I use lookout for general protection on my android phones. I just happened to see the phone do a quick scan, and it found some spyware. Is there any way I can get rid if it?
CalvinL said:
I use lookout for general protection on my android phones. I just happened to see the phone do a quick scan, and it found some spyware. Is there any way I can get rid if it?
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What app are you using to find spyware, secondly what's being reported as spyware. Custom ROM? Stock ROM?
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What app are you using to find spyware, secondly what's being reported as spyware. Custom ROM? Stock ROM?
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I'm using Lookout.
Everything is stock.
It didn't say specifically where the spyware was found.
CalvinL said:
I'm using Lookout.
Everything is stock.
It didn't say specifically where the spyware was found.
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Sounds like some quality spyware protection if it doesn't even tell you what's infected.
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Doesn't tell you? That doesn't sound like good protection to me! Oh wait, maybe you have to get the paid version.....
So far, every mobile protection mechanism I've seen has been snake oil.
None of the snake oil protected against the rash of Market malware that briefly sprung up, and also - any app that truly is looking for spyware will just go off constantly on nearly any phone sold in the United States. Damn carriers...
The fact that it claims it has found spyware but won't give any details should be a sign that most likely, Lookout is itself the scam/malware. Just like the fake "antispyware" malware that's always going around on PCs.
I also use Lookout (have for four phones) and it hasn't alerted on anything on my SGS2. Running absolutely stock and loving it! My original Cappy had to have custom everything to make me happy. Now, I'm just happy!
Entropy512 said:
So far, every mobile protection mechanism I've seen has been snake oil.
None of the snake oil protected against the rash of Market malware that briefly sprung up, and also - any app that truly is looking for spyware will just go off constantly on nearly any phone sold in the United States. Damn carriers...
The fact that it claims it has found spyware but won't give any details should be a sign that most likely, Lookout is itself the scam/malware. Just like the fake "antispyware" malware that's always going around on PCs.
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So I'm basically screwed as far as phone protection?
CalvinL said:
So I'm basically screwed as far as phone protection?
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Basicly always run a virus scan before clicking on sketchy sites/downloads.
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CalvinL said:
So I'm basically screwed as far as phone protection?
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what makes you think you need phone protection?
Cause you don't want little phones running all over the place!
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gr8hairy1 said:
Cause you don't want little phones running all over the place!
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Lol....good one
gr8hairy1 said:
Cause you don't want little phones running all over the place!
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Ha ha! +1
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gr8hairy1 said:
Cause you don't want little phones running all over the place!
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Just make sure to put a condom on your phone when you text - practice safe text!
I have Bitdefender mobile. While I'm not sure how much it works on my phone, I have used their full total security software on my computer for about 6 years now, and do beta testing for them and have absolute confidence on my PC.
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Hello forum. I was wondering what is the best way to protect my phone from virus attacks and spamware?
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Terrance31 said:
Hello forum. I was wondering what is the best way to protect my phone from virus attacks and spamware?
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i know AVG has a protection app for android but i cant remember the name....i actually just download an app called Lookout to help protect my phone since i heard about the recent malware attacks....read about it on lifehacker if you want here
http://lifehacker.com/#!5775320/how-to-protect-your-android-against-more-than-50-malware-apps
The best way to protect your phone is just don't install any weird looking apps from Market
Yea I use lookout too. They give you free 30 days for premium coverage. Try it out.
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You can try those security programs but my experience has been that they slow down the phone, but the best thing you can do is use common sense, look at what permissions the app is asking for before you download it, dont allow su access to anything unless you are confident it wont harm your phone.
Droidwall .
look out is pretty good though....i find its the best one out there
Anyone have this app or use it? Does the GPS location thing always need to be turned on? Does it waste battery?
Search for an app called lookout on the android marketplace, your welcome
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I just installed Android Lost. It's free and it's great. It lets you do a lot of stuff, like make your phone sound a police siren in case you lost it somewhere in your house, lock the phone, give you the GPS coordinates, and take pictures and send it to your email, all from the web interface. It doesn't use any battery life either.
sounds good
Thanks. I may have to try one of these because the Total Protection app apparently cannot find my phones location worth a damn. Which location/security app uses the least battery?
LostRib said:
Thanks. I may have to try one of these because the Total Protection app apparently cannot find my phones location worth a damn. Which location/security app uses the least battery?
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Lookout
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I don't find the total equipment protection app to impact my battery at all, but I'll definitely give lookout a shot
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simpat1zq said:
I just installed Android Lost. It's free and it's great. It lets you do a lot of stuff, like make your phone sound a police siren in case you lost it somewhere in your house, lock the phone, give you the GPS coordinates, and take pictures and send it to your email, all from the web interface. It doesn't use any battery life either.
