Google kills 11 bad Android apps

By Darren Pauli on May 13, 2011 11:28 AM
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Google has removed 11 malicious Android applications that contained code capable of sending premium SMS spam. The code was discovered by a Taiwanese anti-virus firm AegisLab this week and was removed from the app market overnight. The infected applications would activate and deliver spam to ...
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