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Are X rays bad for you? Your phone has the “answer”

Mar

2012

This week, the AVG MobilationT research team found a new instance of PUP (Potentially Unwanted Program) named ‘FakeLottery’ in the Android market. Fortunately, after our Security research team reported this to Google. They suspended the developer for violating the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement.Developer name in the market: “Asta E services”Below you can see a picture […]

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Adware on Mobile Devices an Evolving Privacy Threat

Feb

2012

Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) are often legitimate software that pose a risk to users’ privacy or systems. A reasonably secure–or privacy-minded–user may want to be informed of the presence of certain PUPs and in some cases remove them. One very common type of PUP is adware, which exists to make revenue through advertising. Some adware […]

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