App Remover for removing Etisalat's "Registration" application on BlackBerry smartphones

Recently, certain Etisalat customers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) may have received an SMS message from Etisalat inviting the customer to click on a link and download a software application provided by Etisalat on to their BlackBerry Handheld. The Etisalat software application, named “Registration”, was described by Etisalat as a BlackBerry software upgrade designed to improve performance. Etisalat’s “Registration” software application is not in fact a RIM-authorized software upgrade and was not developed, tested, promoted, distributed or authorized in any way by RIM.

Further, RIM does not use SMS as an official distribution channel for official BlackBerry software upgrades or updates. RIM distributes official BlackBerry software upgrades and updates through standard channels, including direct downloads from BlackBerry.com and over-the-air using the built in Wireless Upgrade feature of the BlackBerry smartphone.

Independent sources have concluded that Etisalat’s “Registration” software application is not actually designed to improve performance of a BlackBerry Handheld, but rather to send received messages back to a central server.

RIM has developed this App Remover software (“Software”) to enable affected customers to remove Etisalat’s “Registration” software application.

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