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Virus-laced Android apps booted from Marketplace

article published on 4 March, 2011

Google has thrown out some rogue applications from the Android Marketplace after it emerged that they contained a virus. All in all, more than 50 applications got the boot and three accounts were suspended after the discovery. A Reddit user, "Lompolo" is credited with finding the first dodgy apps after he noticed an application was listed under the name of a developer he knew didn't develop it. ... [ read the full article ]

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bobgal53

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4. March 2011 @ 21:13

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Do you think Google will post the 50 applications that had contained a virus in them? I use the Android Market Place quite a bit. I hope I don't have any of those applications. It would be nice to know.
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bobgal53

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Mrguss

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4. March 2011 @ 23:04

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Originally posted by bobgal53:
Do you think Google will post the 50 applications that had contained a virus in them? I use the Android Market Place quite a bit. I hope I don't have any of those applications. It would be nice to know.
Thank you
bobgal53

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OS developers have access to your systems/devices whether you like it or not. They just won't tell you about it. Microsoft's "Coffee" government backdoor program was exposed in 2008.
https://newsworldwide.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/microsoft-discloses-government-backdoor-on-windows-operating-systems/

Apple #1 on Backdoor Botnets
http://thenextweb.com/apple/20...

The Fix: Sat. 5th 10pm PT
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