Antivirus vendor Symantec announced recently that up to 5 million Android devices may have been infected with a particular type of malware. Multiple publishers were pushing out apps — some of which were found in the official Android Market — containing malware known as “Counterclank,” according to the AV company. This is a minor modification of Android Tonclank, a bot-like threat that can receive commands to carry out certain actions as well as steal information from the device.
That is why I will never adopt Android. Its not closed and thats bad. If Google does not pull its head out of the sand and do something about this. It will self destruct as word get's out. maybe geeks do not find this a problem. But I am sure the average consumer will.
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New Android Scare: Just How Malignant Is That Malware?
Posted by: Richard Adhikari January 31, 2012 05:00 AMAntivirus vendor Symantec announced recently that up to 5 million Android devices may have been infected with a particular type of malware. Multiple publishers were pushing out apps — some of which were found in the official Android Market — containing malware known as “Counterclank,” according to the AV company. This is a minor modification of Android Tonclank, a bot-like threat that can receive commands to carry out certain actions as well as steal information from the device.