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ouch. malware in android market. removed, but ouch.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:35 pm
by complacent
it looks like the first "big" malware incident finally hit the android market.
Google has removed 21 apps from the Android Market that were confirmed as malware. The apps were designed to get root access to the user's device, collect data, and download additional code. These are very bad things the apps were doing. And they were downloaded by at least 50,000 users.
If you've downloaded one of the following apps recently, each from a company called Myournet, uninstall it!
linky one
linky two.
thankfully, the folks over at xda have whipped up a
patch for the vulnerability.
nasty leak, yea?
Re: ouch. malware in android market. removed, but ouch.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 5:56 pm
by Sabre
That blows
I'm sure Apple will take advantage of this too since they seem pretty stringent on what apps they allow in.
Re: ouch. malware in android market. removed, but ouch.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 9:25 pm
by PGT
got word from a coworker that there was a nasty one out there that when talking on the phone, it would conference in a third party (without you knowing) and then (possibly) record the conversation. originated in China.
Re: ouch. malware in android market. removed, but ouch.
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 10:35 pm
by Mr Kleen
Weren't most of them pirated "free" versions of real apps?
Re: ouch. malware in android market. removed, but ouch.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 12:17 am
by complacent
Mr Kleen wrote:Weren't most of them pirated "free" versions of real apps?
yep. but by looking at a search of the android market, you wouldn't know which one was legit at first glance.
Re: ouch. malware in android market. removed, but ouch.
Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:43 am
by Raven
Glad I don't download many apps. It looked like BS I'd never fall for until I got to "scientific calculator." Sneaky bastards.