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ANDROIDOS_FAKEBATTSAVE.A

October 18, 2012
 THREAT SUBTYPE:

Information Stealer

 PLATFORM:

Android OS

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This Trojan may be manually installed by a user.

It uses a file name similar to a legitimate file to pass as a legitimate file. It uses a convincing Graphical User Interface to make the users think that the software is legitimate.

It steals certain information from the system and/or the user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size:

9000 bytes

Memory Resident:

Yes

Initial Samples Received Date:

02 Aug 2012

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be manually installed by a user.

Installation

This Trojan uses a file name similar to a legitimate file to pass as a legitimate file.

Information Theft

This Trojan steals the following information:

  • Phone contacts information

It gathers the following data:

  • Phone contacts information

Stolen Information

This Trojan sends the gathered information via HTTP POST to the following URL:

  • http://{BLOCKED}6969.heteml.jp/bl.php

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.200

VSAPI OPR PATTERN File:

1.287

VSAPI OPR PATTERN Date:

02 Aug 2012

Step 1

Scan your computer with your Trend Micro product to delete files detected as ANDROIDOS_FAKEBATTSAVE.A. 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.

Step 2

Remove unwanted apps on your Android mobile device

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Step 3

Trend Micro Mobile Security Solution

Trend Micro Mobile Security Personal Edition protects Android smartphones and tablets from malicious and Trojanized applications. The App Scanner is free and detects malicious and Trojanized apps as they are downloaded, while SmartSurfing blocks malicious websites using your device's Android browser.

Download and install the Trend Micro Mobile Security App via Google Play.


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