by turbo_gecko
Hi All,I have just tried installing RtL on my Samsung S8+ and besides the application wanting permissions to make calls (WTF!), F-Secure intervenes with the install and pops up a warning stating:
Potentially unwanted application
Application
Road To Legend
Package Name
com.fantasyflightgames.rtl
Problems detected
Android/Dowgin.cdc421af52!Online
Size
22593.1KB
Further Googling of Android/Dowgin reveals stuff like the following (from Symantec):
Updated:
February 27, 2015 3:19:08 PM
Type:
Adware
Risk Impact:
High
Systems Affected:
Android
Android.Dowgin is an advertisement library that is bundled with certain Android applications.
This advertisement library may perform the following actions:
Display advertisements in the system notification bar
Download and execute external components in the host application
Download and request installation of new applications
Send details about installed applications to a remote location
Send device information such as International Mobile Station Equipment Identity (IMEI), kernel version, phone manufacturer, or phone model details to a remote location
Questions:
1. Has anyone else come across this?
2. Why would the app want to have access to make calls etc?
3. Is FFG aware that their software uses this adware library and if so why?