Android From Lenovo And ZTE Might Have Chinese Spyware. Here Is How To Find If Your Phone Has Spyware

The influx of Chinese smartphones into the market made it possible for anyone to have a decent smartphone for under 6,000 INR. Chinese manufacturers like Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Lenovo, GIonee, Vivo, ZTE, etc. has played a key role with many Indian companies who rebranded and released Chinese smartphones.Kryptowire exposed November this year that many of the devices made by some of the Chinese smartphone makers had Shanghai Adups made spyware installed, one may wonder is that the real price we have to pay for affordable smartphones..ZTE and Lenovo.Spywares are capable of tracking your location, your call records, read the text messages and even install and uninstall apps – all without your consent. This information is then sent to servers in China every 72 hours..

The Adups’apps comes with a firmware update, so for normal users, there is nothing much can be done except wait for update or security patch from the manufacturer like BLU provided, and that too only if the manufacturer admits to having been using Adups’ software. However, if you want to find out if your phone may be under spying or that there are some spyware running on it. Here are some tips:

Faster Battery Drain:
If your phone has apps running in background collecting data, then one definite sign of that is a quick drain in the battery. These apps require being active even when your phone is idle as they collect information. Additionally, it may take longer time for your battery to charge as well.if you are a heavy gamer or streams lot of videos on your phone, then the battery can drain faster. And also keep in mind that if the phone is 2-3 years old, then it's normal to have lower battery life.

Overheating:Another important sign of apps running constantly in the background is overheating of the phone. We have seen in recent past that some processor issues can also cause this sort of heating. Also, your phone is supposed to be hot when it is charging.still your phone is hot enough to toast a bread slice, then you got a problem.

 Unexpected Data Usage:Except for Jio users, everyone else lives in the world of limited mobile data. And most of the times we are good at keeping an eye on how much data we mostly use and the quantity of data things like messaging or streaming video might take.It can be spying apps sending your data to its servers or it downloading more spying apps in the background.

 Regular hangs and crashes:If your phone isn’t over a year old and doesn’t have a million apps and games installed with gazillion notification- it will normally work perfectly fine. But if your phone’s speed Is worse than a snail and apps are crashing and the phone is hanging generally, you should be concerned.But if they haven’t fixed the issues and your phone also displays the above mentioned overheating and battery drain, then the best thing is to install an anti-spyware or security app and evaluate your phone.

Another piece of important tip here is always avoid installing apps from outside app stores and also make sure you don’t have any suspicious apps or games on your phone already installed...