Please let me know if it's safe and secure to root my Galaxy Rush JB 4.3 on my "hacked?" PC? If I should not root using the PC, is there a way I can root using only the phone itself? Thank you all in advance!!
Help - Root Samsung Rush - with phone only
Help - Eliminating Spyware & Monitoring on Home Network // Detect & Remove Tracking SW and Spyware on PC Vista x iPhone4 x Nexus 7.
I just found out for Certain that a crazy, ex-gf-stalker has gained access to my family's home wireless network. She's also somehow able to mirror my laptop (PC) screen, and can see whatever I'm viewing and typing!? (I'm unsure about the Mac)... I know this bc she sent me a text message that showed items I'd been searching for, and she had an exact copy of a private online convo from earlier that day. It is honestly extremely uncomfortable. It's invading the privacy of my entire family, as we can no longer visit any websites that require Bill Pay, CC info, Secure PWs, or even personal emails.
In addition, I just found out that she has remote access to someone else in my family's iPhone 4: in the last 2 days, she's deleted all contacts off that phone, random texts incoming texts are being deleted, the phone numbers in the 'Call Log' are getting prank calls. Today there were rude, obnoxious texts sent from our phone to a good friend of ours, which None of us would ever send! Right now, I'm not sure if she can access to my MacBook since I recently installed Norton Internet Security. -- but I'm positive that the Windows laptop and iPhone 4 have some tracking or monitoring device.
Please Help!!
My main Rooting question is: Will rooting my own Galaxy Rush and setting up a new WI-Fi hotspot prevent this psycho from accessing my PC and Macbook?
-------If so, can I perform the root without the laptops, using the Android phone only?
------Do these spyware programs get installed directly into the computers themselves, so that they continue to work even after you change new wireless network?
Question about iPhone4 spyware: Is anyone familiar with a virus scan or iOs app that can identidy and expunge these hacks? Will a total
Complete wipe / Factory Restore?: Does anyone know if a total system-restore to factory settings, or a complete data wipe would do the trick for either the Mac, the PC (Vista), iPhone 4, or Google Nexus 7?
Thanks again.
My question or rather my pleed for answers does not just pertain to android os but I have relied on this site for many answers and have always found a solution just from searching around on here so I know there are very capable members on this site that can help. My problem began over 4 months ago when my home computers were compromised. I assumed it was just a simple virus but soon learned that someone had actually hacked into my home network for what I believe is or was an attempt to retrieve trade secrets. Shortly after i realized that data was being sent to someone through the fax system on my pc and data distribution software had been installed along with a large amount of .dll and legacy items, The admin rights were taken from me and the registry was completely modified which disabled me from having any permissions and kept me from doing anything on the pc. I went out and purchased a new router, got out an older pc, and I put a password of around 20 mixed numbers and letters. 5 minutes after I had set up the new router and pc I noticed through the network map that there was someone else on what I assumed was a secured network. The router was a netgear. First thing I done was change the default password and block any remote access in the network wizard. My next step was to pay the so-called experts (Geek Squad) to solve the security issue. I purchased their 1 month special that entitled me to 1 month of tech support and 3 free pc fixes. after purchasing a windows 7 restore disk I took 3 pc's to a local Geek Squad location to have them restore the Pc's and install what was suppose to be a hack proof software. They only fixed 1 pc, told me the software would keep the hacker out. 5 minutes after i logged into my network here comes all the windows updates (around 50) along with numerous programs. Needless to say I lost my admin rights within an hr. Here we are now, only using cell phones on my network and I am sure the hacker is retrieving my data off of my g vista d6301. My new email that I set up and have only used from the vista has been compromised and although no logins appear in the history but my vista, someone had enabled POP on Dec 28th. I have enabled the developer mode on my phone which allows me to view the process stats. It states that google play service runs 100% and Google Cloud Messaging runs 100%...I have never used any cloud service on this phone. Another thing is that certain system apps that I have never activated are accumulating a decent amount of data. This phone is used only for wifi and has no service plan attached. bluetooth, email, qrtunnel, near field communication all turn on from time to time. Google play also shows something called clearcutlogger running but was unable to find any info on that. I also installed a mic block that has a "spying app catcher" that logs when a app uses your phones mic while the phone is in sleep or idle mode. when the app is on block mic then there are no problems but when I unblock the mic I get countless log entries that an app with net access has gained access to my mic. Its always the same few apps that show up as a potential culprit so I cant pinpoint exactly what app is using the mic. not sure if any of this has anything to do with someone messing around with my phone, just trying to think of some of the things that could help. There is no doubt that this phone along with a pile of now useless computers have indeed been compromised. What I really need help with is how to get this bastard out of my life and secure my network before the new semester begans b/c there is no way I can have my daughter use her new pc on the network knowing its just going to end up like the rest of computers in my new pc graveyard. I know there are quite a few other sites I could have reached out to but there is something about the comradery on this site that has always drawn me to it. 1 more thing fellas, how bout that one touch root for the LG G Vista D6301's? that sure would come in handy right now lol. My apologies for the long read. Any details you need to know to try and help me figure things out, I would gladly assist as long as my knowledge permits.
