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Many of these fake apps will push ads, or install links to ads on your Android device, which is obviously annoying.
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These include the ability to change some settings, full access to your location and personal information, and a slew of of others. It's not clear exactly what these Bad Piggies were up to, but the entry on App Brain (Opens in a new window)shows that the app requested an enormous number of permissions.

"The fake installer app isn't classified as 'malicious,' which is may be why it got past Google's bouncer," said Sullivan, referring to Google's automated system for scanning developer's apps. Sean Sullivan, a security advisor with F-Secure, told SecurityWatch that this fake game was particularly tricky.
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In an earlier interview with SecurityWatch, F-Secure's chief researcher Mikko Hypponen said that while rare, trojanized apps were among the most dangerous threats for Android users. Thankfully no one else can be duped by this clone anymore. The only hint that something was out of place was the slight change to the name (Bad Pigs instead of Bad Piggies) and that "Dan Stokes" was listed as the developer of the fake version.į-Secure notes that the fake app had over 10,000 downloads since May 25, 2013. The fake app was hard to spot when searching for the popular Bad Piggies game because the icon was a carbon copy of the legitimate game, from developer Rovio. Security company F-Secure wrote yesterday (Opens in a new window) that they detected the unusual app and reported it to Google, who has since pulled the app from the Google Play store. Yesterday, an app masquerading as the Angry Birds sequel Bad Piggies was yanked from the Google Play store. The chances of you encountering Android malware on the Google Play are relatively slim, but that doesn't mean it's not out there.
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