Android Application Analyzer
Shaikh Bushra Almin1, Madhumita Chatterjee1
Citation : Shaikh Bushra Almin, Madhumita Chatterjee, Android Application Analyzer International Journal of Research Studies in Computer Science and Engineering 2014, 1(4) : 32-37
Android is an open source that is based on the modified version of Linux. Due to its openness, it offers a unified approach to application development. In the world of smart phones, applications are the most important part of the success chain. Android-based Smartphone users can get free applications from Android Application Market. However, these applications were not certified by legitimate organizations and they may contain malware applications that can steal privacy information of the users. In this work, a secure system to identify malicious android applications is proposed to help users comprehend security risk. The proposed framework intends to develop a advisory system on Android to identify and remove malicious applications, to enhance security and privacy of Smartphone users. The system is intended to follow a user-centric approach which means that it would be designed keeping the user in mind and for the user. It aims on reducing the burden of analyzing the risk of applications on the user. The proposed system extracts various permissions requested by applications and analyses whether the application is harmful or safe.