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New Android Trojan Fakes Device Shut Down, Spies On Users

Posted by timothy on from the let's-listen-in dept.

An anonymous reader writes A new Android Trojan that tricks users into believing they have shut their device down while it continues working, and is able to silently make calls, send messages, take photos and perform many other tasks, has been discovered and analyzed by AVG researchers. They dubbed it, and AVG's security solutions detect it as PowerOffHijack.

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  1. not-a-bug; wont-fix by sbrown7792 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Issue closed by NSA

  2. WTF? by gstoddart · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why is it so damned easy for malware to get root access, and so damned annoying for me to get it?

    And, quite honestly, by how annoying and intrusive AVG was becoming when I got away from it ... do we have another source which confirms this?

    I'm just not sure I trust them to be quite honest.

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    Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  3. Re:This is why..... by GrumpySteen · · Score: 4, Funny

    They could have an untrustworthy mobile hidden in an orifice. Best don the latex and do a thorough cavity search!