Distributors of fake malicious software Android Market

The company "Doctor Web," warns the users of mobile devices running the operating system Android, a new scheme of fraud. Attackers use the ignorance of users about the changes that have occurred in the distribution scheme used Google software for this platform. Recall, March 6, 2012, Google announced the creation of a single service Google Play , which combines the Android Market, Google Music and Google eBookstore.

Attackers have used it: in the network began to appear websites that copy our design the official Google Play. Some of them were seen in the spread of malicious software for the mobile platform Android. There are specially designed partnership programs that allow you to create fake websites, from which visitors are heard the various malicious applications, including a family of Trojans Android.SmsSend. For example, under the affiliate program website owners are invited to add their own pages on the special script redirects the visitors using mobile devices to "partner" resource - is commonly used for this, JavaScript or special directives in the file. Htaccess. While not all users Android in the course of that resource, called Android Market no longer exists, and continue to search for it using search engines. As a result, they can get links to Web sites that mimic its original design portal Android Market (even though Google is running and set call forwarding from Android Market on Google Play). Some of them offer a completely safe to download software and games, however, found among them, and sites that distribute malicious software. The company "Doctor Web" draws users' attention to the fact of change of name, logo and address of the official website of Google, which offers software for your operating system Android. Address site-twins seen in the spread of malicious software are added to the base of Dr.Web.