According to security company Symantec, the Android Market had to contend with a large amount of malware. This is hidden in applications from different developers, where the amount of downloads above the million.
Added together would be the apps between one and five million downloads. That’s why it’s one of the largest malware infection in the Android Market until now. Many users would not have that you have malware on their phone installed. At the time of writing, there are still some of the by Symantec mentioned apps in the Market.
The applications will have some time in the downloadwinkel stood. Probably they were not noted because the malware with the name in games is blocked. According to Symantec, is the presence of a search icon at the top of the homescreen is a sign of infection.
It comes to three developers who all together quite a number of apps in the Android Market. In the applications would Android.Counterclank hidden; malware in addition to obtaining personal information, it is able to commands on the phone.
It is not the first time that the downloadwinkel for Googles mobile operating system has to deal with malware. There is regular mention of malicious software that the Market is scattered. In addition, it would be the amount of them in the last few months have doubled. Because Google apps is not for publication, screens, malicious software the chance to spread. The American security service NSA has recently been launched a Android version online that the functioning of malware against.
