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The best way to avoid the poisoned version of the app is to be sure you're getting it from the Google Play Store.

And harvests the info and requests the verification code to sign into the victims' WhatsApp accounts.

also signs up victims up for premium subscriptions.

signs the Android device owner up for paid subscriptions.

installs the xHelper Trojan installer module and runs invisible ads in the background.

, which installs other malicious modules and displays full-screen ads.

, which downloads and launches other malicious modules.

They discovered that FMWhatsapp 16.80-.0 will install the following additional malware (taken from a recent Kaspersky post on the topic). The poisoned version of FMWhatsapp was found by researchers at Kaspersky. Triadatrojan plants seeds in any Android device it infects that allow the hackers to install other malware as well. Triadatrojan isn't harmful in and of itself but the hackers have seen fit to bundle the XHelper trojan with the malware. In addition to providing the promised features, it also installs the Triadatrojan malware. It's somewhat hard to detect because the poisoned mod does what it promises. Hackers have hijacked this legitimate and helpful mod. It promises to improve the WhatsApp user experience by improving user privacy, giving access to custom chat themes, emoji packs from other social networking sites, app locking via a customizable PIN, and more.

Are you a WhatsApp user? If you are you may have heard of the FMWhatsApp mod.