Sellaring

RESEARCH:

• http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Experts-Warn-About-Android-Apps-Bundled-with-sellAring-Ads-303067.shtml
• http://www.gfi.com/blog/sellaring-you-wont-like-the-sound-of-this-2/

MD5:

• 2F20F23F21751E4F3C2FC640C7801116
• E2AF3C3A05F2E23DB2913091CCAEEAEC
• D1C250F9D452C8FBAF4E5885451BBE00
• 48176B640FCF0EA21A3F3D5DAACA9318

VIRUS TOTAL:

• https://www.virustotal.com/file/58fcf52a5c145c2b688f347ef5a82a0eb52900dfc0d0eba5e8ad29f6f7cb09e2/analysis/1351697673/
• https://www.virustotal.com/file/adb95bb84367d55a3990849ae86a92057a3660d5c1c89e53c844f0ef67403f15/analysis/1351697757/
• https://www.virustotal.com/file/d5277118100f5f0b7e281278eaabecb4017a4a3a204f91b282227f7eed1f51c4/analysis/1351697793/
• https://www.virustotal.com/file/267a3129200ffd64870515ec4a628cdb3df8ec7e3cacc87804009d1078a1aea7/analysis/1351697822/

CAPTURED SAMPLES:

• http://www.fileden.com/files/2012/10/26/3360856/Sellaring.zip

MY OPINION:

• While they only currently play one add a day at current time, the potential for this to be annoying is huge.  They only way to get more advertisers or developers is to play more ads, so look for them to either disappear or open it up in the future to every call.

MORE RESEARCH:

• http://www.sellaring.com/
• http://phandroid.com/2012/05/13/developers-please-dont-ever-use-sellaring-to-monetize-your-app/
• http://androidcommunity.com/sellaring-in-call-advertising-has-users-seeing-red-20120514/

Airpush Adware.

RESEARCH: http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/how-mobile-ads-abuse-permissions/

MD5: ccc7c75311a5b5738d375374c02b4151

VIRUS TOTAL: https://www.virustotal.com/file/577969bafcac59d27a322d16d670cf35ac5869049a8adebdb208eb8743a22d10/analysis/1351528638/

CAPTURED SAMPLES: http://www.fileden.com/files/2012/10/26/3360856/FLV_Player.zip

MY OPINION:
This type of Ad-Ware is known as AirPush. It can be highly annoying as it adds desktop shortcuts of advertising and pushing ad notifications to your phone even when not-in-use. More research About Airpush and other samples can be found:

• http://contagiominidump.blogspot.com/2012/09/plankton-samples.html
• http://www.pcworld.com/article/245305/sneaky_mobile_ads_invade_android_phones.html
• http://adjackal.com/listings/view/Airpush

Antivirus Solutions

Current comprehensive list of Anti Virus solutions for your Android Device:

Top 10 in detection Ratios:

1: TrustGo Mobile Security *BEST CHOICE*

2: Antiy AVL

3: Kaspersky Mobile Security

4: Bitdefender Mobile Security

5: Commtouch (Corporate Only - Not on the Play Market)

6: Trend Micro Mobile Security (30-Day Trial for Premium - Free Available)

7: ESET Mobile Security (30-Day Trial Only - No Free Versions)

8: Qihoo 360 (Chinese Only)

9: Ikarus mobile.security 2013

10: G Data MobileSecurity

All the others (in order of detection rates):

AhnLab V3 Mobile 2.0 (No Free Versions -  Only part of a Bundle) *BEST PREFORMANCE*
Tencent QQSecurity

Quick Heal Mobile Security (30-Day Trial Only - No Free Versions)

Sophos Mobile Security

avast! Mobile Security

F-Secure Mobile Security (No Free Versions - Not on the Play Market)

Symantec Mobile Security

Lookout Antivirus & Security

SecureAnywhere Mobile

Comodo Mobile Security

Vipre Mobile Security  *BEST SUPPORT*

NQ Mobile Security

McAfee Mobile Security (7-Day Trial Only - No Free Versions)

AVG AntiVirus Free

BullGuard Mobile Security (No Free Versions)

Research:

All testing information can be obtained from http://www.av-test.org.

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