[SOLVED] [Q] Testapps ... in market/play

julianpaul · Mar 30, 2012

One fine day noticed this sitting at the top of the apps list in market.

Clicking open launches Tetris. Tried freezing tetris and it disappeared, unfroze and it came back. Does this mean it's really a mislabeled entry for tetris and not malware of some sort? But why now all of a sudden?

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UndisputedGuy · Mar 31, 2012

julianpaul said:
One fine day noticed this sitting at the top of the apps list in market.

Clicking open launches Tetris. Tried freezing tetris and it disappeared, unfroze and it came back. Does this mean it's really a mislabeled entry for tetris and not malware of some sort? But why now all of a sudden?

I don't know. I think it's safe though-read some reviews

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devi59 · Mar 31, 2012

Yea it seems to be just us play users have it. pretty crazy.

jacklebott · Mar 31, 2012

Looks like it even has an official market link TestApps, how weird

julianpaul · Mar 31, 2012

In market on the phone, there are 337 comments (as of now), but nothing on the web market.

Also, all those reviewing it as safe are simply doing so because hitting open on the app launches tetris. I may be wrong but it could also simply be linking to tetris while actually being more malicious underneath. Kinda like how even a simple batch file can launch two apps (or more) and one app may be a background process, while the other is the visible smokescreen...

AndroHero · Mar 31, 2012

I would assume that this app is malicious, as the developers website link, links to a dead domain. I'd suggest removing it asap.

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julianpaul · Mar 31, 2012

Can't really remove it, even with a system utility, because we simply don't know what to remove!

And freezing/removing tetris seems to remove the entry from the app list in market. If it's trojan-like, it's very well integrated.

I think we're entering a new era of android malware, and it's pretty scary...

AndroHero · Mar 31, 2012

julianpaul said:
Can't really remove it, even with a system utility, because we simply don't know what to remove!

And freezing/removing tetris seems to remove the entry from the app list in market. If it's trojan-like, it's very well integrated.

I think we're entering a new era of android malware, and it's pretty scary...

Look in /data/app or /sd/android.secure for any .apk with that apps icon, delete the .apk then format dalvik cache and it's gone

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julianpaul · Mar 31, 2012

LOL, it has no icon either.

julianpaul · Mar 31, 2012

So I deleted cache/cleared data for google play, uninstalled it back to the market version and then let it reinstall the google play update and the entry seems to have disappeared. Time will tell...

Deleted member 4493700 · Apr 1, 2012

I looked at it now the icon is yellow and it has a blue and a green picture as the app preview. I uninstalled tetris a long time ago so it has the download option on mine.I'm not going to attempt to download.

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julianpaul · Apr 1, 2012

So it's definitely tetris then? Just with a buggy market entry?

Dang, there goes my whole malware conspiracy theory...

Deleted member 4493700 · Apr 1, 2012

julianpaul said:
So it's definitely tetris then? Just with a buggy market entry?

Dang, there goes my whole malware conspiracy theory...

I'm not sure. When I look up tetris, it shows up normally. When i look up testapps it shows the glitchy thing.maybe it's something that came with tetris? Anyway doesn't google recently for malware apps?

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julianpaul · Apr 1, 2012

Wait, where do you see tetris normally? It doesn't show in the market app list anyway...

The Alpha Gamer · Apr 1, 2012

It's only appeared since the lasted market update, which made some of our other bloatware appear in that list too. I'd say it's just a bloatware version of Tetris, instead of just using the normal download of it.

julianpaul · Apr 2, 2012

Updated OP with the solution.

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