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Offline polonus

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How to find protection against unremovable 'Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad'?
« on: June 07, 2013, 12:32:05 PM »
Read here: 'Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad': http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/8106/The_most_sophisticated_Android_Trojan  link article author = Kaspersky Lab Expert Roman Unuchek
How can you avoid infection?

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Re: How to find protection against unremovable 'Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad'?
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2013, 11:57:27 PM »
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Re: How to find protection against unremovable 'Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad'?
« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2013, 01:42:33 AM »
I just read about this on Ars Technica and I too am wondering if Avast! Mobile Security & Antivirus will protect my phone from this.

Ars Technica - 2013-06-07 - Behold, the world’s most sophisticated Android trojan - Obad.a exploits undocumented Android bugs and offers advanced features.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/behold-the-worlds-most-sophisticated-android-trojan/
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Re: How to find protection against unremovable 'Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad'?
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2013, 09:43:16 PM »
Out lab is working on the analysis. Probably our scanner is capable to detect this threat, but it deserves some research.
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Re: How to find protection against unremovable 'Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad'?
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