When questioned is there any solution to this new problem, Vaghela mentioned that as of now there exists no solution to prevent hacking from taking place from a mobile phone but he added that certain steps can be taken to minimise the cases of hacking.
"Never reply to the e-mails that offer lottery prize money. Always keep your anti-virus updated and do not download pictures of celebrities from mails sent by anonymous sender. Also avoid downloading songs from Pakistani wesbites. All these steps if taken can help a person in avoiding his personal information getting passed on to the hackers", informed Sunny further.
The cyber-expert further advised that people should avoid using pirated anti-virus softwares that are of no help and can't check a virus inside a computer.
He also advised that person should never disclose banking passwords or PINs on a website as that may get recorded with the wesbite that can be misused later.
Demonstrating, how a person's cellphone can be used to make calls or send messages to some other number without his/her knowledge, Vaghela said that even this is possible nowadays with the help of a selected software tools. "Such calls will originate from the cellphone of a person without his knowledge. Therefore, there are high chances that a cyber criminal can make use of such calls for terrorist activities and cause harm to the integrity of a person", he said further.
He concluded by saying that the threat e-mails originating from computers used by a hacker for some wrongful purpose can also be tracked and traced.
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