I understand that the question or article that I posted is quite vast so I will start off with this simple question. Is there a server that I can disable in the LG hidden menu to stop unauthorized use of my GCM, or any other way than simply just disabling Google Play? I have read a couple of recent articles on how hackers are utilizing gcm to gain access to personal info. I just was curious about the server b/c I see many different server acc in the hidden menu such as ATTLABa, Cingular, Mformation, and Funambol. I wasnt sure if these servers or acc could possibly help or be a potential threat.
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First thing you have to be sure that no one has physical access to your gadgets. Second, find a router suitable to be modified with new firmware from http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index or https://openwrt.org/.
In case you can buy a hardware network firewall and with proper installation and settings you should be able to keep away any threat.
A good idea would be to use a good VPN service, that way you can add a layer of security on your networking habits.
Lastly, check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/security/tuto-how-to-secure-phone-t2960077 and if you have any question, ask there.
Good luck
Hi friends,
Today I did a most unwise thing: I left my smartphone in a repair shop without wiping all my personal data off of it. Now I'm afraid I may have fallen victim of stolen personal data.
I know this was plain dumb. I now ask myself what sort of trace that may have left behind. Log files? Perhaps Android somehow has recorded all access there has been to my files? I'm guessing the phone was connected by USB to a PC. Even if there is no such thing - or in the event that the phone was subjected to the creation of a some sort image file containing all its contents - maybe I can even rely upon some forensic tools in order to find out what interaction there has been with my phone during the hours I left it at the shop?
Phone: Vodafone Smart Prime 6 (VF-895N).
Android 5.0.2 Lollipop
Many thanks for any tries on alleviating my pain.
zeph7r said:
Hi friends,
Today I did a most unwise thing: I left my smartphone in a repair shop without wiping all my personal data off of it. Now I'm afraid I may have fallen victim of stolen personal data.
I know this was plain dumb. I now ask myself what sort of trace that may have left behind. Log files? Perhaps Android somehow has recorded all access there has been to my files? I'm guessing the phone was connected by USB to a PC. Even if there is no such thing - or in the event that the phone was subjected to the creation of a some sort image file containing all its contents - maybe I can even rely upon some forensic tools in order to find out what interaction there has been with my phone during the hours I left it at the shop?
Phone: Vodafone Smart Prime 6 (VF-895N).
Android 5.0.2 Lollipop
Many thanks for any tries on alleviating my pain.
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Well, you can try reading some logs with CatLog app. There isn't much else to know except don't forget to wipe /data!
So far he has deleted all the bookmarks that I saved from this site. The phone RCS doesn't work anymore. They can listen to phone call and terminate them and spoof incoming calls. I sent one phone to Samsung to be reviewed. At the end of 3 week review they sent me a check for the phone and I bought another one from ATT and I still have this problem. So I would appreciate it if someone could give me some direction for this Flip 3. I like the phone. I am a engineer and designed a few devices using ESP32's. So I know how to flash. I just need to lock this phone down and I will deal with the computer problem later...
Infections across multiple platforms is almost unheard of... what did Samsung find?
It isn't an infection. They are exploiting both devices. I run Norton 360 on both systems. It only slowed them down. And they are 24/7 on me like ex NSA. They haven't stolen anything but they are malicious. Samsung never said. The only thing that said is to buy a different phone. ATT has a open fraud case open because they saw the Tag phone and I changed the phone number several times like some drug dealer with different sim cards.
I feel like I am in the movie Enemy of the State except I am Will Smith and Gene Hackman rolled up into one.
cjdee1 said:
It isn't an infection. They are exploiting both devices. I run Norton 360 on both systems. It only slowed them down. And they are 24/7 on me like ex NSA. They haven't stolen anything but they are malicious. Samsung never said. The only thing that said is to buy a different phone. ATT has a open fraud case open because they saw the Tag phone and I changed the phone number several times like some drug dealer with different sim cards.
