Many of us love to download those new apps, a fun game to pass the time, a new challenge to pursue, a new high score. But can we be sure those apps we are downloading are safe and are not damaging our phone or hijacking our information. Well if we buy it and download it from a reputable source such as Apple, Amazon, Google or the Android Market it must be safe right? Read on:
In early March it was discovered that more than 50 apps, all free, in the official Android Market had a rogue piece of software called DroidDream. This is a Trojan that can steal your phone’s sensitive data and download malicious code to the phone from remote servers, researchers at the security firm Kaspersky Lab reported.
The long list of dangerous apps includes Spider Man, Super Guitar Solo, Basketball Shot Now, Falling Down, Bowling Time and Super History Eraser, according to Symantec. Google removed the dangerous Android apps within four days from the Android market, but researchers say that as many as 200,000 downloads occurred before they could be taken out.
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