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First SMS Trojan detected for Google Android smartphones

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

Wednesday, August 11, 2010
13 years ago2,392 views

Source:
http://www.kaspersky.com/news?id=207576152

TOMHTML [PersonRank 10]

13 years ago #

code name: Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a

Juha-Matti Laurio [PersonRank 10]

13 years ago #

"Kaspersky Lab [....] announces that the first malicious program classified as a Trojan-SMS has been detected for smartphones running on Google’s Android operating system. Named Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a, it has already infected a number of mobile devices.

The new malicious program penetrates smartphones running Android in the guise of a harmless media player application. Users are prompted to install a file of just over 13 KB with the standard Android extension .APK."

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