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Malware authors are setting up alternative app marketplaces to defraud unwitting Android phone users, according to anti-virus software vendor AVAST.
The firm’s research team uncovered the scam, which tricks Android phone users into downloading apps that are used to send out premium rate SMS messages.
In an AVAST blog post, the firm identified four sites, including t2file.net, uons.net, uote.net and sofile.net, it claims have been deliberately set up by cyber criminals to defraud Android users.
The sites are reportedly inaccessible to computer users. But, when accessed via a smartphone, a downloader is installed that generates premium rate text messages.
http://www.itpro.co.uk/640615/android-users-warned-of-fake-app-store-malware-risk
The firm’s research team uncovered the scam, which tricks Android phone users into downloading apps that are used to send out premium rate SMS messages.
In an AVAST blog post, the firm identified four sites, including t2file.net, uons.net, uote.net and sofile.net, it claims have been deliberately set up by cyber criminals to defraud Android users.
The sites are reportedly inaccessible to computer users. But, when accessed via a smartphone, a downloader is installed that generates premium rate text messages.
http://www.itpro.co.uk/640615/android-users-warned-of-fake-app-store-malware-risk