Will WeChat disclose personal information when using cleaning powder software? What are the risks?

Wechat is a popular social software. After using it for a long time, there will be some friends who are rarely contacted or have been deleted, so there are various powder scanning services on the Internet. So, is WeChat powder scanning safe? Will WeChat Clear Powder reveal personal information? What are the risks? The following small series will bring an introduction.

Is the cleaning powder software used by WeChat safe?

Wechat has become the main contact method for many people. The wechat address book is getting longer and longer, but the people inside rarely contact. As a result, a service called WeChat "Cleaning Powder" came into being. However, this method may threaten your information security.

It seems convenient to use "cleaning powder" software to clean up WeChat friends who have not been contacted for a long time or have been deleted or blacked out by the other party, but in fact it is risky.

Wechat powder cleaning is to use control software to send messages to all friends, judge which ones are "zombie fans", and automatically delete these "zombie fans" to realize the "powder cleaning" operation.

If you have used the "Cleaning Powder" software, you should check whether there is any abnormality in your account as soon as possible, and immediately cancel the iPad login authorization.

You can also find the login device management under the account and security directory in the mobile phone WeChat settings, and "kick off" the strange login device.

Will WeChat disclose personal information when using cleaning powder software? What are the risks?

There are three kinds of powder scanning, one is App powder scanning, the other is website powder scanning, and the third is authorized login powder scanning.

The first way: implant Trojan virus to obtain citizens' personal information. The powder scanning App downloaded by the victim carries Trojan virus, and can obtain information such as SMS, address book, call records, instant messaging tool contacts, chat records, etc.

The second way: website phishing to obtain citizens' personal information. By inducing the victim to operate on the so-called powder washing website, he illegally obtained the account number, login password, SMS verification code, contact person, chat record and other information of the victim's instant messaging tool.

The third way: remote login to obtain citizens' personal information. Initiate remote login operation in different places through the instant messaging tool account voluntarily provided by the victim, and illegally obtain the contact person and chat record of the victim's instant messaging tool after authorization.

When cleaning up the black powder, the parties hand over the control of WeChat, and personal data and privacy information are easily stolen. In addition, almost all WeChat are bound with bank cards, and the funds paid by WeChat may also be stolen by others. Criminals can also turn users' WeChat accounts into "puppets" through "cloud programs", pay attention to a large number of official WeChat accounts without users' knowledge, and like, forward and collect them.

The police reminded not to trust the so-called "cleaning powder" service, and not to easily click on unknown links and QR codes to prevent citizens' personal information from being stolen. Platform promoters shall set up website platforms according to law, implement network and information security protection measures, and prevent illegal and harmful information from spreading. Once the website is found to have illegal information, the website manager will bear legal responsibility according to law.

Internet industry insiders remind netizens: Don't trust the "WeChat Clear Powder" advertisement of any channel. If you accidentally scan the QR code of "WeChat authorized login" sent by others, please modify the password as soon as possible to ensure the security of the account. In addition, always pay attention to the security of your account. In order to prevent the WeChat account from being stolen by others, please delete devices that are not logged in by yourself through the relevant settings of the WeChat client.