Re: [Full-disclosure] Android and malware

[Milan Berger <m.berger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

> My friend is a public official and he believes his Android (HTC Dash) 
> was bugged/infected by someone through a text message attachment. Has 
> anyone seen anything commercially available or available online to do
> this?

not without user interaction.
 
> I don't know anything about smartphones but was wondering if anyone
> has Android experience with something like this. Does the Android
> have startup functions like Windows's Startup folder where we can
> investigate?

wipe the phone if you don't know anything.
For investigating get adb and read lolcats



-- 
Kind Regards

Milan Berger
Project-Mindstorm Technical Engineer

--
project-mindstorm.net
90537 Feucht
Germany


http://www.androcom.net
http://www.project-mindstorm.net

twitter: http://twitter.com/twit4c

_______________________________________________
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/