03-01-2008, 01:59 PM
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The thing about this virus is that it doesn't have any real smarts in that it doesn't replicate and move between devices. You install it and then it does it's work. Of course, that typically is the first step. It's very much like the desktop viri of the past. My guess is that the virus creator took a copy of those programs installers and added his virus then posted them on mobile software sites. I don't imagine that downloading google maps FROM google will result in getting this virus.
Further, any enterprise running device management solution can simply add this to the "blacklist" and the threat is terminated. (Please note: If the enterprise has selected Yona - SCWMDM, they can only blacklist applications that are in ROM. So this virus would run free on devices managed with that solution.)
Personally, I put this in the questionable downloads from questionable sites category. But hey, that's just my $0.02
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