'Cowboy Adventure' Game Infects Up To 1 Million Android Users With Malware

[Jazzy]

Innocent souls who wanted nothing more than to enjoy a game called "Cowboy Adventure" may have found their personal information compromised thanks to malware contained within the app.

Antivirus service ESET published a post Thursday detailing how an app available on Google Play, the company's app store for Android devices, was able to grab private information from users.

Apparently, "Cowboy Adventure," which has since been removed from Google Play, produced a fake Facebook login screen. Users were prompted to enter their email or phone number along with their password. If they did so, their information was allegedly sent to a server belonging to the scammers.

If you've downloaded "Cowboy Adventure" -- between 500,000 and 1 million people did, according to ESET -- you should immediately change your password not just on Facebook, but any service that uses the same password as your Facebook account.

You can also try an anti-malware scanner for your phone of the sort that ESET makes. Others are available from Kapersky, AVAST and Lookout, among others.

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Did you download this game?

 

[Smiley]

I don't own an Android device, so I guess I won't be losing any sleep over this matter.