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AT&T has an open fraud case on you... or "them"?
Did malicious things? Losing bookmarks is pretty common and usually has nothing to do with being hacked.
Change Google account and password.
Reset all other accounts the same way on a clean Android. Allow no one physical access to the device and most importantly be careful what you install and download.
Most users don't need a hacker to stalk them; they do it themselves by careless installs and downloads. I'll remind you that XDA is a site filled with hackers... mostly peaceful.
I'm sorry for your troubles, most days hacking isn't needed. Really to get into someone's account these days you need personal information which is freely givin on social media and whatnot. You should get with Google and do a massive security checkup. Change password turn on 2FA...the whole swizzle. If all else fails, create a new account completely separate from the affected account/device and start fresh
I opened the Fraud case. They provided the documentation. This has been going on since last year. There was a white paper that came out in November how the media player was being use to hack in. I deal with this problem every day. One would think they would give up. I have another 20 computers in my office that I am replacing once I get my end under control.
Hmm... maybe move all your info to a new account (make the account on a different IP address so like have a friend make it maybe) cuz from my understanding- the hacker finds you on even a new phone? delete the accounts that are being hacked and uh- idk what else really
delete the apps that are being infected
Purge everything from everywhere and start fresh. Honestly Norton and other programs for virus protection aren't really helpful anymore. I do not see a point in using them when Microsoft does a great job just on their own. It's possible that it could be the cause most of the time anti-virus programs that aren't part of the main OS are the problem
Also another note, anything with a Snapdragon and made for the US is locked down. Means no flashing no anything. Best bet for a device us find a good old phone that has a lot of support and flash anything on it
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Also another note, anything with a Snapdragon and made for the US is locked down. Means no flashing no anything. Best bet for a device us find a good old phone that has a lot of support and flash anything on it
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If you go below Android 9 you will introduce a slew of high risk vulnerabilities including some the worst rootkits. If you're really concerned use the latest version of 12 with fully active scoped storage and the mess that it is...
In general don't use wifi on Androids.
Keep bluetooth off if not using.
Install only vetted apps. Scan with online Virustotal.
Keep all downloads in the download folder until vetted. Scripted malware jpegs, pngs are real and may evaded conventional detection. If they get into a database they will raise hell until deleted; open all jpegs in download folder before transferring them and check for changes in that folder
Keep all email in the cloud, avoid downloading any attachments unless absolutely necessary.
If malware is suspected, delete it or factory reset within 2 hours. Reset passwords.
Time stagger backups so they don't all get infected if there is an incident. Backup redundantly to 2 or more hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC. Use only a known clean PC to access those backups... cross platform malware jumping is rare, cross drive jumping is not.
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Infections across multiple platforms is almost unheard of... what did Samsung find?
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Unheard of? Absolutely not, rare on a cell phone, maybe? I don't know really but it is possible especially if OP pissed off the government
Good luck OP
When it comes time to switch to a new phone, ATT should be moving you to a new account with a fresh SIM. Don't transfer anything. Install anything you had fresh and set it up fresh. If they are giving you a new SIM or attaching the new phone to the same account and someone gained access to the account, they're still being fed every new number and IMEI.
As for pictures and stuff, get a USB-C compatible hard drive. Move it to that. Make sure your virus scanner on the computer is updated and either yank the LAN cable or turn off the router before connecting and scanning it. Once it's clean, connect the drive to the new phone and not the computer.
Sounds like someone cloned your ESN and SIM based on what they were doing. Synced items could be manipulated through a PC hack and one good run of the right software with your phone on the same network made it a phone issue.
Oh, and if they didn't or don't already do it, make sure ATT logs your previous devices "lost or stolen" to blacklist the IMEI. That should also make a clone useless for as long as it's a clone.
if you are suspecting a hack, then report to samsung members app > get help > error report asap for help from samsung's hacking issue team
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Unheard of? Absolutely not, rare on a cell phone, maybe? I don't know really but it is possible especially if OP pissed off the government
Good luck OP
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If you download malware files a PC is suspectable to, yes, but generally an infection on an Android doesn't cross platform infect a PC.
It's important to nip any malware in the bud and to isolate that device immediately to limit damage. Any device with malware that I can't erraticate completely within 1 to 2 hours gets nuked, data and all, factory reset. Data is restored then via offline backups.
My PC never has internet access and that's one less huge vector for infection. Even then my backup data drives are isolated from the PC unless in use... multilayered security.