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Wow, this is one badass app. I would have to say it is by far one of the best apps I have seen.
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Thanks. I may have to try one of these because the Total Protection app apparently cannot find my phones location worth a damn. Which location/security app uses the least battery?
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My battery meter shows AndroidLost as using no battery, just as they claim.
Android lost is neat. Thanks for that.
I just wonder how secure the android lost site is
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Yeah, that's my only concern. Lookout is for sure reputable (been around longer, been recommended more, been on the news for Pete's sake lol) and the free version has all the features you really need, while the paid version adds remote lock and remote wipe capabilities
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you can do all of this with htcsense.com.....
everyday17 said:
you can do all of this with htcsense.com.....
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htcsense.com said:
HTCSense.com is currently down for maintenance. We'll be back soon!
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I will have to check it out when it is back online... this sounds VERY intriguing.
i suggest prey but i have multiple apps installed in case they remove 1 i still have 2 more to track my phone with
http://preyproject.com/ works with all OSes use it on my laptops and dekstop as well
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you can do all of this with htcsense.com.....
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everytime i try to locate phone or make phone sound an alarm off htcsense it does not work whats the deal w/ this? anyone have success using it?
aronslusa said:
I will have to check it out when it is back online... this sounds VERY intriguing.
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Ok, usually you can do all these things
italy7 said:
everytime i try to locate phone or make phone sound an alarm off htcsense it does not work whats the deal w/ this? anyone have success using it?
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I was having a problem with it, but i removed the account from my phone and deleted my account off htcsense.com, made my account again from my phone and it works now.
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I just wonder how secure the android lost site is
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I'm pretty sure the site should be OK since it authenticates with Google before you can use it.
Just wanting to get an idea of the antivirus choice for everyone on there phone. Phone security in general i should say. Currently using Alyac just because it's free and haven't seen too many benefits of most out there.
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Don't use an AntiVirus it just slows down your phone. It doesn't actually do anything.
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LBE Privacy Guard and ALYac. Best combination ever.
Had that thought as well. Haha
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oohaylima said:
LBE Privacy Guard and ALYac. Best combination ever.
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Does that give instant notifications when something is requesting permissions?
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no point,
only AV needed is brain.apk
xBryan said:
no point,
only AV needed is brain.apk
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Baha can respect that response.
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AntiVirus ? Unless you using hacked apk or download paid apps from some warez you do not need them
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jgalan14 said:
AntiVirus ? Unless you using hacked apk or download paid apps from some warez you do not need them
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Well, usually find cracked paid apps to test before buying. Kinda stopped doing that and just buying everything because apps are so cheap and will just support them.
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Im an avid torrent user.. aka a terrible person/consumer.
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I've used AVG. Works well doesn't slow phone down (didn't for me). But always gave me a false positive on superuser apk (chains one). So I stopped using them, as I don't really have a use. I find.common sense usually works best.
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Does that give instant notifications when something is requesting permissions?
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Yes. Great thing about it is that you can set up profiles for each program. It's a beautiful thing.
I rock Lookout and BitDefender as my winning tag team.
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Personally I don't use mobile AntiVirus because I'm safe with my phone. Also an issue with some mobile AntiVirus is brought up in this interesting article by ChainsDD, creator of the Superuser app for those who don't know, found on his site here: http://androidsu.com/2011/06/a-word-about-superuser-and-security/
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At this point any "antivirus" apps are completely useless tbh. HTC is usually very good about patching exploits and all of the known android malware either used exploits that were useless on our phones from day one or took advantage of people not paying attention to what permissions it used. The only other way to get access is for someone to use a zero day, which an antivirus wouldn't recognize anyways, or for them to make an app that asks for SU access and then does whatever it wants once you give it that.
Not to mention without SU the antivirus app itself will be extremely limited in what information it can find about other apps and no power whatsoever to block a rogue app that would have SU. All the malware would have to do is close the antivirus and it couldn't do a thing about it.
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Not to mention without SU the antivirus app itself will be extremely limited in what information it can find about other apps and no power whatsoever to block a rogue app that would have SU. All the malware would have to do is close the antivirus and it couldn't do a thing about it.
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I never thought about that. Now that's a good reason I would accept instead of the usual templates given.
Is there an AntiVirus program that requires SU?
The same AV I use on my desktop, common sense.
Yeah and sometimes the anti virus screws up your phone too
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Im an avid torrent user.. aka a terrible person/consumer.
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if i had been drinking coffee while reading this, laptop would be powered off in uncooked rice right about now....LOL'D
Ya Antivirus on your android phone is a useless application and only eats up crucial resources. like Haus said, without su permissions its not gonna do anything and even if you were rooted, it could just close the antivirus and go forward. Only paranoid or the uninformed use one.
