Android malware inserting irremovable trojan adware into 20,000 apps

[ericgtr12]

I'll go ahead and stick with my locked down iOS device.

Security researchers have discovered a new type of Android malware that inserts adware into 20,000 commonly-used apps, like Facebook, Candy Crush Saga, Twitter, WhatsApp and Snapchat, then releases this new fake version of the app to be downloaded from alternative third-party app stores.

From http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/android-ma...re-into-20000-apps-including-facebook-1527537

 

[AustinIllini]

I'll go ahead and stick with my locked down iOS device.

I'll go ahead and stick with my brain.

 

[mi7chy]

Suggest a class on reading comprehension since it's already been posted.

 

[ericgtr12]

I caught that after posting this, my bad. I cannot delete but feel free to have a mod do it. And wow, the hate is strong in here, you guys' Android phones get infected or something?

 

[khha4113]

I caught that after posting this, my bad. I cannot delete but feel free to have a mod do it. And wow, the hate is strong in here, you guys' Android phones get infected or something?

Slim to none unless you're so naive to allow them to be installed from 3rd party apps stores not Google Play store. Not like malicious apps that Apple is trying to remove from its apps store now.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/20/xcode-ghost-app-store-malware-malicious-apps/

 

[apolloa]

Slim to none unless you're so naive to allow them to be installed from 3rd party apps stores not Google Play store. Not like malicious apps that Apple are trying to remove from its apps store now.
http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/20/xcode-ghost-app-store-malware-malicious-apps/

Bingo, although I believe some apps have appeared in the Google Play store that are malicious, they are removed, but if you manually choose to disable the built in Android security feature to allow apps to be installed from other places or randomly off the net, then more fool you if you get a virus or adware.

Apple's walled garden on the other hand is beginning to crack and infected apps are present now, Apple is working to remove them but it is obvious it's infamous tight app store lock down has now been successfully breached.

 

[maflynn]

[MOD NOTE]
Please use the existing thread https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/20-000-samples-of-irrevocable-android-adware.1935577/