News - Android 'Notcompatible' Trojan appears on websites

[HEXUS]

Trojan attacks Android users, PC style.

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[cheesemp]

Um -This won't install unless you have allow install from unknown sources ticked. The only people who do this either know what they are doing or where stupid and ignored the warning. Surprised if this has had that many infections.

[Biscuit]

Was thinking that myself

[crossy]

Um -This won't install unless you have allow install from unknown sources ticked. The only people who do this either know what they are doing or where stupid and ignored the warning. Surprised if this has had that many infections.

Ditto - as you say, you've got to go out of your way to install this. Dare say that the Apple fanboys will make much of this.

Actually I've got AVG (paid version) running on my X10, and I think it'd pick this up on it's weekly scans. Certainly I've had warnings in the past about having that "Allow unknown sources" on and it's warned of some unsigned apps too (I was playing with some third party ROMs at the time, so I was kind of expecting it).

[miniyazz]

Would you not also have to accidentally click an install button too, or can it do it automatically?

I'm still confused about exactly what it does.. does it allow someone on 'the internetz' access to your home network, so any files accessible to the network can be viewed?

Seeing as how I'm a) never connected to Wifi, as it's slower than HSDPA for me and b) don't have anything shared on my home network anyway, I guess I'm fairly safe?

[alfabet0]

I had allow install from unknown sources ticked as I had just been on the Samsung app store. And while on the google play store something Strang tried to download by it self it had eastern characters Japanese or Chinese I had no such apps installed so I immediately switched off my phone before it finished downloading itself.

Has anyone any answers as to what might have happened?
This was on a galaxy note with gingerbread.

[crossy]

I had allow install from unknown sources ticked as I had just been on the Samsung app store. And while on the google play store something Strang tried to download by it self it had eastern characters Japanese or Chinese I had no such apps installed so I immediately switched off my phone before it finished downloading itself.
Has anyone any answers as to what might have happened?
This was on a galaxy note with gingerbread.

Get a copy of AVG Free and run a scan - if there is something hinkey on your GN (like that device!) then it might pick it up. Failing that try posting something on xda-devs, I seem to remember that there's low level tools (Root Explorer?) that allow you to see extensive specs on what's installed. Actually, just remembered that Titanium Backup also does that.

[alfabet0]

Thanks for the heads up Crossy but ironically I had just downloaded AVG pro free from Samsung hub. It didn't pick anything up I guess managed to stop it in time, I hope?