Android Device manager is now available: Locate your android smartphone remotely

A few days ago, Google introduced a new tool for devices with Android mobile operating system: Android Device Manager, which allows us to find our device through Google Maps in case of loss or theft, and also delete the data if necessary. Shortly after the announcement by Google, Android Device Manager is available for our devices and we can access the web application to locate our device.

Finally, Google begins to worry about the security of their devices, a concern that had started long ago, Google is also in the wake of Apple which introduced a virtually identical feature in iOS called Find My iPhone .

Today, smartphones are not only an important part of our daily communication, but also allow us access to a variety of applications and save documents and information relevant to employment. This means that in case of loss or theft, we must have to worry about the security of our data, proceed to change passwords, and more.

With Android Device Manager, we will be able to perform three specific actions: 

1. locate the device via GPS, marking the exact location on Google Maps.
2. We will be able to activate an alarm will sound on the device, for example, to find it when you get lost in a house.
3. In case of loss or theft, we will delete all files and data stored on your phone remotely.

The arrival of Android Device Manager seems excellent news, and in our tests it worked very well (try not to be at work if they test the alarm to not cause a scene). The security of our data, at least for Android users, should be a priority considering the many bugs that were discovered security in recent times.

Basically, you have already got Android Device Manager for our terminals: all features are available from the user's Google account. It is available for all those with an Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system or later, many of the low-end users, medium and high. To access the tool, you need to be connected from the web to the Google account associated with the device, and  then you can access the Android Device Manager from Android section of your account, or this link.

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WhatsApp: New Virus Priyanka and How to Solve it.

Be very careful with the application WhatsApp and new contacts, as it has found a virus named Priyanka. The said virus renames all contacts with 'Priyanka' without the user can avoid it.

WhatsApp is one of the most used application by mobile phone users, WhatsApp, an instant messaging service that probably everyone know, so we should be alert to the application, as it was discovered a virus called 'Priyanka', and functions to change the behalf of all the contacts you have stored on your phone, without the user can avoid all the renaming Priyanka.

How this virus Priyanka works in WhatsApp? When the user receives a new chat message from a contact  name Priyanka and decide to add as a friend on your phonebook,  since the time it is added to your phonebook application, it gets started and infects all your contacts, which are now are now called Priyanka (as you can see in the picture accompanying this post), then comes the confusion and the user does not know what to do, is it or not?

How to solve this problem?

If you or one of your friend is having same problem then tell them that to protect from it, you have to be very careful and not to add any unknown contacts or if you see that something is wrong or suspicious, you should use any good anti-virus. Maybe some of you already have the virus, but it didn't stopped this virus then what can they do? First Take care of deleting the contact Priyanka, then please go to the device settings and then 'Applications', here 'force stop' WhatsApp and delete the data. Don't forget to recover your contacts from Google contacts.

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