Android devices are being increasingly targeted by undeletable adware, researchers warn

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The adware plants itself in the system partition, making it hard to delete

Nearly 15 per cent of the Android users who were targeted with mobile adware or malware last year were left with undeletable files. That's according to the researchers from cyber security firm K...

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