{"id":49486,"date":"2016-05-04T14:28:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mcafee.com\/?p=49486"},"modified":"2025-05-27T20:49:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T03:49:44","slug":"android-malware-clicker-dgen-found-google-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/other-blogs\/mcafee-labs\/android-malware-clicker-dgen-found-google-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Android Malware Clicker.G!Gen Found on Google Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently the Mobile Malware Research Team of McAfee found on Google Play a new campaign of Android\/Clicker.G in dozens of published malicious apps. This threat targets Russians but the apps are accessible worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-1.png\" alt=\"20160504 Android 1\" width=\"847\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-1.png 847w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-1-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-1-768x493.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The attackers lure their victims with apps associated with health care, sports, food, games, and many other topics. Some of the apps have good reviews; they range from low installations to some with between 1,000 and 5,000 victims.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49490 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-2.png\" alt=\"20160504 Android 2\" width=\"708\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-2.png 708w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-2-300x251.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One application loads a web view with content from different sources that could offer some value to the victim, gaining some credibility with users.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49489 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-3.png\" alt=\"20160504 Android 3\" width=\"400\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-3.png 400w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-3-180x300.png 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To appear legitimate, this threat does not immediately execute the malicious payload. Six hours after the first execution or boot (BOOT_COMPLETED) the nightmare starts. Once the process begins, the victim will see unwanted advertisements or fake system updates from hxxp:\/\/update-sys-android.com every two minutes. These alerts can redirect the victim to download other threats that can compromise the victim\u2019s device and data.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike most sophisticated malicious apps, this one does not hide its behavior; the payload is not encrypted or obfuscated:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-49488 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/securingtomorrow.mcafee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-4.png\" alt=\"20160504 Android 4\" width=\"1047\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-4.png 1047w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-4-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-4-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/20160504-Android-4-1024x477.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1047px) 100vw, 1047px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McAfee Mobile Security detects this Trojan as Android\/Clicker.G!Gen. We have already reported hashes, developer names, and accounts to Google Play. We have also found this malware in third-party markets and have notified them. However, the threat remains active and may be distributed in other markets or by other methods, so we recommend you keep a security solution on your smart phone to avoid infection.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to thank Android Security for promptly responding to our takedown request yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about McAfee Mobile Security, visit http:\/\/www.mcafeemobilesecurity.com.<\/p>\n<h2>SHA-256 hash of analyzed sample:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>5733210ca0218b5578e95c289b58b92c14639f4e9a29ad07f0e5528dd4cf21b9<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Malicious host:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>hxxp:\/\/update-sys-android[dot]com\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently the Mobile Malware Research Team of McAfee found on Google Play a new campaign of Android\/Clicker.G in dozens of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":833,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[37,76,4452,180,214],"coauthors":[2035],"class_list":["post-49486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mcafee-labs","tag-android","tag-cybercrime","tag-cybersecurity","tag-malware","tag-mobile-security1"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Android Malware Clicker.G!Gen Found on Google Play | McAfee Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Recently the Mobile Malware Research Team of McAfee found on Google Play a new campaign of Android\/Clicker.G in dozens of published malicious apps. 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