Various malware and riskware programs created for mobile platforms with premium rate SMS usage have been a huge problem for a very long time for users from countries like Russia, Ukraine or China. What about other countries?
When dial-up was popular, applications like porn dialers were also widespread. In 2009 we saw the first porn dialer for smartphones.
And now it is time for ‘porn SMS senders’ targeting users at least from US, Malaysia, Netherlands, UK, Malaysia and Kenya whose mobile devices are equipped with Android or J2ME. We’ve discovered a number of application (not-a-virus:RiskTool.AndroidOS.SMSreg and not-a-virus:RiskTool.J2ME.SMSreg families) which send a number of expensive SMS messages in order to subscribe to various services. It is important to mention that all apps contain ‘Terms & Conditions’ with the description of a particular program and cost of the SMS message/subscription.
The first piece of riskware we’ve discovered targets users of Android smartphones from the Netherlands. An application named ‘nooit spijt’ (‘never regret’ in Dutch) sends three SMS messages costing 1,5 EUR each. Complaints on various forums say that this app is spread via advertisements in other applications.
Main windows of ‘nooit spijt’
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