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Fake anti-virus apps show up for Android

article published on 19 May, 2012

Scareware abound for Android phones. Most people reading this page will have seen some form of fake anti-virus utility running on a Windows PC at one point or another. Now, Sophos's Graham Cluley is showing how the same tactics are being used for Android, particularly in Russia. One particular source, in Ukraine, is responsible for a bunch of malicious websites. Some of them offer ... [ read the full article ]

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xnonsuchx
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_ 		19. May 2012 @ 07:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just like MyCleanPC and other Windows BS apps are sold LEGALLY on TV??? Besides changing the name of the product every year or two, I'm surprised the people running those shenanigans aren't locked up for massive fraud.
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buxtahuda
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_ 		19. May 2012 @ 11:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I don't get it. You have to specifically install the thing, how do people get tricked? I mean, is it that hard to pay attention?
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hearme0
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_ 		19. May 2012 @ 11:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Clearly an article for those that are technologically inept and retarded through and through. Anyone falling for this is BANNED from the interweb.
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