If the DOD, AEC, FBI etc are interested in you, you'll never know it unless they want you to know. When on stake out they always operate as teams. One team is high exposure to gain maximum information and maybe detected but a second picket fence approach team is already in place if the primary team is exposed. Of course they share all knowledge gleaned. The second team you will likely never detect.
Fun fact; field FBI Agents blend in, can be wearing blue jeans, orange vest, 3 piece, anything but low key and drive midrange priced cars that are slightly dirty. The way you ID them is by their behavior and at times location.
If you're not on their menu they may even have a benign friendly conversation with you. They are interesting to chat with.
There is an app on the phone com.qualcomm.atfwd Is that a valid program for this phone. I got my old CDMA phone up on t mobile I had the data turned off because it was useless to me. I came back home and I saw the 2 forks moving. The data was turned on and Norton firewall blocked entry and I had the wifi in airplane mode on the computer. Now I have skills, the average person would never know. This is why I need a phone that I can lock down.
I believe it started with the phone and then I used samsung pc software which hacked the computers that I used. I have all the 25 zip files from one phone before it got a change to load. Anybody interested in them?
The phones have 422 files installed.
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There is an app on the phone com.qualcomm.atfwd Is that a valid program for this phone. I got my old CDMA phone up on t mobile I had the data turned off because it was useless to me. I came back home and I saw the 2 forks moving. The data was turned on and Norton firewall blocked entry and I had the wifi in airplane mode on the computer. Now I have skills, the average person would never know. This is why I need a phone that I can lock down.
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WiFi Screen mirroring.
cjdee1 said:
There is an app on the phone com.qualcomm.atfwd Is that a valid program for this phone. I got my old CDMA phone up on t mobile I had the data turned off because it was useless to me. I came back home and I saw the 2 forks moving. The data was turned on and Norton firewall blocked entry and I had the wifi in airplane mode on the computer. Now I have skills, the average person would never know. This is why I need a phone that I can lock down.
I believe it started with the phone and then I used samsung pc software which hacked the computers that I used. I have all the 25 zip files from one phone before it got a change to load. Anybody interested in them?
The phones have 422 files installed.
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Interested in potentiality infected files?
Wanna do malware jpeg swap?
Seriously... scan them with online Virustotal.
I guess that could start over as a last resort. The funny thing is I don't do anything illegal. Who ever it is will be wasting time and costing me time. I am sure they are getting screenshots but I don't think that they do it live. On the PC I have zero'd out the drive but the bios is another way. It started when I backup the phone using different computers on my network.
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I guess that could start over as a last resort. The funny thing is I don't do anything illegal. Who ever it is will be wasting time and costing me time. I am sure they are getting screenshots but I don't think that they do it live. On the PC I have zero'd out the drive but the bios is another way. It started when I backup the phone using different computers on my network.
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Is the router updated and secured? Lock it down even if you need help to set it up.
On the PC you should try to ID what the malware is and make sure the databases are clean of it before reloading. Protect all backup drives until the PC is known clean.
The bios can easily be reflashed.
So here's the deal. I'm very smart.. but this is not my forte.(phones) my daughter has screwed up My wife and I phone. Along with my other kids phones as well. She has a school Chromebook and somehow we started getting games installed on our phones from the playstore and some weird rogue games. Looking at the permissions they have access to everything any anything in our phones. I did a little research after probing through hidden files on her Chromebook she stays on gotcha cc. And all types of http only gaming sites. I we have to constantly turn off our camera and Bluetooth bc it turns on automatically. I found out she can access everyone's phone and has also somehow made like 2 networks on my router when she was grounded and was getting free data while her phone was off?? I can't delete this crap. Anti virus scans are useless. I noticed Android developer in her cookies and also some studio. I have this **** attached to my bootloader and no reset can remove it. We have a moto g stylus 5g (xt2131Dl) and anything I put in to remove via my computer/USB cable it instantly corrupts it. She also had a bunch of wallpaper apps that seem to migrate to our phones.calendars clocks and things have these crazy permissions. I noticed my email now is workspace..? Or work profile. Can somebody hit me up and help me get rid of this ****. Oh by the way. It's on my PC desktop now and laptop. It's like my whole phone is a virtual machine.. everybodys. I can't update past anything released in 2019 and 2020. Help!
