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Symantec Identifies Android Trojans That Mutate With Every Download

Posted by samzenpus on from the learning-at-a-geometric-rate dept.

angry tapir writes "Symantec researchers have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded in order to bypass antivirus detection. This technique is known as server-side polymorphism and has already existed in the world of desktop malware for many years, but mobile malware creators have only now begun to adopt it."

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  1. Re:Avast runs fine thanks... by mcgrew · · Score: 1, Troll

    You get what you pay for

    That's a lie propagated by marketers to get you to spend three times on a bottle of Alieve what you'd pay for the exact same drug ins a generic bottle. Buy Alieve and you get 1/3 of what you pay for.

    I see you still use Windows. Linux is a superior OS in most ways, yet it is entirely free. What are you paying for when you buy a boxed copy of Windows? A pretty box? No, you do NOT always get what you pay for. Often you pay for a lot more than you get.

    so think about why your still getting those pop-up porn ad's.

    Well, I see why you're getting them.

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