How to find protection against unremovable 'Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad'?

Read here: ‘Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad’: http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/8106/The_most_sophisticated_Android_Trojan link article author = Kaspersky Lab Expert Roman Unuchek
How can you avoid infection?

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See also http://contagiominidump.blogspot.nl/2013/06/backdoorandroidosobada.html

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I just read about this on Ars Technica and I too am wondering if Avast! Mobile Security & Antivirus will protect my phone from this.

Ars Technica - 2013-06-07 - Behold, the world’s most sophisticated Android trojan - Obad.a exploits undocumented Android bugs and offers advanced features.
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/06/behold-the-worlds-most-sophisticated-android-trojan/

Out lab is working on the analysis. Probably our scanner is capable to detect this threat, but it deserves some research.

Check out our blogpost :slight_smile: http://blog.avast.com/2013/06/17/androidobad-malware-gets-smarter-so-does-avast/

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