How it Works: Android.Counterclank
Android.Counterclank considered as the advertisers who have been through the privacy of the users of Android phones. A number of data was uploaded without the owner’s knowledge, what are they?
Although not categorized as malicious programs in general, but the presence of Android.Counterclank that slip in 13 Android applications should be wary. Therefore, this application can move without permission of the owner of the phone.
As reported by Symantec and quoted on Saturday (02.04.2012), applications that embedded by Android.Counterclank will automatically send the user data, such as IMEI number, brand, screen size, and your operating system to a server that has been determined which is apperhand.com.
In addition Android.Counterclank will make some changes to the phones, such as changing the home page on the browser, adding bookmarks that ultimately refer to the site searchwebmobile.com.
For information, searchwebmobile.com a third party site that will provide compensation for applications that drive the search through their website.
Until now, applications that contain Android.Counterclank still circulating freely in the Android Market. According to Symantec, Google refused to remove this application because they do not violate their rules.