- Jan 21, 2018
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"We have discovered, yet again, another phone model with pre-installed malware provided from the Lifeline Assistance program via Assurance Wireless by Virgin Mobile. This time, an ANS (American Network Solutions) UL40 running Android OS 7.1.1.
After our writing back in January—”United States government-funded phones come pre-installed with unremovable malware“—we heard an outcry from Malwarebytes patrons. Some claimed that various ANS phone models were experiencing similar issues to the UMX (Unimax) U683CL. However, it’s very hard to verify such cases without physically having the mobile device in hand. For this reason, I could not confidently write about such cases publicly. Thankfully, we had one Malwarebytes patron committed to proving his case. Thank you to Malwarebytes patron Rameez H. Anwar for sending us your ANS UL40 for further research! Your cyber-security expertise and persistence into this case will surely aid others!"
blog.malwarebytes.com
After our writing back in January—”United States government-funded phones come pre-installed with unremovable malware“—we heard an outcry from Malwarebytes patrons. Some claimed that various ANS phone models were experiencing similar issues to the UMX (Unimax) U683CL. However, it’s very hard to verify such cases without physically having the mobile device in hand. For this reason, I could not confidently write about such cases publicly. Thankfully, we had one Malwarebytes patron committed to proving his case. Thank you to Malwarebytes patron Rameez H. Anwar for sending us your ANS UL40 for further research! Your cyber-security expertise and persistence into this case will surely aid others!"
We found yet another phone with pre-installed malware via the Lifeline Assistance program | Malwarebytes Labs
We discovered yet another phone model with pre-installed malware provided from the Lifeline Assistance program via Assurance Wireless by Virgin Mobile.
blog.malwarebytes.com
