Android device owners know that popularity has its price: The most popular mobile OS is also the one most frequently targeted by malware. When a user turns off a phone, the malware shows an animation of the shutdown process, turns the screen off and begins exploiting the device. At a bare minimum, AVG demonstrated that the malware can record phone calls and send text messages without the user's permission. Before installation, the malware requests access to a phone's root permissions, which of course can be granted only on rooted phones.



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