Android Market Spyware Scare.. let’s not get excited

TalkAndroid is reporting today that a Tip Calculator app in the android market is really a nasty little piece of spyware. Allegedly, this app will intercept all of your text messages and forward them to someone else via email.

So, which app is it? We don’t know. The source for this story is a press release from Chinese Android developer NetQin Mobile. In the release, they remind readers that they have conveniently released their mobile Anti Virus app to combat this and other mobile threats.

So, lets think about this. This unknown developer is warning us that the sky is falling unless we download their antivirus suite on our phones. Doesn’t this sound like something we’ve all seen before? Think about it. Think harder.