Rogue Android app sent personal info to legit version's developer, claims AVAST

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A malicious Android app that shamed users for pirating software transmitted personal information to a URL controlled by the legitimate app's developer, a security company said today.

The developer of "Walk and Text," the app whose code was recompiled and re-released on unauthorized online stores, denied the claim by AVAST Software, an anti-virus firm based in Prague.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040111-rogue-android-app-sent-personal.html
 
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