Virus for android phones?

[Butcher]

FML I just got a virus on my android phone today, while shopping my phone loaded an app that plays over and over and you can't shut it off, some advertisement or whatever.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

HMM

The first link it to an artical that ends with "take it with a grain of salt"

The second link is to an advertisement.

Kevin Bogartys CoreIT Blog is an advertisement? Are you sure you're not infected with dns changer and your computer is taking you to completely wrong sites?

Juniper is not alone in this report. http://research.nq.com/?p=391

Of course you could argue that none of the antivirus warnings are to be taken seriously, afterall they're all found by the companies selling AV software 

[guncrasher]

dood, there's virus for apple too.  I dont see you too worried about them.  I am not worried about the droid as I am careful on what I install.  just like with my home computer. 

and the technology to take over somebody's phone has been around for years.  there has been many stories on tv and radio about how easy it is to take over somebody's phone that includes turning on the mike, video camera and to listen on to conversations.

as for the virus or rootkits, they have been around for a long time according to the companies that want to sell you the av.  I have yet to know of anybody that has caught a virus or who's phone got taken over and ran hundreds of thousands of calls.  so just like apple who keeps on saying that it cant be infected (or at least the salespersons)  it is possible that android can also be infected.  however it is highly unlikely.  and what makes you think the iphone cant have the same problems?

I actually use my droid x to open email from people that i think may have a virus and it is sending spam.  as it is safer than opening it with my home computer.

http://pcworld.about.net/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/169372/everybody_panic_the_iphone_has_a_vulnerability.html?tk=rel_news

http://pcworld.about.net/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10299378-245.html



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[MrRiplEy[H]]

dood, there's virus for apple too.  I dont see you too worried about them.  I am not worried about the droid as I am careful on what I install.  just like with my home computer. 

I'm not worried and there are clear reasons.

1) Only signed code makes it through Apple app store
2) I don't jailbreak my phone

With Android any app can contain a rootkit as shown in the link. Install Angry Birds *bam* you got a rootkit and don't even know it.

[warhed]

http://m.gizmodo.com/5915777/ad-networks-are-bypassing-apple-privacy-rules-with-
ua-bunch-of-new-tricks

 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

http://m.gizmodo.com/5915777/ad-networks-are-bypassing-apple-privacy-rules-with-
ua-bunch-of-new-tricks

 

LOL I guess you missed that the article is not talking about malware lest alone a rootkit. They're just collecting statistics while showing ads. Pretty big leap to my phone phoning to pay numbers on its own