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March 4, 2011 11:35 pm GMT
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Android Market Malware Has Users Begging Google To Remotely Disable Bad Apps
These past few days haven't been Google's best. The company ran into a bit of a problem with its Gmail service late last week, with some users reporting that all of their e-mails had been deleted. Google says the problem only affected a fraction of its user-base, but seeing headlines along the lines of "USERS REPORT GMAIL DELETIONS" probably didn't go over too well in Mountain View. Then there was the Android Malware incident, which is technically still ongoing. A series of malicious apps had appeared in the Android Market, apps capable of stealing user data and "dialing out" without the express permission of the phone's owner. What to do?Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/gkgVnV6kxxI/
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