![]() Your default browser opening, all by itself, to web redirects. If you are worried that you have this barcode scanner installed, here is the behavior you would experience on your mobile device. I cannot overstate that most barcode/QR scanners on Google Play are clean and safe to use. This was just one individual, isolated case of a barcode/QR scanner being exploited. Barcode/QR scanners have long been targets for exploitation due to the fact that just about everyone that uses an Android device installs a Barcode/QR scanner. For this reason, exploitation of barcode/QR scanners has occurred since the beginning of mobile malware. We overlooked that the generic nature of the name Barcode Scanner would trigger panic that your barcode scanner could be the one we were referring to. We'd like to take some time clearing other things up based on comments left here on the blog. We appreciate all the feedback from our patrons and we'd like to address some of the issues raised.įirst, to clarify, there are many, many clean, legitimate barcode/QR scanners on Google Play. Read the story here: Who is to blame for the malicious Barcode Scanner that got on Google Play? To get the full story on this saga, you can also read our full-length blog on our investigation into who owned this app and who is likely responsible for the malicious changes.
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