Businesses who offer smartphones to their employees have been warned that some third-party applications can carry malware.
According to Kaspersky Lab, a number of free programs available for the Android operating system via Google's Android Market are infected with malicious programs such as trojans.
Junior malware analyst Timothy Armstrong said applications such as Super Guitar Solo contain popular script that is used to gain super user privileges without the phone owner's consent.
Personal details such as device type, language and user ID can then be siphoned off to a remote server, he said.
"Users are even able to install from the web with the new Android Market format. It is important to consider that these might not be the only live malware samples currently existing in the Android Market," Mr Armstrong added.
According to Kaspersky Lab, a number of free programs available for the Android operating system via Google's Android Market are infected with malicious programs such as trojans.
Junior malware analyst Timothy Armstrong said applications such as Super Guitar Solo contain popular script that is used to gain super user privileges without the phone owner's consent.
Personal details such as device type, language and user ID can then be siphoned off to a remote server, he said.
"Users are even able to install from the web with the new Android Market format. It is important to consider that these might not be the only live malware samples currently existing in the Android Market," Mr Armstrong added.
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