TrustGo, The Mobile Security Company claims that they found a new Android malware found in the wild in China. The new malware is dubbed Trojan!MMarketPay.A@Android – is being distributed in nine different third party app stores.
When installed on a phone, the trojan places orders and downloads paid apps and video content without user's knowledge, which can result in unexpectedly high phone bills. According to TrustGo,the Trojan has infected more than 100,000 devices.
TrustGo Mobile mentioned that malware may arrive as repackaged apps with the following package names: com.mediawoz.goweather; com.mediawoz.gotq; com.mediawoz.gotql; cn.itkt.travelskygo; cn.itkt.travelsky; com.funinhand.weibo; sina.mobile.tianqitong or com.estrongs.android.pop.
“The ease and speed that malicious apps can be developed and distributed to unsuspecting users is one of the fastest growing security concerns. Anyone with a smartphone or mobile device is a potential target,” said said Xuyang Li, CEO of TrustGo.
In order to get rid of the virus, those with infected device can download a mobile security application that recognize this malware.You can Download the Trust Go Mobile Security from here.
