April 7, 2020 By Tara Seals
Ultimately delivering the Triada payload, xHelper goes to great lengths to become virtually indestructible once installed on a smartphone.
The “undeletable” xHelper malware – which ultimately results in the installation of the Triada trojan – has become a virulent scourge for Android devices this year, according to researcher analysis – bringing with it a hallmark of being virtually indestructible for the common user.
xHelper is known for its persistence – it stays entrenched on the phone even if the device has been restored to factory settings by secretly re-installing itself. First spotted last year, researchers said they have observed ongoing surges in detections of the malware, which hides itself from users, downloads malicious apps onto the phone and displays pop-up advertisements.
