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[satyenpoojary]

Oh and BTW:
A new, more sophisticated Trojan for Android devices has been spotting lurking on third-party Chinese Android app markets - the first ever piece of Android malware that has the capability to receive instructions from a remote server and thus become part of a botnet.

Dubbed "Geinimi", the Trojan is attached to (obviously compromised) versions of legitimate applications - mostly games such as Monkey Jump 2, Sex Positions, President vs. Aliens, City Defense and Baseball Superstars 2010.

So far, it has only been spotted being distributed through third-party Chinese app stores. Versions of these applications on the official Google Android Market have not been compromised.

When the affected application is installed on the device, it requires the user to give more permissions that it would usually need. Geinimi them kicks into action, harvests the device's location coordinates, the IMEI and IMSI (unique identifiers for the device and the SIM card), and transmits that information to a remote server via a number of hard-coded domain names.

Until now, the server hasn't been spotted sending instructions to the Trojan, so its final purpose is not yet clear.

It is known, though, that it can download and prompt the user to install an app, prompt him to uninstall an app, and transmit a list of all the installed apps on the device to the aforementioned server.

Lookout's researchers say that Geinimi also uses obfuscation techniques to hide its activities, so it will be more difficult to spot.

But users in general should suspect their devices of being infected by mobile malware if the phone presents unusual behavior such as automatic SMS sending to unknown recipients, automatic phone calls, stealthy installation of unknown applications, etc.

An occasional check of outbound calls and SMSs and of installed applications should become a habit for users.

[Silver Phantom]

that is some news for the app store. Malware entering the android market. damn!!!

[satyenpoojary]

Silver Phantom said:

that is some news for the app store. Malware entering the android market. damn!!!

Its not the official market, its the third party market applications and for the people who instal games from pirated websites

[surya220]

I've a Nokia 5800 Xpress Music with a hacked OS, which looks like the Android OS on the desktop and first two menu layers, but has all the symbian features inside.. Anyone have such hacked OS on their phones..?

[razorBlades]

has anyone tried these?

http://www.googlelab...m/?tags=android

surya220 said:

I've a Nokia 5800 Xpress Music with a hacked OS, which looks like the Android OS on the desktop and first two menu layers, but has all the symbian features inside.. Anyone have such hacked OS on their phones..?

what is this hacked OS surya? how is it done?

[satyenpoojary]

Has anyone played the Moto MX game from Camel Games

[avinrichards]

Angry birds! man.. major  time pass!

got to play the NFS shift on the Galaxy tab! Man.. its so friggin good!

[razorBlades]

downloaded angry birds for PC and its an addictive game!

[Silver Phantom]

razorBlades said:

downloaded angry birds for PC and its an addictive game!

Download link if you please

[razorBlades]

Silver Phantom said:

Download link if you please

he he.. i am in office man.. ask google baba for a torrent link!

[satyenpoojary]

Why torrent its a free app on market...ad supported which can be dealt around with 'ad blocker )

[satyenpoojary]

Anybody knows a good Music Player on Android?

Bored of WinAMP, and it sucks with its output and bugginess!

[razorBlades]

just rooted the phone and its awesome! loads of cool apps which are off market!

will post a list!

[satyenpoojary]

Ah nice.. Darkys eh?
My 10000Rs Dell XCD35 runs on 2.3.4

[razorBlades]

satyenpoojary, on 07 October 2011 - 03:24 PM, said:

Ah nice.. Darkys eh?
My 10000Rs Dell XCD35 runs on 2.3.4

well, i cant compete with you

after a lot of fails before, just yesterday did i manage to root the phone.. my OS is not official SE release..

and i am sure you must know this,

http://forum.xda-dev...splay.php?f=564