On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > And apparently there is a whole new crop of >> so called 'malware' (mostly filled with ads, etc.) that require you to >> give them a 5-star rating to continue playing/watching, etc. Most people >> apparently fall for it, and those apps get a high ranking. Eventually >> most are removed, but I would be wary of any app that requires you >> to rate it. > > Can you ellaborate on this? I suspect one of my competitors is doing > us. After 800 ratings in 2 YEARS, they got 800 5-star ratings in 2 > WEEKS. So something is going on there, but I don't know what, or how > to catch them. >
Can't find the link right now, but the fake Instagram app made the news: http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/photography/instagram_byzxr.html It got a whole lot of rankings in no time, apparently most users just though 'if it has that much ratings, it must be safe', and installed it. Of course, the 'malware' hype was vastly exaggerated, apparently it was just using rather aggressive ads. Have you tried using the app in question? If you use it for a while it might prompt you to rate it (which is not a bad thing, IMHO, as long it doesn't *require* it). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
