Google Disrupts 1.3M Device Botnet, Says TV Box Maker Sold Criminal Access

I have one a Mecool KM6. I disabled all the Google/Mecool cruft as soon as I got it, including XCPE. The reason XCPE caught my attention wasn't that its activity seemed any more nefarious than normal pre-installed spyware, but that it kept crashing.

Title: Shutting the Door on the XCPE Botnet