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open Source toolS
Open source tools can be your best friend and your worst. is is
especially true with Android malware analysis software that is often
nonfunctional, quirky, or may require hours of manipulation to work
properly only to nd out that it is not near as functional as one had
hoped. As users of these tools ourselves, because free is always the
right price, we have sifted through dozens of tools to provide an over-
view of each primary tool of value on the market at the time of writ-
ing this book. Of course there are always new and updated tools, and
changes to tools and links beyond the publication of this book, which
you can nd online at our Web site http://androidrisk.com/.
e focus of open source tools in this chapter are ...