Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has recently removed at least 10 applications from the Android Market for containing malicious code, according to a report in Wired. Packaged as add-ons to Rovio's popular Angry Birds game, a number of these apps apparently contained a spyware program called Plankton, which transmits information like browser bookmarks, history and IMEI number to a remote server.

The proliferation of Trojans is noteworthy given the fact that the Android Market is also used to distribute apps for Honeycomb, the tablet-friendly version of the Android OS. In effect, the danger is not something limited only to mobile malware, but is related to the increasing number of Trojans being distributed via app stores. Moreover, the danger is only set to increase, what with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) now favoring its app store for distributing software on the Mac OS X platform, as well as rumors of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) going the same route with purported screenshots of a Windows app store.

System and security administrators could well have their hands full in the not-so-distant future with employees who inadvertently download Trojans onto corporate machines.

For more:
- check out this article at Wired

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