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Hi guys
i just read about trojan attack on android phones and hence i am planning to install antivirus software.
Could you please guide which is the best antivirus for galaxy tab which should not be very resource hungry.
Thanks in advance
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I use look out
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pda_crazy said:
Hi guys
i just read about trojan attack on android phones and hence i am planning to install antivirus software.
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A report that was released by a company selling anti-virus products for Android. A report that has since been attacked for its credibility, as it seems the "trojan" may simply have been a legitimate (if intrusive) reporting mechanism used by the Chinese store selling those apps.
Bottom line: If you don't side-load content, you simply do not need anti virus on Android. It's a waste of time, money, processing power and battery life. I'm not aware of any known exploits on the Android ecosystem that don't require the user to side-load malware from sources outside the official Android market.
Android isn't windows. Android is a secure architecture from the ground up. Android doesn't have OS holes that need plugging. Android doesn't offer itself up to be infected every time an email is received.
If you're really worried about viruses, simply don't install apps from anywhere except the official Android market. Doing this single thing will do far more to guarantee safety than any anti-virus software.
Now if you do side-load content from questionable sources, an anti-virus product could potentially provide protection. In the real word, anti-virus software rarely recognizes new, zero day exploits. so not all that much protection at all.
After hearing such good things about android i am feeling proud to be android owner.
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Do we really need an Antivirus on the Galaxy Tab?
Better safe than sorry especially since there is no rejection poilicy for the market
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i think your better served reading the permissions of apps installed.
Things like Applanet that ask for access to log in credentials are far more dangerous then malware.
That is as long as your not getting your apps from chinese markets.
NetQin Android Antivirus
pda_crazy said:
Hi guys
i just read about trojan attack on android phones and hence i am planning to install antivirus software.
Could you please guide which is the best antivirus for galaxy tab which should not be very resource hungry.
Thanks in advance
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NetQin Android Antivirus, works fine!
TainT said:
i think your better served reading the permissions of apps installed.
Things like Applanet that ask for access to log in credentials are far more dangerous then malware.
That is as long as your not getting your apps from chinese markets.
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This.
Antivirus apps are not required. These "reports" are from antivirus creators designed to make you think you need one.
Actually read the reports? They are not viruses, but simply permissions you give it when installing anyway.
I wouldn't have thought antivirus was required, especially given Android's base as a Linux. All it would do is waste CPU cycles.
Spent the last 5 years as a Symbian user listening to people claim that AV on the phones was a 'must have'.
Glad to see some things are the same on Android!
A Trojan Horse on Android/Linux is like an upper class chav, it's not going to happen.
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EStrong Security manager isn't an antivirus per se but it seems to do a manual scan for malicious apps. They're very vague as to what it actually does though.
I don't really understand why people feel the need to get anti-virus for linux. To get something malicious you've got to install it yourself and thats pretty damn hard considering the phone will tell you what the app is tring to access and even then the app doesn't have any access to any other apps nor does it have root access to the phones file system.... the most it could really do is collect data about you, or maybe delete files on your SD card or something like that.
there is some very naive linux fanboys in here. there is plenty of reasons to have some sort of malware/privacy security on android. there have been various independant confirmations of apps in the market place containing malware espesially in the last month or so.
lookout is a good one or kaspersky. the both have good scanners and also can protect personal info aswell.
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there is some very naive linux fanboys in here. there is plenty of reasons to have some sort of malware/privacy security on android. there have been various independant confirmations of apps in the market place containing malware espesially in the last month or so.
lookout is a good one or kaspersky. the both have good scanners and also can protect personal info aswell.
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I would think that since the last reply was from January, people would have learnt that.. The last malware incident that got Google involved within 5 minutes and had over 50 apps pulled was pretty well publicized.
Anyway, people have got to realize that no one OS is invulnerable. It's just a matter of time before people start finding exploits when an OS gets popular - for Android that time is now. Heck, not sure how many people are aware, but roots and jailbreaks ARE exploits themselves. Trying scanning the rooting/jailbreaking tools with your desktop AV and all becomes clear.
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Heck, not sure how many people are aware, but roots and jailbreaks ARE exploits themselves. Trying scanning the rooting/jailbreaking tools with your desktop AV and all becomes clear.
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Precisely. A rooted device is the best to attack for malware apps. If there's a developer that's smart enough, they can get pretty much anything if you're rooted.
