Symantec: Botnet Entangles Android Users
"The combined download figures of all the malicious apps indicate that Android.Counterclank has the highest distribution of any malware identified so far this year," Symantec said in a blog post.
Source: Symantec
Infected apps include:
- Counter Elite Force (iApps7 Inc)
- Counter Strike Ground Force (iApps7 Inc)
- CounterStrike Hit Enemy (iApps7 Inc)
- Heart Live Wallpaper (iApps7 Inc)
- Hit Counter Terrorist (iApps7 Inc)
- Stripper Touch Girl (iApps7 Inc)
- Balloon Game (Orge Games)
- Deal & Be Millionaire (Orge Games)
- Wild Man (Ogre Games)
- Pretty Women Lingerie Puzzle (redmicapps)
- Sexy Girls Photo Game (redmicapps)
- Sexy Girls Puzzle (redmicapps)
- Sexy Women Puzzle (redmicapps)
It's unclear exactly how many people were infected, though some estimates around the Web put the total around 1.5 million.