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    They were copies of popular apps, not the popular apps themselves. Commented Mar 3, 2011 at 11:07
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    By popular I meant that they have been downloaded many times. But indeed they were copies of relatively well-known apps with malware code added to them. Commented Mar 3, 2011 at 13:32
  • I didn't think any of the Android trojans so far actually bothered to escalate to root? They just asked for more permissions than that sort of app generally needs, and that gave them enough access to do all they wanted? That is after all what a classic trojan does, gets you to let it in and give it the access it wants. Commented May 23, 2011 at 16:16