The last time we talked about the Dog Wars app was back in April when Michael Vick spoke out against it after getting busted for running a dog fighting ring. That app is still around and now, there are reports that the app has been infected with a Trojan. The Trojan in this case is less “steal from you” and more “embarrass you.”
When you install the app it gathers up your contact list and sends each person on that list a text that reads, “I take pleasure in hurting small animals, just thought you should know that.” The Trojan also signs the user up for a text message alert service from PETA. There is apparently no indication that PETA has anything to do with this app.
Symantec discovered the Trojan and has dubbed it Android.dogowar. The Trojan was found in an older version of Dog Wars, Beta 0.981. This version isn’t on the Android Market and is only found on unofficial warez sites.
[via CNET]
games are such terrible things. . . we should ban all forms of entertainment that depicts any type of violence towards anything. . . No more angry birds!
I wonder if these animal rights activists realize that these stunts they pull drive more people away from their cause than toward.