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iphone installous-like apk?

was wandering around the internet last night and found an apk a lot like installous for the iphone cant post link for obvious reasons but i was wondering if they're any dangers to using it?

Well there is one by Jesusxxx I was using not to pirate the apps but just as a test, becaues I'm the kind of person that needs a few days to see if an app works in the way I need it.
However None of the repos work anymore at this point so I'm SOL. Anyways if it works see if you can post some repos for me.
I'm not sure if Xda condones the discussion of pirated wares though. Tread lightly my friend.
EDIT: it appears that is the one by jesusXXX. Is it actually working and doing what it's supposed to?

works for me and no i dont condone pirating software either was just wondering if this apk is in any way malicious and sould i uninstall?

The chances of getting a virus on linux is very low. The chance on getting a virus on something linux-based is even lower. So in short there is really no chance of getting a virus. You have really nothing to fear except the government my friend

but if anyone thinks i should remove this post i will do so immediately not trying to get banned (only my third day being a member) lol

MODS are gonna shut this down quick... read the rules and follow them!

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MODS are gonna shut this down quick... read the rules and follow them!
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well i did read the rules and its my understanding that as long as i post no links that discussions are allowed even if its about somewhat debateful software but tell me how to remove it and i will thanks to mudrock for the USEFULL reply

what does it do?
any app can be malicious without being a virus. eg: read your contact data and save it for other purposes.

I know what you're talking about. I have this app and have used it to test out applications to see if they're worth their salt. Most of them are out fo date, and even list free apps you can normally get in the Market, and some are not even downloadable/workable anyway. It's all rather half-baked.
Anyway, I haven't had any problems using it or indications that it was malicious.

behelit said:
what does it do?
any app can be malicious without being a virus. eg: read your contact data and save it for other purposes.
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Its a third party market it can install and uninstall apks
I've found some apps on there that I can't find in the android market swiftkey is the one I remember for sure

aren't there other third party markets besides this black market?

I know theres Mikandi. Its a porn app store, but it sucks.

I mean I read somewhere that some phone manufacturers were developing their own markets meizu was one I think and maybe motorola was the other correct me if I'm wrong

Help With Lock and Protect Our Phones..IE *DroidDream*

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.

zelendel said:
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
HTC Inspire

anti virus? any point?

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

xstokerx said:
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

ledlauzis said:
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.

slapshot30 said:
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.

z33dev33l said:
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...

lowandbehold said:
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.

z33dev33l said:
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.

lowandbehold said:
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.

z33dev33l said:
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.
Sent from HTC G2

lowandbehold said:
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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Crashdamage said:
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.
Sent from HTC G2
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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

Major uptick in Android Malware

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

Keylogger Apps for Android (Galaxy Note)

looking for some keylogger apps for android (galaxy note) which can run under stealth mode.
lots of result can be found on google but all dead link, any suggestion?

Suggestions? Yeah, don't spy on your girlfriend

yeah..
_terror_ said:
Suggestions? Yeah, don't spy on your girlfriend
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Yeah a phone is not primarily meant to be used by other people.. So whats the point of spying yourself? unless you install it on your phone and let others use it so you can get their info and everything..

why do you need it?
Sent with a grin (^.^)

may be easier to find a new girlfriend at Google.
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garytako said:
looking for some keylogger apps for android (galaxy note) which can run under stealth mode.
lots of result can be found on google but all dead link, any suggestion?
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How much would you trust a random keylogger found on google? It would be easy for someone with malicious intents to include a malware in that keylogger that would send everything on a server or pastebin.
It's not a good thing to spy on people, even using your phone, and it may be illegal in some states/countries, but your best bet would be to make one all by yourself, using a keyboard application template.

for sure it's being used to catch cheating spouse, keylog mainly use to gather info and evidence before we getting divorce.

garytako said:
for sure it's being used to catch cheating spouse, keylog mainly use to gather info and evidence before we getting divorce.
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for that just check phone bill, you can see numbers and times somewhere, no need for keylogger for that.
anyway if in relationship with no trust, its not good anyways...

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Gary. Sorry you need it dude. Like others have said its a very dodgy thing to get. Unless it's from an A1 source you will have your bank details etc ripped.
I'd go the other way. Look for a call recording app, that can be set to record all calls, then use the setting in apps to hide it.
I got a recording app that picks up both sides but is not automatic. I'm sure there is one if you look.
As with both these methods in some States its illegal, &can get you in deep dodo ...
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Odp: Keylogger Apps for Android (Galaxy Note)
enyaly said:
Yes, call lists don't mean anything, she may cantact with her best girlfriend or work partner. Knowing the chat logs will really know what she has done behind you.
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Good time to reply

I think if you need a keylogger youre enfringing a persons privacy. How would you feel if someone uses that on you?
if there is doubt, there is no doubt, a relationship without trust is like a house build on quicksand
it will also not prove anything in court, cause it illegal

Not every one will think for others
baz77 said:
I think if you need a keylogger youre enfringing a persons privacy. How would you feel if someone uses that on you?
if there is doubt, there is no doubt, a relationship without trust is like a house build on quicksand
it will also not prove anything in court, cause it illegal
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I can't agree with you more, but one thing, not every one will think for others.

Monicar John said:
I can't agree with you more, but one thing, not every one will think for others.
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Yes, now most forum users just provide the related-answer to the OP, won't think such kind of moral or law issues too much. I saw a lot of users offered iKeyMonitor android spy app for Samsung, which seems very famous in this field, but I don't think it is a good tool in catching a cheating spouse. The relationship can be broken up by using the tools. ikeymonitor.com

garytako said:
looking for some keylogger apps for android (galaxy note) which can run under stealth mode.
lots of result can be found on google but all dead link, any suggestion?
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Your requirement is very easy to meet because there are so many keylogger apps online now! is one of the most powerful keyloggers that you can trust. , it is downloaded for free, just see it by yourself, I don't plan to post an ad to you.
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Well
There was MobileSpy, but they operated under U.S. law, lost a case and notified all users they were being monitored and shared whatever data they had on the "installer" with the recipient. Mspy looks like it's going to go the same way soon. Assuming it's for legal purposes I would use the "new" A1 Keylogger is cool, they have always been offshore, been around since 2009 and the stuff works on Android, PC and pretty much everything. They are under a new name now, but it's the same developer.
We use some of their stuff as a network monitor, you can monitor 10 PC's in your office in one dashboard. So it makes an affordable monitor for those not big enough to have a server closet.

iKeyMonitor don't work...Stops logging and sending notifications for no reason

Keylogger is the best tactic for keeping your company record safe from hackers . By installing it in your PC may leads with many advantages such as you can monitor all the works done by the user from your computer because this software will track all the records in every single seconds.
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