Downloaded from untrusted sources copies of popular games (like Angry Birds and Need for Speed Most Wanted), may contain an application that uses your mobile device to send out spam. Information about a new threat known as SpamSoldier, recently published by Cloudmark, renowned manufacturer of defense.
As explained by representatives of Cloudmark, the first phase of the campaign spammer is to create mobile 'botnet', intended to send you unsolicited messages. Said step involves sending thousands of messages that smartphone owners are invited to download the free versions of popular games. In contrast to the legal games available in stores Google Play Store, free copies are downloaded from an unknown server in China. And to start the application user to perform a number of unsafe acts, including personally disable the existing defense mechanisms and provide the program to connect to the net and send text messages.
