xHelper ‘Unkillable’ Malware Survives Factory Reset, Still Infecting Android Phones
We’ve discussed the rather nasty xHelper malware on a number of occasions here at HotHardware, and it’s a rather insidious trojan. XHelper first started making the rounds via the Google Play Store roughly a year ago, and by October 2019, over 45,000 Android devices had fallen victim to its tainted tentacles. As of now, that number has surpassed