Android and Kill Switches

[Jack]

Last week, a number of maliciously modified applications were published to Android Market.

Over the weekend, Google announced that they will use their "Kill Switch" to remove these trojans from Android handsets.

In addition, Google will force an install of a program called Android Market Security Tool to affected phones.

This is only the second time Google has used their Kill Switch. The only known case before this was Jon Oberheide's Twilight Eclipse proof-of-concept malware.

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[AyeAyeCaptain]

This is only the start, and to be honest in my opinion I think that this killswitch won't be enough and Google will have to step up their game. Same goes for all the other(s) types like , windows and whatever else etc etc?