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So here's the deal. I'm very smart.. but this is not my forte.(phones) my daughter has screwed up My wife and I phone. Along with my other kids phones as well. She has a school Chromebook and somehow we started getting games installed on our phones from the playstore and some weird rogue games. Looking at the permissions they have access to everything any anything in our phones. I did a little research after probing through hidden files on her Chromebook she stays on gotcha cc. And all types of http only gaming sites. I we have to constantly turn off our camera and Bluetooth bc it turns on automatically. I found out she can access everyone's phone and has also somehow made like 2 networks on my router when she was grounded and was getting free data while her phone was off?? I can't delete this crap. Anti virus scans are useless. I noticed Android developer in her cookies and also some studio. I have this **** attached to my bootloader and no reset can remove it. We have a moto g stylus 5g (xt2131Dl) and anything I put in to remove via my computer/USB cable it instantly corrupts it. She also had a bunch of wallpaper apps that seem to migrate to our phones.calendars clocks and things have these crazy permissions. I noticed my email now is workspace..? Or work profile. Can somebody hit me up and help me get rid of this ****. Oh by the way. It's on my PC desktop now and laptop. It's like my whole phone is a virtual machine.. everybodys. I can't update past anything released in 2019 and 2020. Help!
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Wow....
First I take away her phones and laptops so she couldn't interfere.
Try factory resetting start with a router then the phones,
Motorola does have a recovery program for the phones,
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Then install an antivirus like Norton or something like that and let it run,
In the case of the laptops I pulled and trashed the hard drives get new ones and default the BIOS before you put it all back together,
If you're using Microsoft get the installation ISO on a thumb drive if the PCS are major manufacturers like Dell, the BIOS contains the licensing key so you won't have to buy it again
Good luck if she's old enough I'd ever arrested.
Just my two cents.....
And change all your passwords once you've got a good clean PC to do it from.
Ps dont connect anything back to the internet to your done sanitizing it all.
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First I take away her phones and laptops so she couldn't interfere.
Try factory resetting start with a router then the phones,
Motorola does have a recovery program for the phones,
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Then install an antivirus like Norton or something like that and let it run,
In the case of the laptops I pulled and trashed the hard drives get new ones and default the BIOS before you put it all back together,
If you're using Microsoft get the installation ISO on a thumb drive if the PCS are major manufacturers like Dell, the BIOS contains the licensing key so you won't have to buy it again
Good luck if she's old enough I'd ever arrested.
Just my two cents.....
And change all your passwords once you've got a good clean PC to do it from.
Ps dont connect anything back to the internet to your done sanitizing it all.
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Maddog 3030 thanks brother! Yeah it's ridiculous. Like my mind is blown completely.. i definitely confiscated the two phone/laptop. You'll never believe what happened.. she freaking signed in through Roku on her tv.. the only thing I left in her room electronically. Furious. But I'm very grateful for you response I'm definitely doing that step by step. I can't believe we have to run our phones in safe mode in my own house 24/7. I'll see if I can grab some more verbage from some of the things I find. Alot of it is encrypted copy pasted on blank notepad on the laptop. However I did see chrome://sysinternals and flags in the browser history. She had been on. I'm just lost as to how.. is it all the Google cloud developer stuff or Microsoft or azure..what else.. the Roblox/gotcha stuff which the files are being put into.. like everyday our phones have like "software" update at the top of the screen . Like no matter what I turn off it automatically turns it back on I'm thinking through Bluetooth. Hey Ive searched and searched is there any possible way to run the Microsoft tool without a PC? And only on my phone? The laptop I have is a hp and the desktop is the windows all in one 27in. Completely knocked windows defender out. Funny thing is she's never once had possession of or even used our phones before. Hadn't sent anything to us that we've opened to give it access. Sorry to make this so long lol. But I know you guys are the ones to explain this to. I've googled/duckduckgo/chat gpt/YouTube and searched hours and days for an answer. I get anything from the tct malware to the developers of multiple platforms accounts. Each have pieces that are spot on. But nothing exact. Our phones are straight talk. I've even called them. No help. Caught my attention when she was having data somehow at school and her phone wasn't even active. But the data on my wife and I phones were crazy high. The usuage from multiple apps were around 900mb each in the span of a week.. just didn't think there was any way Bluetooth had anything to do with it because of the distance from her school at the time to our home was way too far. But whatever it is it definitely calls for our Bluetooth to be turned on and our hotspot also comes on too. EVERYTIME. It's some feature of it. And also was a dead giveaway after so long of it happening. Everytime our Bluetooth , hotspot and mic access would pop on she would be in the house on her phone being sneaky.. recently when I had enough and took the electronics and discovered all this stuff on it.