Just wanted to know your opinion on these two apps. Which one would you chose to be running on your EVO?
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Avast was handy I tried it because its what I use on my computer but man did it kill battery lol
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I've been using LBE Privacy Guard for quite some time now and love it. It isn't an antivirus, so don't get too comfortable. What it does, though, is manage individual app permissions and alert you if something is doing what it shouldn't (if you've set it up right). I also like the fact it monitors your monthly data usage, but being unlimited on Sprint means I don't really have to care about that.
As far as I know haven't seen or heard of a virus like a windows type of virus. Linux based devices are pretty smooth . No need for anti virus. Just sucks more battery lol some even require monthly subscription .
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reaper24 said:
As far as I know haven't seen or heard of a virus like a windows type of virus. Linux based devices are pretty smooth . No need for anti virus. Just sucks more battery lol some even require monthly subscription .
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Yeah your right. Just did my research. Well what I decided to do was stick with LBE which works amazing and has not let me down yet and I went ahead and installed Cerbrus which has good reviews for an Anti Theft app. If anyone has any other solutions, let me know and I'll give it a try. I'm a test rat for apps.
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Yeah your right. Just did my research. Well what I decided to do was stick with LBE which works amazing and has not let me down yet and I went ahead and installed Cerbrus which has good reviews for an Anti Theft app. If anyone has any other solutions, let me know and I'll give it a try. I'm a test rat for apps.
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As for protection a pin would help keep folks from gettin in.. Also if they factory reset the phone which I doubt someone who steals a phone in the first place is smart enough to do. They won't be able to buy anything under your account on the market also can set a pin for that too... Also by the time they figure things out you will of have reported it stolen... I have seen alot of method to remote wipe your stufff. Also locate your phone GPS wise... They have a option on the evo 3d to locate phone .. As long as your battery isn't dead...
Hi, is it necessary to get an anti virus on my phone? If so what app would you guys recommend? Please advise thanks.
Hi, I use antivirus for / AWG / and good, but you can also Zonner is free and functional.
Plenty of AV on the market if you want .
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heartnet89 said:
Hi, is it necessary to get an anti virus on my phone? If so what app would you guys recommend? Please advise thanks.
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Kaspersky. I use it in my PC and I trust it the same way with my mobile phone. It's a paid app in the Play Store but I found out that this one is free for S3 users if you download in via Samsung Apps :good:
Its really not needed, the worst that could happen is a little spam....antivirus just slows down your phone and uses far too much ram....
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And it would probably slow the phone down unnecessarily.....
hum I don't think that AV's slow down the smartphones, security is very important, unless you don't use your phone on the internet i think you must have an AV installed, we never know some apps from the market are malware, I recommend avast mobile security, I use it since the first day and is pretty nice and don't consume many resources is very very tiny when running and scan all apps from the store that you install. very nice and its FREE
No need for anti virus, unless you like a slow phone... And IF anyone in the history of cellphones were to get a virus, wipe that $hit and reinstall, simple...
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jr71x said:
No need for anti virus, unless you like a slow phone... And IF anyone in the history of cellphones were to get a virus, wipe that $hit and reinstall, simple...
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With no AV, how would you know if you had a virus that is sending back your keystrokes to the creator?
You would not know you had one and need to wipe.
I wouldn't say it's a necessity, and but it nice to have an extra layer of protection. If an AV slows down the S3, then there's something seriously wrong with the S3.
I certainly didn't say s3 as the title states "android phone" but I reload os's once or twice a day so... Figured a lot of others out here in xda land probably do the same... My favorite anti-virus...
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jr71x said:
I certainly didn't say s3 as the title states "android phone" but I reload os's once or twice a day so... Figured a lot of others out here in xda land probably do the same... My favorite anti-virus...
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What do you mean by reloading the OS? You reset your phone once every 2 days ? =.=
Yep, basically cause I'm bored but if any virus/spam wanted to latch on hopefully redoing everything would make it a ***** to leech... Yes, I am a flashoholic
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And a tech...
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https://www.mylookout.com/
It's not necessarily a necessity but I always have one installed, because it's bad enough, when I get a virus on Windows, where I store some of my private data, but I definitely don't want any of that stuff on my phone.
Personally, I prefer to use Avast! Anti Virus. It has a blocker, an anti theft module (Root and No root) and it's completely free.
I guess it's relative, which is best. Everyone has their own needs. I need to block unknown/ hidden numbers and also keep my phone anti-thefted (That's a word I just made up)
And of course I like free apps, with regular updates/patches where I can be sure, my phone is in good hands
Here is the link, if you're interested
Have fun finding the right app, for you!
i've nerver had a virus and i don't know anyone who had it
Sorry, i don't speak english