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Beware of #WhatsAppGold-Scam ...the Fake WhatsApp surfacing online with Golden Logo ...!!!

By VARINDIA - 2018-04-06

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WhatsApp is unquestionably, one of the most popular messaging application across the globe, has brought new features and updates from time to time, which is used by over 1.5 billion monthly active users worldwide and is quite popular amongst the users.The app is so popular that if you make a search for the app in Google Play store, several other instances and fake counterparts appear. One such fake app with a similar moniker is WhatsApp Plus, which a lot of people even use it, mistaking it for the original version due to great similarities between the two. While the app is in use for quite a while, the users must delete this app as a new report points out that this app is illicitly sharing the users’ data and replaces it with malware.

According to a report by Malwarebytes, this fake version of WhatsApp is surfacing around the web with malicious intentions to take the control over users data. This app is not available on Google Play store, however, the APK file of the app is in circulation among the potential users who fall for it and download it on their phones. WhatsApp Plus has been classified as a rogue app that is also a variant of a malware identified as Android/PUP.Riskware.Wtaspin.GB.

Upon installing WhatsApp Plus, the app prompts a screen with a gold WhatsApp logo in the centre with a URL and handle. If you tap on ‘Agree and continue’, the app will redirect you to update it with a newer version of the application. Once you tend to do that, the fake WhatsApp diverts you to an unsafe website where the text is written in Arabic. The website lets you download an app having a ridiculous name – ‘Watts Plus Plus WhatsApp’.

This fake version of WhatsApp features a gold logo, instead of the original green logo, and has a URL and a handle written inside. The first thing that is prompted after you click on ‘Agree and Continue’ is that the version is out-of-date. The error message directs you to the Google Play Store for installing the latest version of the app. However, there’s a download option as well, which takes you to the URL from the gold logo. The website is in Arabic, stating details of the developer of the app.

What is Watts Plus Plus Whatsapp Plus?

Is a copy of WattsPlus developed by Abu, there may be no confidence in some users in the download of Whatsapp Plus, but this version has been checked files Wats through special programs and the result is positive is safe , and the version of Watts Plus is updated Abu periodically for the last issue is a special version of the fans of Watts AP Plus:

Security:

The antivirus software code has been checked, the Watsp files are encrypted in the Watspec servers and cannot be decrypted and can only be decrypted by Wattsp itself.

Versioning: Yes - New versions are Available...

Watts August the company issued almost every two days a simple update, and is almost updated copies of our own every two months periodically until the copies contain only critical updates.

Four numbers in the same phone: In this version you can run up to four numbers in the same phone without a routine or any difficulty

The app further includes features such as hiding your last appearance, hiding read texts, received texts, and also hiding the current writing. There’s also an option to hide that you have played a voice clip. You can also hide that you have watched the status of your friend through the settings menu. Other features include support for 100 photo sharing at once, secret password for privacy, and more. While many of these features replicate the original WhatsApp, some of the features appear unique to the WhatsApp Plus fake app.

While the exact working of the WhatsApp Plus is yet to be decoded, it is said to have the potential to steal information, photos, phone numbers, and more from your mobile phone. Although Google Play Store has come under flak time and again for allowing unauthentic apps on its platform, it is always advisable to install genuine apps from the official Play Store.

Last week, an app called “Chatwatch” was found using WhatsApp’s online or offline status feature to tell users how often their friends check the micro-blogging platform and also estimate when they go to bed every day — potentially making it an invasive app. The app could also estimate what time a user goes to sleep and wakes up each day.