Posts Tagged ‘a-remote-server’

Android Virus Alert! SW.SecurePhone and SW.Qieting in the background

February 25th, 2011

Attention Android Users, looks like we may have another small virus issue at hand. Reports like this have came out before. Whether you think phones can get viruses or not

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Lookout Mobile Security Analyzes that Super Evil Geinimi Trojan

January 8th, 2011

Oh that crappy ol’ Geinimi Trojan making its way around the Android world has been analyzed those superheroes of mobile security: Lookout (or lookout, with the lower-case L if you please.) Making a big bad name for themselves since their inception, this is definitely a power-play on the part of those that plant the nice green leaf at the upper-left of your Android screen. They’ve taken the time to take apart the trojan for your pleasure and so that you might be smart when it comes to avoiding or, god forbid, dealing with it. They list the capabilities of the trojan which include the ability to: Read and collect SMS messages, Send and delete selected SMS messages, Pull all contact information and send it to a remote server (number, name, the time they were last contacted,) Place a phone call, Silently download files, and Launch a web browser with a specific URL.

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Symantec Identifies Stealth Trojan in Tap Snake Game

August 18th, 2010

While trojans and viruses have always been a big problem for the PC market, it’s just been a generalized urban myth for the Android mobile Operating System since its debut. While there was plenty of speculation about the damage you could do to the Android system, and someone’s phone or data, it had never managed to make it to the mainstream

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