The Expert Podcast

If you think you might have spyware or malware on your mobile device there's a lot of ways to detect that and extract the location of where that's by where it came from So let's say your phone is running slow maybe have unexplained activity maybe it shuts off once in a while or reboots sometimes it rings and there's nobody there There's a lot of Symptoms that might indicate your phone has spyware What can that spyware do where there's programs that can be installed on your phone That download all of your photos All the your voicemails sometimes it can even open up the mic on your phone if it just sitting on your desk and you're not even on the phone it can record what's being said in the room some spyware I can monitor your phone calls Or your text messages or even your emails a lot of spyware can even record what you're doing on different apps whether you're using WhatsApp or other communication platforms So you want to be sure that no one is monitoring your phone activity the spyware where is very good At trying to keep itself from being discovered but very advanced tools can be used to clearly see that the spyware is there more importantly you want to find out how it got there You can find out how it was sent to you How it was installed on your phone if it was done with access to the phone If it was done by having control of the phone you can find out the date and time So if you find out the spyware was installed on your phone on You know January 12th at 2:00 PM you can look back and say well where was that phone who had access to the phone Was it somebody in your household Was it somebody at work was it somebody maybe in a social environment that had your phone if it was installed remotely Well where do they come from Did somebody send you a text message with a photo Maybe the spyware was embedded in that photo was it from an email and more importantly you can find out where the data's going when the data is going off of your phone is being sent somewhere Sometimes it's sent by email and you can track the email address Sometimes it's sent to an IP address for somebody's computer and you can track that So first identifying if your phone has spyware and then identifying where it came from and who is monitoring your activities is an important next step to make sure it's not part of some litigation you're involved in a divorce case or some fraud against you that you want to identify who is behind it and who can be held accountable for the consequences.