Re:New 'unremovable' xHelper malware has infected 45,000 And... by Nairus on Thursday October 31, 2019 @11:04AM (#21409582)
You never had to deal with an untechnical user, had you?
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