Soon after the discovery of the QuadRooter vulnerability, a remedy appeared on the Google Play app store. Unfortunately, neither of the two apps named “Fix Patch QuadRooter” by Kiwiapps Ltd. would patch the Android system. Already pulled from Google Play on ESET’s notice, these apps were malicious, serving their victims with unwanted ads. On top of that, one of them required payment (costing 0.99 EUR).
In connection with this discovery, we put a few questions to Lukáš Štefanko, an ESET researcher specializing in Android malware.
QuadRooter: Unfortunately, you can’t have it patched for now
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