Android 21 Apps pulled from Android Market - malware

http://mashable.com/2011/03/01/android-malware-apps/

Below is a complete list of the bad apps, all of which were made by an entity called Myournet. ...

Falling Down
Super Guitar Solo
Super History Eraser
Photo Editor
Super Ringtone Maker
Super Sex Positions
Hot Sexy Videos
Chess
_Falldown
Hilton Sex Sound
Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls
Falling Ball Dodge
Scientific Calculator
Dice Roller

Advanced Currency Converter
APP Uninstaller
_PewPew
Funny Paint
Spider Man

Thanks for posting

Originally Posted by sarah11918

http://mashable.com/2011/03/01/android-malware-apps/

And so many "quality" apps, too. Why, I think I've got just about all of them NOT installed.

The list is even longer:

Full list of infected applications published by "Myournet": • Falling Down • Super Guitar Solo • Super History Eraser • Photo Editor • Super Ringtone Maker • Super Sex Positions • Hot Sexy Videos • Chess • _Falldown • Hilton Sex Sound • Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls • Falling Ball Dodge • Scientific Calculator • Dice Roller • • Advanced Currency Converter • App Uninstaller • _PewPew • Funny Paint • Spider Man •

Full list of infected applications published by "Kingmall2010: • Bowling Time • Advanced Barcode Scanner • Supre Bluetooth Transfer • Task Killer Pro • Music Box • Sexy Girls: Japanese • Sexy Legs • Advanced File Manager • Magic Strobe Light • • Panzer Panic • Mr. Runner • • Advanced App to SD • Super Stopwatch & Timer • Advanced Compass Leveler • Best password safe • •

Full list of infected apps under the developer name "we20090202: • • Finger Race • Piano • Bubble Shoot • Advanced Sound Manager • Magic Hypnotic Spiral • Funny Face • Color Blindness Test • Tie a Tie • Quick Notes • Basketball Shot Now • Quick Delete Contacts • Omok Five in a Row • Super Sexy Ringtones • • •

Anyone downloading apps from ANY app store really needs something like Lookout Mobile Security on their device(s). Another reason I really really want Froyo on the eDGe, so that Lookout will run. Even if I tried to install an app that was loaded with malware, Lookout would find it and notify me. It's getting to be as dangerous to use Android without malware protection as it is to use Windows unprotected.

Originally Posted by kenjennings

And so many "quality" apps, too. Why, I think I've got just about all of them NOT installed.

Yeah, we probably don't have a lot of the "sexy" apps installed, but the article mentions that some of the apps are pirated versions of seemingly innocuous apps that users might install like "chess." And hey, sexy legs might be your thing. Who am I to judge?

Thanks for updating the list, sjarrel.

WAIT!! I want the "Screaming Sexy Japanese Girls"... LOL how funny!

On a serious note, I never thought I would need something like Lookout Mobile Security on a linux device. Guess if you put garbage in, you get garbage out. Makes sense that way.