Friday, August 19, 2011

"CHINA VIRUS" Attack Android Smartphone

A type of virus that can invade a cell phone that uses the Android operating system made by Google have been reported in China. This weakness allows hackers to gain access to personal data of smart phone owners remotely.

Lookout Mobile Security declared a new type of Trojan virus that attacks the Android device has been dubbed "GEINIMI". Infection with this virus may collect personal data very much on the user's phone and sends it to the server where it automatically. The company is even called the virus as malware (malicious software) Android's most powerfull at this time.

"Immediately after the device is plugged into the phone malicious user, malware that has the ability to receive commads from a remote server that allows server owners to control the phone," said Lookout. Virus was working with techniques that are not easily detected.


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