Do not trust the pink version of “WhatsApp” .. it is a new fraud method

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Ibrahim Al Mubaidin

Amman- If you receive a message via your mobile phone informing you of an update or a new program that converts the version of the messaging application “WhatsApp” you are using from green to pink with the addition of new features for use, do not respond to this message and do not click on the link attached to it, the story in short is that this message Fraudulent and it allows downloading a malicious program that allows hacking your phone and seizing its data. The story that began and spread a few days ago in India is not new for the global WhatsApp application - which is used around the world by more than two billion users - during the past years many attempts and fake releases have appeared For the WhatsApp application, which tempts the user with new features, such as the golden and blue WhatsApp application, and others, which, according to local experts, are only fake programs and versions aimed at trapping the user and hacking his data. The experts emphasized that the user should trust only the original version issued by the global company “WhatsApp”, which is in green, And that the pink version that spread recently is fake and also has nothing to do with the new update that the global company announced its endeavor to implement at the beginning of this year. The experts pointed out that there are no figures so far at the global and local levels for penetration operations through this pink version because the topic is new, and its effects have not been monitored around the world so far, stressing that users in general should not trust any strange messages or from unknown sources and not press any links From these parties, because it may be an attempt to hack and piracy targeting data. The number of Jordanian accounts on the WhatsApp messaging application is estimated at about 7 million. And global reports quoted WhatsApp as saying that anyone can receive an unusual, unspecified or suspicious message through any service, including email, and we strongly encourage everyone to be careful before responding or not. The global company added: We also recommend that people use the tools we provide within the application to send a report to us, report a contact, or block a contact. His mobile phone. Khattab explained that WhatsApp messages are currently spreading in parts of the world, marketing the new pink WhatsApp product, with temptations with new features that are not available in the original green WhatsApp. In the same message, a download link to click on, stressing that this program is in fact a virus or malicious software more precisely, and it does not provide any features, and all it does is give hackers complete control over the device and the data saved on it, including messages, contacts, passwords, etc. Khattab said that this program is not available on the official store, and it can be downloaded through an external website, indicating that it is currently spread on Android devices, and the first reports about it appeared from India. He stressed that there are no figures or estimates so far for the hacking operations that resulted from this new version. . The letter called on users to be careful and said: “If you receive the message, do not click on the link and delete the message.” He added that if the user received the message and clicked on the link, he must do the following: Remove the application from the device immediately. Sometimes the program icon is not visible on the main screen. Look for it in the applications page in the Settings field. A letter said that if the user uses WhatsApp via the web, he must disconnect the devices connected to the account, and he should review and verify the permissions of the various applications. He called on users to download anti-virus programs on the device. An information security expert confirmed Dr. Imran Salem said that users encounter from time to time many different versions of the messaging application “WhatsApp” from different sources and bearing different names, all of which are fake and do not represent the original application, and they should avoid them and not download them to their devices. Salem explained that these versions of the WhatsApp application “ Modified or fake” and is not related to the original company of the “WhatsApp” application, and it reaches users through advertisements, links, or websites, bearing names such as “GBWhatsApp, WhatsApp YoWhatsApp, WhatsApp Plus Red, WhatsApp Gold” WhatsApp Blue WhatsApp Plus, and many other versions and names of WhatsApp.