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Since I'm rooted, I installed Lookout too.
Funny coz it's easily uninstalled eventhough has apps policy/administrator (I forgot the name)
Well.. I use it mainly for the Missing Device feature (paired with PREY also).
GANJDROID said:
Precisely. A rooted device is the best to attack for malware apps. If there's a developer that's smart enough, they can get pretty much anything if you're rooted.
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dude you did not understand the last post at all!
you dont need to have your device rooted. a normal market app can root your device without you knowing it, and can then do whatever with your device.
how do you think z4root does root your device? (z4root is an app that does root the phone for you, normally with your knowledge)
Geletis said:
A report that was released by a company selling anti-virus products for Android. A report that has since been attacked for its credibility, as it seems the "trojan" may simply have been a legitimate (if intrusive) reporting mechanism used by the Chinese store selling those apps.
Bottom line: If you don't side-load content, you simply do not need anti virus on Android. It's a waste of time, money, processing power and battery life. I'm not aware of any known exploits on the Android ecosystem that don't require the user to side-load malware from sources outside the official Android market.
Android isn't windows. Android is a secure architecture from the ground up. Android doesn't have OS holes that need plugging. Android doesn't offer itself up to be infected every time an email is received.
If you're really worried about viruses, simply don't install apps from anywhere except the official Android market. Doing this single thing will do far more to guarantee safety than any anti-virus software.
Now if you do side-load content from questionable sources, an anti-virus product could potentially provide protection. In the real word, anti-virus software rarely recognizes new, zero day exploits. so not all that much protection at all.
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Dude, You have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. MANY malware have been discovered as been submitted and released via market.
http://pocketnow.com/android/google-removes-ten-malware-infected-apps-from-android-market
Wow, with malware so bad that sometimes they're sending "premium" text messages at 40 dollars a pop those low end android devices aren't looking so low end. With apps from ringtone downloaders to battery managers to guitar hero rip-offs getting malware android is really hitting the dirt. Even if sales-wise they're doing great android is taking some major blows to the legal department and now even publicity-wise with their childish approach to the patents. This malware is just another part of the tower of android crumbling. i guess that's what happens when you build a multi-million dollar building on a foundation of jell-o. I for one am interested in seeing how google recovers from all of this mess.
So far all of the Android malware I've heard of has used the rageagainstthecage exploit, which only works on older froyo ROMs. Just make sure you buy an up to date Android phone from a manufacturer that keeps their phones updated and you'll be fine.
On the Evo 4G, for example, HTC waited until there was a patch for Gingerbreak before they pushed the GB OTA. That was months ago and the new firmware still has not been rooted.
Smh...
16% of PC users are unaffected by viruses/malware.
I wouldn't buy another android device regardless of manufacturer or updates. There's still malware on android utilizing other exploits, looking into the OS itself they could pretty much get away with it completely legally without issues and with no market authorization... Its scary.
Vetvito, the great thing is that my PC, like most, comes with virus protection. Does not have direct access to my bill, and anyone with an education exceeding the third grade can prevent at least the vast majority of viruses. My wife got a vibrant for awhile and downloaded an angry birds guide and the next month we had 80 dollars in charges from fox mobile group. Its insane how bad google manages... Well... The whole mobile sect.
Well, technically everyone with an education exceeding the third grade can read what permissions an android app is asking for and can figure out that app XYZ has no business messing with your account list, contacts or text messages. Everyone is entitled to an opinion though, Android isn't perfect but it's silly saying one OS is more resistant to malware than another. The only thing that really matters is how many people use it, the more users the more people looking for vulnerabilities.
^ well put. Hence the 16% of PC users are unaffected.
xHausx said:
Well, technically everyone with an education exceeding the third grade can read what permissions an android app is asking for and can figure out that app XYZ has no business messing with your account list, contacts or text messages. Everyone is entitled to an opinion though, Android isn't perfect but it's silly saying one OS is more resistant to malware than another. The only thing that really matters is how many people use it, the more users the more people looking for vulnerabilities.
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what's more ridiculous is that tired argument. Android is open to malware because there's no app certification in the marketplace, there's no real failsafes built into the OS until after the fact, and because, well, as everyone is so proud of, its open source. Wp7 and ios are locked and thoroughly so to avoid such complications. That's the benefits you get from building your own OS rather than borrowing code that's readily available and largely outdated. IOS for awhile had a larger userbase than android. I never heard any peep about malware there... android is just a poorly built and even lesser optimized OS.
