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On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 6:02 PM, dror <[email protected]> wrote: > We are the developers of the 'antivirus' for android , with over > 800,000 downloads on the android Market. > > our antivirus is a set of security engines that protect android > devices . > > Android OS & Security is in it first steps and Malware isn't here yet > (which is good:) > > in this Beta stage antivirus protect against bad software packages, > misconfigure devices, spam and hacking attempt. > > its scan for installed software packages , running services , > receivers , classes and look for black list signatures . > > our cloud based antivirus have a database with more then 40,000 > apps , and some of them remarks as suspicious based on internal > research or users input ,recommendation and use habits. > > After antivirus detect a suspicious program its advise the user to > uninstall it by launching the android uninstall screen and do not try > to remove it (antivirus is not running as Root user) > > the scan settings looks for androids settings ( like allow install of > non-market apps) and Unix level settings (ex: rooted device, running > procs , network status , etc ) > > the content scan look in user generated content like SMS , contacts , > bookmarks for signatures or forbidden commands hidden and detect > Scam and Spam text messages > > the media scan scan media files , pictures , mp3 , videos ,play list > and so for exploits (a security researcher already found a way to > compromise a phone using a bad MP3 song) and black list file names , > and remove them in this point. > > Android is an Operating system for mobile phones,like any computing > device may be infected with virus or malware (bad software) > > we believe that when android platform will become more popular , virus > writes and malware publishers will start focus there efforts on our > phones (we seen large scale phising attempts , and spammers ) > > > we are hoping that our product will prevent virus attacks and will > keep our phones secure . > > you can visit our security center can see that kind of stuff we are > defending against at http://www.droidsecurity.com/securitycenter.html > > > Dror and the antivirus team at http://www.droidSecurity.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-security-discuss+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-security-discuss+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
