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ANDROIDOS_ROPIN.D

March 20, 2013
 Analysis by: Weichao Sun
 THREAT SUBTYPE:

Information Stealer, Click Fraud

 PLATFORM:

Android OS

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

  • Threat Type: Trojan

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW


This Android malware collects certain device information.

This Trojan may be manually installed by a user.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

Arrival Details

This Trojan may be manually installed by a user.

NOTES:

This Android malware collects following device infomation:

  • Android_id
  • Android os build release version
  • Device ID (IMEI MEID or ESN)
  • Hardware producer
  • Hardware version
  • GPS location
  • IP address of all device interfaces.
  • Network country code
  • Network operator
  • Network operator’s name
  • Phone number

It pushes ads as SMS notification to trick users into clicking it.

  SOLUTION

Minimum Scan Engine:

9.200

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