Google has disputed claims that many Android phones have been infected with a virus that makes them keep churning out spam. On July 4th, Microsoft researcher Terry Zink claimed to have found evidence that Android phones being enrolled into a botnet.
Botnets normally use infected PCs as generators of but Mr Zink said he found
evidence that Android smartphones were being used in the same way.
In a statement, Google said there was no evidence to support Mr Zink's claim.
The search giant's investigation suggested that the junk messages started on PCs
but the spammers sending them changed them to look like they came from Android
smartphones.
"Our analysis suggests that spammers are using infected computers and a fake
mobile signature to try to bypass anti-spam mechanisms in the email platform
they're using," said Google.
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