SMS Trojan Making its Round on Android

[phandroid]

Red alert! An SMS trojan has been detected running rampant on Android devices, says security watchdog Kapersky. The virus comes disguised as a media player in the package MS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a and, once installed, will send out texts to expensive premium numbers, racking up a high phone bill and gains for scammers. While previous reports saw isolated [...]

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[MassacrMan]

Wow, thanks for the heads up. I'll keep a look out at the permissions of apps I download.

 

[Deleted User]

Does Lookout detect it?