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Voice changer or voice charger?

Feb

2012

This week, the AVG MobilationT research team found a new instance of malware named ‘Voice Changer’ in the Android market. Fortunately, after our Security research team reported this to Google. They suspended the app for violating the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement.The developer’s page in the Android market looks like the following:The icon of the application […]

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2011 in Review: Mobile Malware

Jan

2012

2011 was a banner year for the Android operating system – as well as for Android malware. The increasing number of Android users made it profitable for attackers to go after them in full force, as we’ve been saying all year long.Where are the threats coming from?Many of these threats arrive via third-party app stores, […]

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Checking the Legitimacy of Android Apps

Dec

2011

The Android Market was once again infiltrated by malware, as a handful of premium service abusers (which we detect as ANDROIDOS_RUFRAUD.A) posed as legitimate apps were uploaded to the site. A few users were able to install the malicious apps before Google took them down- a fast reaction due to the quick responses from vigilant […]

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