Google removed a slew of apps containing malware from the Android Market on Tuesday. At least 21 of the tainted apps appear to have come from publisher called “Myournet,” which copied apps developed by others and modified them to include a Trojan horse before re-uploading them. Before their removal, the apps garnered between 50,000 and 200,000 downloads. The apps caused the phone to perform functions without the owner’s consent. The Trojan embedded in them used a root exploit to access all of the phone’s data and download malicious code.
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Google Kicks Rogue Apps Out of the Android Market
Posted by: Rob Spiegel March 2, 2011 12:30 PMGoogle removed a slew of apps containing malware from the Android Market on Tuesday. At least 21 of the tainted apps appear to have come from publisher called “Myournet,” which copied apps developed by others and modified them to include a Trojan horse before re-uploading them. Before their removal, the apps garnered between 50,000 and 200,000 downloads. The apps caused the phone to perform functions without the owner’s consent. The Trojan embedded in them used a root exploit to access all of the phone’s data and download malicious code.