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Basic Analysis of YoWhatsapp,GBwhatsapp and Pockettv App in Virustotal

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 No matter how many times security professionals warn people , many people still do use modified whatsapp versions and Cracked Software either to avoid paying license or to get extra cool features which are not available in original software . I decided to check most commonly used cracked softwares  to find if these apps are really safe enough using virustotal. First of all i uploaded GB whatsapp apk from  https://latestmodapks.com/gbwhatsapp-download-latest-version-android/ to Virustotal , this app seems to be bundled with ads ( the original whatsapp doesnot contain any ads.) , this might be annoying and dangerous, such ads can increase the risk of clicking Ads infected with malware or compromise your privacy by selling your data and this app  had 2 detections as malware in virustotal as shown in the image above.  In the case of Yowhatsapp it had single detection which labelled it as a potentially unwanted program.  The sample of Yowhatsapp which i used for this purpose