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Re:Android Trojan records phone calls by nickolai on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @11:41AM (#2837503)
> users can protect themselves by installing antivirus software

McAfee Premium plus. Coming soon to your Microwave.

This really saddens me. No matter how much user education has already been done, people still get tricked into installing this crap.

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Re:Android Trojan records phone calls by Dentonez on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @11:06AM (#2837367)
Developer: News Corp... ;)
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Re:Android Trojan records phone calls by eevilspock on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @10:47AM (#2837296)
I remember Microsoft's arguments for adding unfettered VB support from within Word, Excel and even Outlook email, and web pages in IE that could also access anything on your system (including your entire address book): flexibility and freedom for the programmer to do anything.
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Re:Android Trojan records phone calls by yanw on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @11:03AM (#2837358)
It's not a Trojan if you have to install it, specially as one has to enable side-loading to install it. FUD.
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Re:Android Trojan records phone calls by eevilspock on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @11:09AM (#2837377)
No, a Trojan is something you are tricked into installing that opens the door of your computer to the attacker, much as the Greeks used the Trojan Horse to trick the Trojans.
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Re:Android Trojan records phone calls by yanw on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @11:15AM (#2837395)
Not much of a trick if you had to allow alternative markets and still get presented with its permissions before installing it.
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Re:Android Trojan records phone calls by eevilspock on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @11:22AM (#2837420)
First you get the definition of "Trojan" wrong, and now you make a new, extremely naive claim. Based on your logic, for example, phishing would never work.
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