This will be my last reply since it's pointless to really continuing this conversation, but I will fill you in on a little fact that you seem to have missed. When it's possible to open up a web page and have your device jailbroken/rooted whatever, that is a very serious security hole. That means anyone can do the same thing without your permission.
I have never seen a method to root an android phone using the above method yet it's fairly common with iOS. I even remember hearing about a way to take complete control over an iPhone 4 by doing nothing more than sending it a text message, if that's not a serious security hole than I don't know what is. So if you are actually interested in using a secure OS and not just here to troll and bash android, you may want to do a little more homework on just how secure each platform is.
Take the Pwn2Own competition for example, "During the first day of the competition Safari and Internet Explorer were defeated by researchers. Safari was version 5.0.3 installed on a fully-patched Mac OS X 10.6.6.[23] French security firm VUPEN was first to attack the browser, and five seconds after the browser visited its specially-crafted malicious web page, it had both launched the platform calculator application (a standard harmless payload to demonstrate that arbitrary code has been executed) and written a file to the hard disk (to demonstrate that the sandbox had been bypassed).
The second and last browser to fall for the day was a 32-bit Internet Explorer 8 installed on 64-bit Windows 7 Service Pack 1.[23] Security researcher Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security was successful in exploiting IE. Just as with Safari, this was demonstrated by running Windows' calculator program and writing a file to the hard disk."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pwn2Own
Google's Chrome browser was the only one that was not compromised.
An excellent explanation of just how vulnerable iOS and the iphone are. Just to throw in my own 2 cents, I have used Android for the last 3 years now. I have rarely if ever utilized a security program, and have NEVER had any of my phones compromised.
I'm not by any means saying it doesn't happen, I simply think that if your careful, and paying attention to what your doing, then you shouldn't have any problems.
I predict 3 out of 10 iPhone users will be sodomized with a Zhu Zhu Pet next year.
SUCCESSOR said:
I predict 3 out of 10 iPhone users will be sodomized with a Zhu Zhu Pet next year.
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Fantastic. Perfect phrasing.
You can judge an OS's success by the amount of malware targeting it.
Windows being the most popular OS, has the most malware.
Interestingly the most compromised OS on the internet used in botnet attacks is Linux, simply because of the numbers of computers running it.
So any successful product will be targetted, even Macs have viruses despite what apple fanboi's would have you believe.
So for IOS and Android to be targeted it reflects the market share of those products, their success, and as has been already noted, most vulnerabilities are specific to earlier versions of Android.
Any OS that is so unpopular it's market share has plummeted to 5.8% and continues to fall isn't likely to be worth targeting, so WP7 is pretty safe simply due to lack of interest in it from both consumers and malware writers.
It's a bit like people who run Win98 still for security reasons, despite it being easy to compromise, because so few people still use it, it is no longer being actively targeted.
It's been predicted... By whom exactly? I don't see any links in your posts.
Predicted by antivirus/antimalware companies wanting to scare you into buying their products? Products which may, but totally may not actually protect you (remember most of these are reactive software, they can't protect you from something they don't know about)?
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Google's Chrome browser was the only one that was not compromised.
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and the reason for that is the developer of the chrome exploit was led to believe it was not valid, it turns out that it was but the developer of the exploit had already given it to google for $$$
Hence the patch frenzy just before Pwn2OWn.
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So any successful product will be targetted, even Macs have viruses despite what apple fanboi's would have you believe.
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To be fair OS X does not have any.
If you're really paranoid about malware on android, you can download virus protection from the Market, like Lookout or Anti-virus from AVG.
Don't know how effective they are, but at least you won't be effected by any known malware out there.
But not really needed I think, check permission the app asks for and if they make sense, you should be pretty safe.
Also I think Google is on the ball when it comes to this.
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To be fair OS X does not have any.
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That'll be your little secret then
Tone_ said:
To be fair OS X does not have any.
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Wrong.
http://www.macforensicslab.com/Prod...in_page=document_general_info&products_id=174
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2029303/virus-mac-invulnerable
Thank you. come again.
