It became known that DrainerBot spends traffic without any warnings. Androidsmartphones. These fraudulent activity reports Moat.

Employees Moat report that the virus has been built into tens and hundreds Androidapplications. Typically, such malicious code activates the display of hidden advertising materials. We are talking about videos that "weigh" quite a lot. If such an “infected" program is installed on the smartphone, then it can "suck" monthly up to 10 GB of Internet traffic. Moreover, the user may not even know about the launch of advertising on his device, since the whole process is carried out secretly. This also affects the battery, which starts to discharge faster.