Is FlexiSpy Malware?
You may remember my post a few weeks ago talking about Flexispy being flagged as malware. Well, there’s a new article on VNUNet where Symbian defends why Flexispy passed Symbian Signed…
"Bruce Carney, director of development programs and services at Symbian, has defended the application, saying that it should not be classed as malware. It is a liberal use of terminology. It is a bit of a grey area, an application which in the wrong hands could be used maliciously. It is like another application we have come across which allows the phone to be used as a baby alarm. It is a great application but could equally be left in a girl’s changing room and used maliciously. The application could also not be distributed virally and would always appear in the phone’s task list, so the user would see it running. Symbian is not in the business of censoring applications," he concluded. " We want high quality applications from reliable suppliers."
Personally, I think the anti virus companies are being over-aggressive here. I suppose with the low level of threat under Symbian, it’s hard for them to find new things to pick up with their virus scanners.