Also, Op, baby, Stop projecting your Wp7 buyers remorse onto everyone else. Yes we get it you are unhappy with your sucky boring spoonfed o/s. move on from the denial stage it and learn your lesson for your next phone, cause no one really cares. Easily aviodable and fixable Malware on Android is still better than stuipifyingly boring wp7. You can console yourself that maybe Wp8 or whatever wil be better, or maybe you can change to an iphone and lecture us on how your device is "better" than our various devices cause it has a shiny fruity logo and you can jailbreak it but until then yourphonesucks.
XOXOXO
z33dev33l said:
Wow, with malware so bad that sometimes they're sending "premium" text messages at 40 dollars a pop those low end android devices aren't looking so low end. With apps from ringtone downloaders to battery managers to guitar hero rip-offs getting malware android is really hitting the dirt. Even if sales-wise they're doing great android is taking some major blows to the legal department and now even publicity-wise with their childish approach to the patents. This malware is just another part of the tower of android crumbling. i guess that's what happens when you build a multi-million dollar building on a foundation of jell-o. I for one am interested in seeing how google recovers from all of this mess.
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I'm gonna go ahead and tempt karma here...
Malware only hits people who download stupid and questionable ****. I know this is harsh, but people bring it on themselves.
As for older versions of Android, everyone should be on cm7 anyway, unless they like their phone to be slow.
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I'm surprised they say only 3 out of 10, I would have said 50% with the total lack of control and approvals required to get apps on the marketplace. Apple certainly do a better job of controlling what is allowed live than any Android store.
So I have been looking around online just some basic stuff about privacy on the android phones and so forth.
I have also looked around the xda forums about Privacy and Protecting your ID or anything that you dont want to get out or w.e the case maybe so Im looking for some help and maybe this can help others about this if they wish to.
Well im looking for something that I can have the most protection toward viruses/malware/ID theft or any "stealth" like traces after uninstalling apps and anything that falls into that category. I have came across something called DroidDream Not sure if this is still going on in the world of android or some other form of it. But over all its something that the malware is designed to only run while the android phone is sleeping. Also talks about Once the Android smartphone is rooted, DroidDream searches for a specific package named "com.android.providers.downloadsmanager". If the package is not found, DroidDream silently installs a second malicious app without the user's knowledge. Other malicious apps can be installed in stealth from the DroidDream command and control servers I did find this info from pcworld site but thats some basic stuff..also it talks about the the update of gingerbread helped fixed that issue.
But like I said was looking for something that I can use or other members if they are not aware of such to help lock/protect their phones. I also did come across this link int he xda forums http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357056&highlight=Privacy
Also check this out https://www.androidpolice.com/2011/...-and-carrieriq-in-a-new-class-action-lawsuit/
This app seems to be prefect for what im looking for or maybe anyone may have other ideas for something like this.
Thanks for all who reply and is helpful..
When I had a BlackBerry there were a ton of malware apps and I've only seen one or two for android. There was one that I used for a bit before rooting but ill have to get back to you on the name.
But definitely a good idea I always wondered after rooting if that made my phone more vunerable to "hacks" e.g. so if there were a safety feature like that I would definitely use it
I know one of the most popular used is locked out and norton,avg, kaspersky mobile and another one something like netQuin I think but I know when I had the avg and when I scan my phone it said I had a virus but then I try the lock out anti virus and it said I did not.so idk ..
HTC Inspire
NetQuij is the one I used for a few days. Not sure of how well it worjed but thats definitely the o.e I was thinking of
As long as you only install apps from a known good source you have almost no worries. The security is only as good as the hacker. In other words if the hacker what's in your phone bad enough the only way to stop him is to shut it off. Mainly when running a rom like MIUI that use root exploits like crazy.
The main time this happens is when people download pirated apps from servers in Europe and in that case then they deserve what they get. All the antivirus programs really are pointless and slow up the phone. So just be careful and never try to get paid apps for free and you will be fine.
As for the programs showing different results that is due to something being labled a virus and others not. Take the hack kit. Any virus program will remove parts on DL even though it is not a virus at all.
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As long as you only install apps from a known good source you have almost no worries. The security is only as good as the hacker. In other words if the hacker what's in your phone bad enough the only way to stop him is to shut it off. Mainly when running a rom like MIUI that use root exploits like crazy.
The main time this happens is when people download pirated apps from servers in Europe and in that case then they deserve what they get. All the antivirus programs really are pointless and slow up the phone. So just be careful and never try to get paid apps for free and you will be fine.
As for the programs showing different results that is due to something being labled a virus and others not. Take the hack kit. Any virus program will remove parts on DL even though it is not a virus at all.
