Lookout: Android.Counterclank is Aggressive Ad Network, Not Malware
January 29, 2012 (4 weeks ago) – 4:05 am
As a follow up to yesterday’s warning from Symantec about the threat of Android.Counterclank, Lookout Mobile Security came out with a more nuanced perspective on the Apperhand SDK central to the issue.
Unlike Symantec, they don’t go as far as to consider it malware, since it is not specifically engaging in malicious behaviour or stealing personal information, but they do consider it an aggressive form of ad network that you should think twice about permitting on your device.
They actually said that it is actually less aggressive than a similar one distributed in June 2011 that Read Original Story here
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