Off Brand Wall charger Opens Contacts! BEWARE!

Question

I just wanted to make people aware of an issue that I happen to come across.
A Coworker recently bought this USB Wall charger and was going to return it because of abnormal behavior of his iPhone 5S when he plugged it in.  He said it started opening apps and his contacts.  To verify this, we tried my iPhone 5 as well.
My phone was locked when we plugged it in, and we waited a minute.  Nothing happened so I tried unlocking my phone, but it wasn't responding.  Unplugged the phone and unlocked it, then plugged it back in.  Waited a minute and still nothing.  "Oh look, I have mail... might as well check it.."  While in the preview screen, I can swipe and delete mail from my various accounts, but when I opened my work account (exchange server based mail account), the phone started working on it's own, delving into the contacts at which point I unplugged the phone and it stopped.
A couple years ago, there was a big thing with the LCD picture frames that everyone was buying being infected with some kind of malware that would just reside on your computer.  This is very reminiscent of that.
I realize that getting something like this on clearance for $5 is cheaper than getting the full Apple brick from the Apple store, but beware of what you are getting yourself into! 
We are sending an email to their customer service, and copying Apple's fraud team on it as well.  This particular model is not sold individually on their website any longer, but there is a similar one that appears packaged for retail sale at checkout counters.  Personally, I won't be buying anything from xtremecables -dot- net ever!  And I hope none of you get affected by anything similar.
Thank you.

Answer 1

Hello!
I have the same problem with my Mac Book air :
Charge Information:
  Charge Remaining (mAh):          1758
  Fully Charged:          No
  Charging:          Yes
  Full Charge Capacity (mAh):          5721
  Health Information:
  Cycle Count:          158
  Condition:          Normal
  Battery Installed:          Yes
  Amperage (mA):          21
  Voltage (mV):          7570
I already tried to to the SMC reset, but seems not work.
My Mac Book Air is connected to a IMAC not to the original Charger...maybe that is the problem?
Let me know,
Thank you in advance
Tom