Google Android Market kills Droid Dream malware in Trojans

Here comes Google with its remote kill switch. The company's using its great power to remove Trojans from users' Android devices. If you downloaded a rogue Trojan from the Android Market last week, expect email from la GOOG explaining how it's murdered your malware. Also, the vulnerability that the Droid Dream rootkit exploits is patched.

By Richi Jennings. March 7, 2011.

Google has flipped the remote kill switch for the 60-odd Trojans that contained the Droid Dream malware rootkit. Its also closing the vulnerability that the rootkit exploited. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers ponder the perils of the kill switch.

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