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SmsAgent

SMSAgent appears as a game application, but silently performs malicious routines in the background.

SmsAgent is a Android malware family.

Background

SMSAgent disguises itself as a game app while quietly running malicious routines in the background. It tries to pull additional potentially malicious files from a remote server and dispatches SMS or MMS messages that rack up costly charges on the victim's phone bill.

Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).