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/