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Thanks zel for that info.. and I didn't know miui had stuff like that
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why would you get anti virus on your phone. I have never heard of anyone being hacked on there phone.
the only reason I can see it is if you do online banking.
avast (which I use on my computer) just said they released an android av app.
who hacks phones? lol.
umirin said:
why would you get anti virus on your phone. I have never heard of anyone being hacked on there phone.
the only reason I can see it is if you do online banking.
avast (which I use on my computer) just said they released an android av app.
who hacks phones? lol.
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Antivirus like Lookout scans all your apps on your phone, if you ever install any 3rd part apps that you didn't get from the Market, might be useful.. then again, don't know how reliable the AV scanner really is scanning apps, or how it works.
Not worth it imo. Be smart about what you install and you'll be fine.
takes up to much system ram and cpu for me kills battery faster
nod 32 is a prettly good antivirus
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takes up to much system ram and cpu for me kills battery faster
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Agreed! And if you know what you are doing and you have disabled option "Install Applications From Unknown Sources" in setting there are really tiny chance to get viruses.
But if you have risen this question then more likely you need Antivirus
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Agreed! And if you know what you are doing and you have disabled option "Install Applications From Unknown Sources" in setting there are really tiny chance to get viruses.
But if you have risen this question then more likely you need Antivirus
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Actually, due to no market security, most of androids viruses go on the market.
I feel that Google would clamp down faster than these antivirus companies if a virus were to arise.
tejrl said:
I feel that Google would clamp down faster than these antivirus companies if a virus were to arise.
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Viruses on android are currently increasing exponentially...
Don't download anything stupid and you'll be fine. Make sure and check what exactly the app is accessing.
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Don't download anything stupid and you'll be fine. Make sure and check what exactly the app is accessing.
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Agreed. I do use the odd off the Market download, but I always read the comments from others and also check what permissions it wants. Better same then sorry.
That's great advice for the power user, but the average user is going to say, "Free guitar hero? Awesome! *download*. The important thing to remember is that we're oftentimes more capable than the target audience. My Grandma still believes she's the one-millionth visitor.
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That's great advice for the power user, but the average user is going to say, "Free guitar hero? Awesome! *download*. The important thing to remember is that we're oftentimes more capable than the target audience. My Grandma still believes she's the one-millionth visitor.
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What is all this "we" stuff? There is no such thing as a "power user" with a Lumia...
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What is all this "we" stuff? There is no such thing as a "power user" with a Lumia...
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Incessant, off-topic trolling even when I'm not pinpointing the flaws in your OS. Please try to stay on topic.
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Incessant, off-topic trolling even when I'm not pinpointing the flaws in your OS. Please try to stay on topic.
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Well stop talking down on the average user when in fact that is what you are. The average user knows to a point what to download and what not to download. Is it really a surprise that "sexy girl puzzle" might be malicious? Any user can figure that out.
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Well stop talking down on the average user when in fact that is what you are. The average user knows to a point what to download and what not to download. Is it really a surprise that "sexy girl puzzle" might be malicious? Any user can figure that out.
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My platform of choice does not make me an average user. You've contributed absolutely nothing to any conversation, something at least the other people who dislike me do, and see yourself as higher purely based on your choice of platform. At least when I do what one might consider, "trolling." I make a point and attempt to remain on topic.
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My platform of choice does not make me an average user. You've contributed absolutely nothing to any conversation, something at least the other people who dislike me do, and see yourself as higher purely based on your choice of platform. At least when I do what one might consider, "trolling." I make a point and attempt to remain on topic.
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Did you not see the point that the average user knows what to download and not to download? Plenty of my friends are "average users" and have never gotten a virus on their cell phone. Is that enough of a point?
Antivirus for Android is pointless. There are NO Android viruses. Don't think of Android in Windows terms. It's not Windows and so does not have the same vulnerabilies as Windows.
Antivirus companies depend on the fear and ignorance of their customers. Companies peddling antivirus for Android (or Linux) should at least be honest that it is only useful for scanning files to be transferred to Windows machines.
This doesn't mean there is no Android malware - there is. And a virus is a type of malware. But not all malware is a virus.
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Did you not see the point that the average user knows what to download and not to download? Plenty of my friends are "average users" and have never gotten a virus on their cell phone. Is that enough of a point?
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The free guitar hero app got a couple hundred thousand and the viruses are ever-increasing.
