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  • Now a days Android is one of the popular OS.  This OS is support many application.  I think thats funniest information and maybe Its true.

  • Now a days Android is one of the popular OS.  This OS is support many application.  I think thats funniest information and maybe Its true.

  • Android is a Google open source platform for mobile phones. It is a Linux based operating system. Android is a software application for mobile devices. I bought Samsung Galaxy mobile phone which provides Android operating system.

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  • Wait, so I’m not supposed to download apps with “sexy” or Chinese/Mandarin in the title?

  • If you want to make the world a better place, look at yourself and make a change…MJ Man in Mirror

    Or you could all do your best to make the world a better place by stopping your searches for apps titled “Hilton Sex Sound” and “Sexy Girls: Japanese.”

    I laughed so hard – That was awesome.

    • Or don’t install any chess apps or file managers, or photo editors? Are you serious? The malware can use any name. There is a difference between an open app market and anarchy. As much as I hate iOS, I don’t think we should be at risk anytime we download any app from the Android Market. Google needs to step up and scan apps for malware. You can filter out malware and still have an open market.

  • Wouldn’t it be relatively easy for Google’s Market server to just scan APKs as they are uploaded by “developers”? This way, malicious apps would never get into your phone unless they are installed from a 3rd party.

  • Wouldn’t it be relatively easy for Google’s Market server to just scan APKs as they are uploaded by “developers”? This way, malicious apps would never get into your phone unless they are installed from a 3rd party.

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  • We knew it was coming, news about this stuff on the Chinese market was reported at least a week ago.

  • It is not unfair to blame Google. Open source doesn’t mean no responsibility. Those apps were in Google’s marketplace. Yes everyone should research what they download but that shouldn’t alleviate some responsibility on Google’s part. I’m an Android user but that doesn’t mean I’m giving Google a free pass .

  • I would like to see an opt-in verification process through Google or a third party. The market could then show an app’s certification status in the market. Users could still download unverified apps, but would know to do a little extra research first.

  • This is a serious problem with a simple solution. Just do about thirty seconds of research on what you want to download and all problems are gone!

  • This is a serious problem with a simple solution. Just do about thirty seconds of research on what you want to download and all problems are gone!

  • Who would download an app called Quick Delete Contacts? I mean seriously is it that time consuming to delete a contact from android?

  • What annoys me is that this mess took advantage of an exploit that was FIXED IN GINGERBREAD! Yet here it is, four months after its announcement, and Gingerbread is only on the two dev phones – with the Nexus One only getting it just recently.

    Google needs to start leaning on manufacturers to release these updates in a quicker fashion. Maybe give them access to it ahead of time to start working on custom skin integration, or just make it so you can download the new version without a skin. Something has to be done to get these updates out quicker to devices.

    Yes, I know you can root and flash to the new ROMs right away. However, the average Joe Schmoe user does not know about rooting or custom ROMs. And more than likely, it’s that type of user that’s going to be the one downloading the types of malicious apps that were in the Market yesterday.

  • No one ever promised us our mobile devices (regardless of OS) would be free of malware forever. In fact it was only a matter of time. If you do a Google search for xxx or free …. and then you down load the first thing you find you are probably going to wind up a with a virus on your PC, right? Now people just need to exercise the same common sense as they do on a PC. But that’s the real problem, people want to click first and ask questions later.

  • ***All I can say is, know what you are downloading to your phones, people. We’ve lived in a time filled with shady internet characters for a couple of decades now and you shouldn’t be blindly downloading apps from random developers. If you haven’t heard of the person listed under the app you are about to download, maybe you should take 30 seconds, read some of the comments, do a quick Google search, and see what you come up with.
    The first reaction for most people is to blame Google, but that’s a little unfair. If you want openness, then you need to educate yourself a little. Or you could all do your best to make the world a better place by stopping your searches for apps titled “Hilton Sex Sound” and “Sexy Girls: Japanese.”***

    Well put Kellex. We live in a society that doesn’t want to take responsibility for their own actions. They want everything spoon fed to them. After all, if something goes in life, isn’t it always someone else’s fault?

    • or just get the new iPhone on Verizon … no viruses or maleware like their computers… they just last and work.

    • A-m-e-n! That was my favorite part of the article and it sickens me that people no longer feel they have any responsibility in anything; even the things they do themselves.

    • im sorry but saying that im spoon fed is way out of line, first of all I dished out a hard earned $400 for 2 android epics for me and my wife and I’m still waiting for 2.2 froyo on top of that I’m paying over $100 a monthn for a family plan , just so I can use the phone, if anyone. Is being spoon fed its the people who are too lazy to keep the people who are feeding them happy by not providing the proper service that is being paid for.

  • Google did their job. 2.2.2 and up is immune to this malware attack. It is the manufactures that are letting us down at this point. I realize that rome wasn’t built in a day, but there are other reasons Google releases new versions of android that don’t just make it look prettier.

    • The argument that 2.2.2 and above is safe just plays into the hands of those pushing the fragmentation myth.

      The actual OS fragmentation is pretty darn close to that of other OS’s. The fact that so many haven’t been updated yet to a “safe” release version isn’t a strong defense to put towards the general consumer market when you’re already trying to battle the fragmentation myth.

    • You are right but this instance of unscrupulous people attacking android users will give an excuse to the manufacturers to lockdown bootloaders and prevent people from rooting their hardware, then we will be inundated with underperforming addons like blur. It is our own personal responsibility to make sure that we don’t get infected. I do have Lookout and perform routine scans on my phones.

  • I always research apps before downloading them; but for the mainstream consumers, there really needs to be some sort of certification system by a group that reviewed released code/apps. It doesn’t even need to be created by Google, although it would be helpful if they helped in its creation – maybe by encouraging the developer’s group to agree on a single authority.

    Granted, a big obstacle is that a third party group would likely need to charge to review apps, which would increase developer costs, which would get passed onto consumers. Then you need buy-in from enough developers to make any such system viable – as well as some method of allowing for verification of the certifications listed (some sort of hash-checking to verify the thrumbprint of the app matches the one that was certified).

  • I ALWAYS do some research before downloading any app, whether paid or not, unless I already know the dev and have downloaded from him/her before. And that’s what everyone needs to do, so they don’t get trapped like a lot of people already.

  • This is exactly why the iPhone and iOS is superior to Android. Android is buggy, virius filled and laggy.

  • I think there needs to be some type of app approval process. There could be hundreds more out there and we won’t know until it’s too late. It may take a while for Apple to accept apps, but when was the last time you heard of an iOS app being a virus/malware?

  • “Sexy Girls: Japanese” is an infected app? Damn it! I have such a hard time finding sexy Asian apps. 😛

    • LOL, those were the exact words that went through my head when I first started reading the article.

  • lookout is a joke, “known instances” cause its not a real av software, it just checks apk names against a db, prove me wrong!!!!!

  • Great lol I’m glad I switched to iPhone where they actually check and make sure apps are ok before they just throw them in app store lol…good job android lol Google such idiots

  • I still love the Android Market. 50 apps out of 200,000+, and they’re gone. Oh, and they still probably only affected those who refuse to read the prompts telling them what the app has access to, and when Android prompts in app when the app tries to access something else, requesting your permission (at least, that’s how it works on my 2.3 Droid).

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