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Pre specified androidirc channels

Looking to make an application, with the developers permission of course, for a replica of androidirc but with the ability to automatically sign in to a particular server and channel.
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New SMS scam app poses as ‘new’ Firefox for Android

Users of smartphones running Google’s Android OS were warned Tuesday night (Manila time) against a new SMS malware disguised as a version of the new Firefox browser for Android.
GFI Labs said the app posing as the popular browser is hosted on some Russian websites, one of which had hosted a malware posed as an app of the 10th Anniversary Edition of Grand Theft Auto.
“The criminals are leveraging on Firefox for Android in relation to the official, non-beta release of the said Web browser on Google Play last June 26,” GFI said in a blog post.
It said its antivirus product detects the malicious apps as Trojan.AndroidOS.Boxer.d.
GFI said the latest version of the Boxer malware, once installed, loads a Rules page on the phone and asks users to accept it.
The app then sends a premium SMS message to the numbers 2855, 3855, 7151, or 8151. The Rules page discloses in small text that users will be billed for sending a premium SMS message.
“Boxer then directs users to the actual website where the legitimate app can be downloaded after claiming that it has successfully activated,” GFI said.
On the other hand, it said the newest variant is more devious since users will not see the Rules page or be prompted to confirm Boxer’s installation and activation.
Also, the malware loads google.com instead of directing users to the actual download site.
“One of our researchers believed that this is probably an effort to make users believe that they have installed a dud app, thus, allowing them to download and install the fake app again, which, in turn, allows Boxer to send the premium SMS message multiple times,” it said.
GFI noted another version of Boxer had posed as popular photo sharing app Instagram shortly after it launched on Google Play. — LBG, GMA News
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OptimusLove said:
Users of smartphones running Google’s Android OS were warned Tuesday night (Manila time) against a new SMS malware disguised as a version of the new Firefox browser for Android.
GFI Labs said the app posing as the popular browser is hosted on some Russian websites, one of which had hosted a malware posed as an app of the 10th Anniversary Edition of Grand Theft Auto.
“The criminals are leveraging on Firefox for Android in relation to the official, non-beta release of the said Web browser on Google Play last June 26,” GFI said in a blog post.
It said its antivirus product detects the malicious apps as Trojan.AndroidOS.Boxer.d.
GFI said the latest version of the Boxer malware, once installed, loads a Rules page on the phone and asks users to accept it.
The app then sends a premium SMS message to the numbers 2855, 3855, 7151, or 8151. The Rules page discloses in small text that users will be billed for sending a premium SMS message.
“Boxer then directs users to the actual website where the legitimate app can be downloaded after claiming that it has successfully activated,” GFI said.
On the other hand, it said the newest variant is more devious since users will not see the Rules page or be prompted to confirm Boxer’s installation and activation.
Also, the malware loads google.com instead of directing users to the actual download site.
“One of our researchers believed that this is probably an effort to make users believe that they have installed a dud app, thus, allowing them to download and install the fake app again, which, in turn, allows Boxer to send the premium SMS message multiple times,” it said.
GFI noted another version of Boxer had posed as popular photo sharing app Instagram shortly after it launched on Google Play. — LBG, GMA News
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I may be assuming too much here but surely most android users only use play store or verified markets such as getjar or amazon and would not be careless enough to download from a dubious website?
Or they would google "android firefox" and follow the top results which are all official. So this would mainly affect people looking for warez?
Dave
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mistermentality said:
I may be assuming too much here but surely most android users only use play store or verified markets such as getjar or amazon and would not be careless enough to download from a dubious website?
Or they would google "android firefox" and follow the top results which are all official. So this would mainly affect people looking for warez?
Dave
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Not necessarily warez, Most people like to "sideload" apks to their phone via their lappytop.

Malicious ads

One of your ads just redirected me to a site that told me that my Samsung Galaxy tab 3 got infected by a virus!
I didn't even click on it, I think.
The message was in my native language (german)
Pls try to fix this!
Some users could fall victim too such scams.
I guess your possibilities might be limited but maybe you can talk to your ad delivery networks to ban such ads and use better techniques to prevent such ads from appearing on their networks. (other websites have these issues as well)
This definitely wasn't a nice experience.
Sometimes ad blockers have their advantages (blocks viruses/scam/phishing) so if you don't want to loose people and get no money for showing ads you should do something about this
Regards,
Djfe