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Antivirus for Android is pointless. There are NO Android viruses. Don't think of Android in Windows terms. It's not Windows and so does not have the same vulnerabilies as Windows.
Antivirus companies depend on the fear and ignorance of their customers. Companies peddling antivirus for Android (or Linux) should at least be honest that it is only useful for scanning files to be transferred to Windows machines.
This doesn't mean there is no Android malware - there is. And a virus is a type of malware. But not all malware is a virus.
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So, the point is that you feel they should change the name from virus scanner to malware scanner?
umirin said:
why would you get anti virus on your phone. I have never heard of anyone being hacked on there phone.
the only reason I can see it is if you do online banking.
avast (which I use on my computer) just said they released an android av app.
who hacks phones? lol.
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There are a lot of application tht can steal your phone information something like spywere and can compromise phone performance ... but anyway if you take care of what app you install in your phone is hard to take viruses or malicius software ... imo you don't really need an anti virus for phone device
I don't know how many of you pay attention to security issues but I thought I would post a link to this Threatpost article.
http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/staggering-increase-android-malware-variants-trojan-apps-051612
It behooves one to pay attention to what you are installing and what permissions apps are requesting. I just ditched Evernote due to increased permissions, even though it is from what one might call a trusted source.
Edit: I have not finished perusing the F-Secure Mobile Threat Report, but so far it is a good read.
I've never once had a problem with any kind of malware or virus on my phone. Then again I'm careful and use common sense. Which goes a long way
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Phalanx7621 said:
I've never once had a problem with any kind of malware or virus on my phone. Then again I'm careful and use common sense. Which goes a long way
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Common sense does go a long way. With some of the posts I've seen on XDA, there seems to be a lack of that not-so-common attribute. Flashing without thinking, sideloading apps from unknown sources, etc.
Google appears to be reacting (albeit slowly) with Bouncer, trying to police Market/Play. I'm not sure if Amazon is doing anything similar for their app store. The big picture still looks rather grim. Will we be looking at large scale botnets this year? Hopefully not. The idea of Android botnets makes me a bit ill.
Unless malware can show up on the store, I don't see the issue here. It's a risk we've all known about since the day Android came out.
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Unless malware can show up on the store, I don't see the issue here. It's a risk we've all known about since the day Android came out.
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Malware has shown up on the store. The issue is that Android is increasing its market share by leaps and bounds, black hats are writing more sophisticated malware, and more people are hacking their devices without a clue as to what they are doing. If you read the F-Secure Mobile Threat Report (linked in Threatpost), the number of detected malware APK's has grown tenfold over the last year.
Golly gosh.
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Phalanx7621 said:
I've never once had a problem with any kind of malware or virus on my phone. Then again I'm careful and use common sense. Which goes a long way
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Exactly the same here
Windows has had malware threats for well over a decade and as it matured the OS was patched to deal with it. Android is more secure than Windows is, you not only have to download a malicious app you also have to install it before anything bad can happen.
Google will hopefully implement a more effective way of preventing malware from entering the Play Store but this may have the side effect of false positives on certain rooting/tweaking apps.
As pc are being replaced by tablets, its a juicy business for anti virus companies.
So i wouldn't trust any report from av companies...
It's usually pretty vague. Which app on android market?
As you get virus when you install warez games on pc, the same goes for android if you manually install an apk out of android market. Nothing new.
rchtk said:
As pc are being replaced by tablets, its a juicy business for anti virus companies.
So i wouldn't trust any report from av companies...
It's usually pretty vague. Which app on android market?
As you get virus when you install warez games on pc, the same goes for android if you manually install an apk out of android market. Nothing new.
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I think you guys are missing the OP's point. You dont have to manually install an .apk.
A fake company called "MYOURNET" (touche for the name, rather ironic now) took a bunch of real apps from the market, injected them with malware and resubmitted them back onto the marketplace. The new malware could root your phone, steal your data, and keep a backdoor open for more goodies. Crazy ****.
http://androidcommunity.com/android-virus-served-up-by-user-myournet-20110302/
I admi i didn't open the pdf (pdf is now the number one virus vector ;-) but as far as i see it didn't mention reinjection in the market. Well.. pay attention to permissions..
Nothing else to do.
How to define a virus? That is the question..
Only install trusted editor from the market. Only install applications which provide ttheir source code and read it..
Easy answer for malware pike: piracy, period