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[Lucki]

Just found this article on Slashdot that you may want to read.

"Security researchers have found that Vodafone, one of the world's larger wireless providers, is distributing some HTC phones with malware pre-installed on them. The phone, HTC's Magic, runs the Google Android mobile operating system, and is one of the more popular handsets right now. A researcher at Panda Software received one of the handsets recently, and upon attaching it to her PC, found that the phone was pre-loaded with the Mariposa bot client. Mariposa has been in the news of late thanks to some arrests connected to the operation of the botnet."

link to the full article here: clicky

 

[nx1977]

Are there any AV apps for Android?

 

[slarti]

Remember all the malware discussed is Windoze malware as long as the PCs you are connecting to either don't run windows or have protection you'd be fine.

The Android devices are only functioning as a conduit for the malware just as any other USB storage device could be.

 

[tenderghost]

lol, the malware can only run on windows, and i think every phone with a sdcard can will have the same issue, not only the HTC Magic.

 

[nx1977]

Iphone and symbian suffer viruses.

From the malware 'experiment' detailed on the register, Android isnt imune