Phone hacking is one of the biggest problems at this time. If someone's phone is hacked, then the scammer can empty his bank balance in a few minutes. That's why hackers are constantly trying to hack smartphones through different types of software. From e-mail to banking details, today all your information is saved on the phone. Hackers also keep an eye on your personal and private photos.
How to know that your phone has been hacked?
If the battery backup of your phone has been reduced. If the speed of the phone is slowing down, then your phone may have been hacked. Apart from this, many times malware and fake apps also start appearing on your phone. Many times many apps start opening automatically on the phone or the phone starts hanging. If any of these problems are happening in your phone, then your phone may have been hacked.
What to do if your phone is hacked?
As soon as you see some strange movement in your phone, refresh the phone immediately. Try rebooting or formatting the phone. Change the passwords of all emails attached to the phone immediately. Delete all unverified apps immediately. Completely replace the lock pattern and security code.
How to fix the hacked phone?
If your phone has been hacked, first go to your phone's settings and tap on Apps. After that tap on Manage Apps. Here you will get a list of all the apps. You check all these apps. If you are seeing an app that you have never seen before and it is not a part of the phone's system, then it means that it is a spy app. That's why uninstall it.
Apart from this, go to the settings of your phone and tap on Google. After that tap on Security and then on Google Play Protect. Here you will get the list of all Spy Apps. You have to uninstall them one by one. But if you see No Problems Found written, then it means that all the apps are safe.