Android kitkat and malware.

[fabler]

Seems that these arse holes get everywhere and enjoy just mucking up peoples' machines. Found this, http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/1/tech-helproom/4467625/ukash-virus-on-hudl-android/

Ukash ransom ware in UK android OS.

Just thought forewarned is forearmed.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Oh, just great.

Edit: I know how to re-format my PC, no problem. But what do you do with a phone?

 

[Dahak]

Oh, just great.

Edit: I know how to re-format my PC, no problem. But what do you do with a phone?

Factory restore usually

 

[postmortemIA]

Enabling remote wipe should be 1st step.
I wonder if this malware gets root access (by exploiting a vulnerability) or it just runs in full screen mode

 

[VirtualLarry]

Factory restore usually

Is it possible to do that without taking it back to the carrier's store?

 

[Zaap]

Not really buying it.

No mention of this anywhere else. And the posts claiming an infection on that forum are strangely suspect. (All first posts within a relatively short time of each other, written in similar style.)

 

[oynaz]

Is it possible to do that without taking it back to the carrier's store?

Yes there is, but it varies between phone models. Googling your phone model + factory reset should do it.

 

[fabler]

I think I'll go along with Zaap here. Looking further this is the only thing I found of relevance, http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/android-ransomware-predictions-hold-true and that was posted in 2013. Those bogus apps have been long removed by now I would think. Still ,I do run two security apps on my tablet.

 

[imagoon]

If they have root, then they can survive a factory reset. It is all stored on /system and root can mount it RW. You can replace the image via the boot loader if you needed to however.