Not very sophisticated. When you install an app it tells you the permissions it requests. If it is to send SMS messages, then not very difficult. Maybe you should read up on how Android permissions work... On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 9:27 AM Michael Hubbard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Last year, my motorola android started texting a code to a number > periodically. It happened every few weeks, and it was to the same number. > The code varied in length, sometimes multipile lines, sometimes just one. > The codes were lowercase uppercase, and numbers. > > I'm really just curious, how sophisticated does a virus or hacker have to > be to make your phone text automatically, and what might that code be for? > I eventually got a new phone, and the texts didn't continue on the new > one. I kept the old phone and it still has the texts. > > Michael > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Security Discussions" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Security Discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-security-discuss. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
