Hello guys, just want to share that it will be better if you will secure your phone with an anti-virus software.
I heard that there are some malware and suspicious trojans that are detected when downloading stuff from googleplay,
Better to do a scan before downloading it, AVG and AVAST can be downloaded for free.
Just sharing.
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Hi guys.
I am a developer from China. When we release apps, we will submit our app to 360 safe, tencent, kingsoft and other Antiviurs to check if our apps are safe. .
All Antivirus report the apps as safe, but when we submit it to ESET and AVAST, it always report it as torjans. We know that our apps are safe, they are not torjans.
When we contact ESET or AVAST, there are no response. We modify our code again and again, the version passed by ESET and AVAST but after upgrade, it will trouble me again.
So, any one who have a good idea to help me solve it?
Got my son a Note 5 for Christmas yesterday, I know on mine i run Lookout as the native antivirus and every couple of weeks I scan it with Malwarebytes and have not had a problem. When I was at the ATT store activating it for him the salesman told me NOT to install lookout and malwarebytes as they will harm the phone (Samsungs come with lookout already preloaded) he told me to use Avast (I have used that for PCs and know its a good product) and that has a malware scanner and antivirus all in one. What are peoples opinions or suggestions?
no need for malware and antivirus for android
no root no problem apps require root permission to do what the virus does
AlMaghraby said:
no need for malware and antivirus for android
no root no problem apps require root permission to do what the virus does
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im not so much worried about the apps themselves causing issues, Im more concerned about when he uses the internet itself. you see he has Autism and dosent understand that people can put harmful stuff inside the links. He is 15 and he wanted a phone, movies, you tube etc.... but I know e will get curious (like all kids) and surf the net. His friends in school have phones so I thought he was old enough to have one too. Im just worried about him opening up an email or link and seeing something or his phone getting infected
https://disconnect.me/ ,if you must have ...
even if he surfs the internet those malware and viruses you talk about are made for windows not android so I see that there is no way to infect your phone without being rooted.
those links won't affect the phone.
and I suggest that you untick unknow resources install from setting and you will be just fine .
Hi,
I seek good site with virus for Android. I must test my antyvirus on my mobile phone. Thank you
Android anti-virus are useless.. They just tell you if the app is infected and then to unninstall it..(Some times with fake alert)
If you talk seriously about android device "security", you should put some firewall app and filter the apps internet access and deny some connections. Smartphones are targeted for bot networks very often and if you allow root access to some of these apps they dig in to system and its very hard to remove them, you have to flash new kernel and rom. And the other threat is mostly the annoying adware apk's, but you can upload and scan them in the Nviso web page or with Virustotal. You can made some changes to the host file that is in the root directory of your android phone, there you can block sites that deliver ads with some apps, or use LP which is automated. This is important because some apps are not malicious themselfs, but the sites they connect to are malicious and some times they run bad JS codes in the backround on your phone and you see only some flashing ads on the screen.
Zionx9 said:
Hi,
I seek good site with virus for Android. I must test my antyvirus on my mobile phone. Thank you
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Download test virus app from play store and run antivirus scan. These app is harmless. It is for test purpose.
If it helped. Please thank me.
Hi everyone. Is It possibile to get a virus on an Android phone (Samsung S7) without installing any app?
Yesterday i opened for 2 seconds a likely malicious URL but then I rapidly closed It before the page's contents showed up. I haven't noticed any download.
Is It possibile to get a virus in this way?
I'd say you are probably safe. Do you have a file explorer installed? If so, check your Downloads folder & delete anything suspicious.
Short answer though, just opening a URL won't give you a virus.
Android has gotten better at protecting the is system...
chance is 1% you most likely visited scareware web or some unwanted ads, you dont have to worry about malware being installed just by visiting link
Please advise a good antivirus program for android
JohnMes said:
Please advise a good antivirus program for android
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I am using ESET mobile security, it works well and has good results in antivirus tests
I've looked at a lot of anti-spyware apps, but I can't find one that specifically says it can find stealth apps that someone installed when they got ahold of your phone. So it would look like an app that I personally wanted to have. They mostly talk about apps that were installed by a virus or link, etc.
It would be nice to be able to disable camera/mic functions too, or at least be notified when they are being accessed.
I don't mind paying to purchase the app, but most require a double digit monthly subscription, and I make next to nothing because I'm disabled so chances are even if I subscribed the money wouldn't be there to continue the subscription.
I've lurked here for many years without signing up, I love you guys! There are so many tutorials and apps that would never have known about if not for you guys. The developers here are geniuses. So thank you immensely in advance for your help!
Maybe try play store free app Bitdefender which has 5 million dl's & 4.7 rating. I have not tried it....
"Bitdefender Antivirus is one of the few actually free antivirus apps. It hasn’t changed much over the years. It offers a basic scanning feature, a simple interface, quick performance, and no configuration. This is a great one for super basic needs. All it really does is scan stuff ..." androidauthority
galaxys said:
Maybe try play store free app Bitdefender which has 5 million dl's & 4.7 rating. I have not tried it....
"Bitdefender Antivirus is one of the few actually free antivirus apps. It hasn’t changed much over the years. It offers a basic scanning feature, a simple interface, quick performance, and no configuration. This is a great one for super basic needs. All it really does is scan stuff ..." androidauthority
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Thanks for the reply. Do anti-virus apps detect spyware though?
They can, just read some of the app playstore reviews and it's Developer app description for details....
Try ‘Malwarebytes for Android’.
If you really think there's spyware do a hard reset.
If you still aren't satisfied go full nuke and have the firmware reflashed.
No virus detection has a 100% detection rate and the worst trojans only a reflash can eradicate them.
A better question is why do you think there's spyware on the phone?
In over 6 years of using outdated OS's I've never had to do a reload because of malware.
Once found a nasty trojan preloader before it could be triggered with Malwarebytes.
I had a infected jpeg that damaged files in the download folder. Deleting the jpeg and some of the files ended it's brief rain of terror.
Be careful what apps you load, what you download*, what you click and never let others have unsupervised access to your device. React quickly to abnormal behavior to find it's cause.
Delete any file you suspect of being malware including jpegs and pngs.
Be prepare to do a hard reset at any time if you believe the device has been infected.
Always keep at least 2 complete isolated data backups for the device. Stagger syncs to them so a virus can't get embedded on both of them... hopefully.
Lol, paranoid yet?
*use only cloud based email apps like gmail
Google apps are spyware, Facebook is spyware, Whatsapp is spyware, Instagram is spyware. In principle all Social Media apps are spyware.
All apps what are designed to track your Internet browsing habits, such as frequented sites and favorite downloads, and then provide advertising companies with marketing data are spyware. All apps what can access your contacts data are spyware ...
Android, the spyware party mix...
You can try Bitdefender Free or Malwarebytes Premium. I have not used the second one before but have read a review at https://antivirusdoctor.net/ and think about using it on my smartphone.