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TrojanSpy:AndroidOS/Walksteal.A
Detected by Microsoft Defender Antivirus
Aliases: Android.SontSteal.1 (Dr.Web) Trojan.AndroidOS.Pirater.a (Kaspersky) Troj/Wandt-A (Sophos) Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.Walkinwat.a (Sunbelt Software) Walk and Text trojan (other) Walkinwat (other)
Summary
TrojanSpy:AndroidOS/Walksteal.A is a malicious program that affects mobile devices running the Android operating system; it poses as the application "Walk and Text", an application that displays objects in front of a user while walking so they can walk and text at the same time. The trojan sends identifying phone data to a remote server for collection and also sends a message to each contact on the affected phone.
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