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android Malware and analysis
Walkinwat
Walkinwat performed the interesting service of disciplining users
who downloaded Android apps from unocial markets. e Trojan
was packaged into the legitimate app Walk and Text version 1.3.7,
which was available for download on the ocial Android market.
It was not clear why this particular app was chosen but the repack-
aged version was available on several third-party markets primar-
ily in North America and Asia. Once the user installed the app, it
appeared to apply a fake crack to get the legitimate app’s features for
free. is oer of a crack to get the features without paying was a bit
of social engineering used by the authors to entice users to download
and install the app. In reality the Trojan ...