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Symantec’s Android scaremongering last week wasn’t all that justified it seems. Although the 13 apps that it pinpointed as malware aren’t all that great, it appears they’re actually slightly less vicious adware – something Windows users are horribly familiar with.
Symantec’s adjusted its warning showing that the apps all use an advertising SDK that’s capable of changing your home page, as well as adding bookmarks and shortcuts on the home screen – the kind of thing you get when you fail to check the “no, I don’t want your rubbish” boxes when you install crapware on your Windows box.
So, it’s not exactly five million malware infected phones, but some annoying crapware that you should avoid anyway – just not in the “oh my god it’s a virus” manner, more in the “ugh, really?” frame of mind. [Symantec via Android Central]
Thanks Darrell!
And Thank you Sam, always happy to correct scaremongering from a security firm that can’t even keep it’s own code secure.
If they remove the Crapware from Android market place they won’t have much left behind!
If they removed the fanboy crap from your comments there wouldn’t be anything left. Let’s all just try to get along shall we.
Yeah well if they removed Windows from HTC and Samsung they would be severely lacking in natural lighting!
Comment of the Week
Comment of the week, article of the week, ahem…. Even troll of the week, maybe these should be regular awards on Giz!
Haha
Taf is a stupid child
Now Now, there’s no need to go calling people names.
Haha! Did you just spit yer dummy out?
gizmodad
Haha, if they removed all the copied stuff from Samsung phones they wouldn’t have anything left!
Ahem, listen to the voice of your God:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW0DUg63lqU
Steve was a man, a clever man, he did much for technology, but I would never call him god! You could say an idea taken from other areas of life, or doing what others have done already is acceptable, for example apple made a tablet, they set a trend, but tablets existed before the iPad. The tablet apple produced was different, it wasn’t trying to copy or clone. Trying to ride on the back of another companies success, to benefit from Apples design and attempt to clone is however what samsung did so shamelessly.