Why on earth did you click on the adverts?
I'm fairly sure most users will be more suprised by the fact that there are still people who don't use an ad blocker, especially on a tech site.
XDA doesn't individually approve each ad. Those are generated by, ususally, Google Adsense, based on your own browsing history.
Not to mention, nobody here should ever fall for 'you Android device has a virus'. This is a website for developers by developers. The fact that Android can't be infected by a virus is common knowledge to everyone here. XDA users are too tech-savvy to be fooled by something that ridiculous.
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ShadowLea said:
Why on earth did you click on the adverts?
I'm fairly sure most users will be more suprised by the fact that there are still people who don't use an ad blocker, especially on a tech site.
XDA doesn't individually approve each ad. Those are generated by, ususally, Google Adsense, based on your own browsing history.
Not to mention, nobody here should ever fall for 'you Android device has a virus'. This is a website for developers by developers. The fact that Android can't be infected by a virus is common knowledge to everyone here. XDA users are too tech-savvy to be fooled by something that ridiculous.
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upto some extend you are right but sometime you should allow some non-intrusive adds to get displayed. Well those people who are non rooted may face such problems. Well the websites like xda, facebook and countless more are working because of adds...i am not against the add blocker but its not always advised.

sachoosaini said:
upto some extend you are right but sometime you should allow some non-intrusive adds to get displayed. Well those people who are non rooted may face such problems. Well the websites like xda, facebook and countless more are working because of adds...i am not against the add blocker but its not always advised.
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Most of us use Tapatalk or the XDA app when on our Android devices. Those don't show apps
I'm not rooted either. You don't need root to use Adblock Plus in Firefox, even on Android. It's just a plugin in the browser.
Most of us are more than willing to help XDA by paying (For instance for the XDA Forum app), but we refuse to have to deal with intrusive ads. (Ironic, since I'm in advertising.)
Facebook isn't working because of the ads. Facebook is working because they earn millions selling your data.

i won't go into details
ShadowLea said:
Most of us use Tapatalk or the XDA app when on our Android devices. Those don't show apps
I'm not rooted either. You don't need root to use Adblock Plus in Firefox, even on Android. It's just a plugin in the browser.
Most of us are more than willing to help XDA by paying (For instance for the XDA Forum app), but we refuse to have to deal with intrusive ads. (Ironic, since I'm in advertising.)
Facebook isn't working because of the ads. Facebook is working because they earn millions selling your data.
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allow some advertisements. won't gonna debate what anybody i know what all websites to...:good:

Well If I have clicked on the adverts then that was accidentally
yes most users on here are technical, but some are also noobs trying to search for roms for their devices
Android can be infected by viruses but not without the users interaction (the play store is pretty safe so you would need to download apps from suspicious sites)
Android only cannot be infected by drive-by-downloads
and no website would be able to warn you about something like that
I know that xda cannot filter adverts, but Google adsense might be able to do that if you report malicious ads to them
I'm waiting for the last promised update for my device (Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 -> Kitkat)
then I will root it/switch to a custom rom
on my rooted smartphone I'm using an adblocker (that replaces the host file)
Firefox isn't really good, the performance is very bad and it is still very buggy on some unoptimized sites
else I would use it
Chrome works the best on my devices
FF might work better on high-end devices/current devices but I don't own one at the moment (my devices are from 2011 and 2013)

[App] Jdownloader development Discussion

We are seeing increasing number of file hosting app for android. Jdownloader open source development supported many file hosting websites under one roof. Its based on java so platform independent.
Jdownloader also included auto captcha recognition and multi threading, resume etc
It devoids unnecessary advertisements by directly redirecting to actual file location. (Just like AppRedirect app)
Instead of 10 file hosting apps like Mega, Google drive etc that costs me 100 MB memory in my little device can we have one app for all file hosters?
Is it possible to port jdownloader to android?
Of late jdownloader also did not work for me in windows due to their upgrades. The nearest possible equivalent is IDM but it does not bypass advertising and captcha.
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103 people have seen this thread so far. Still open source community hesitates to come forward for android.
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Thoughts about app promotion using App Streaming?

Hi Guys, what are your thoughts about using app streaming to promote new apps? Google, Amazon, Rovio has been involved in it, and apparently a new startup called Nenli is also offering the service (they have a demo at nenlitech [dot] com). Basically, the idea is to make an app playable on web, so potential users don’t need to download (and pay) to try out apps. You can promote free trials of the full app by simply sharing and URL on social media, forums, app review site and your own landing page, and people can try your app instantly. Do you see such service as worth having if I were to advertise my app?