Analysis by: Wish Wu
 THREAT SUBTYPE:

Information Stealer

 PLATFORM:

Android

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Adware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Information Theft

Upon execution of the affected application, it gathers the following information:

  • Fine Location
  • Phone Number
  • Text messages
  • Contact list

NOTES:

This is a generic detection for applications that may put user privacy at risk. These apps do not have any purpose that will require them to collect user information such as location and contact list.

The data leak might occur from a third-party program that was included in the applications.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine: 9.750

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as ANDROIDOS_ADLEAK.MSA. If the detected files have already been cleaned, deleted, or quarantined by your Trend Micro product, no further step is required. You may opt to simply delete the quarantined files. Please check this Knowledge Base page for more information.


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