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I know that Android based phones have applications where you can track your phone through GPS software should it ever get lost. Is there such an application for our phones? I'd hate to lose my phone that has GPS capability and not be able to find it. And the thought of losing it and someone else finding it, hack it, and use it for their own personal use would be very more irritating.
And I know that the Motorola CLIQ even has the capability to erase all your stored information on the phone should you lose it to prevent someone from hacking into the phone and retrieving your sensitive information. Again, is there any software for our phones also?
Im Packing said:
I know that Android based phones have applications where you can track your phone through GPS software should it ever get lost. Is there such an application for our phones? I'd hate to lose my phone that has GPS capability and not be able to find it. And the thought of losing it and someone else finding it, hack it, and use it for their own personal use would be very more irritating.
And I know that the Motorola CLIQ even has the capability to erase all your stored information on the phone should you lose it to prevent someone from hacking into the phone and retrieving your sensitive information. Again, is there any software for our phones also?
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Sprite Terminator:
http://store.spritesoftware.com/?page_id=280
Search the forum, there are already two threads on this subject:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479257
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=469415&highlight=anti+theft
i personally prefer remotetracker.
i lost my phone b4. n it works fine. i able to track bak my phone.
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Search the forum, there are already two threads on this subject:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=479257
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=469415&highlight=anti+theft
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I always do use the "Search" function, but even with sifting through posts I didn't come across the two you listed. Thank you. Maybe I'm trying to be too technical with my searches...
Free web services (and Beta), with "Find" and "Erase" functions, among others:
www.flexilis.com
www.mobiwee.com
I just tried the Maspware GuardsMobile and ended up locking my phone up. It recommended disabling balloon pop-ups and a soft-restart. I allowed that then it gave me errors loading some related tracking.exe file. I tried to enter the default pin and it didn't work. Gave me 3 attempts. After the 3rd attempt the phone was locked! Searched around and came up with nothing. There's not even a guide explaining what happens.
So now I'm forced to reflash the phone and restore my PIM. I do not recommend this program for anyone with cooked ROMs.
I'm going to now play with Ultimate Theft Alert.
Can't find any command lines for Ultimate Theft Alert V35. I don't think I really like it a whole lot as some of the others...think I'll try my luck at Maspware GuardMobile again.
Ok, reinstalled GuardMobile. Activated it (fingers crossed). It recommended disabling the SMS bubbles again and a soft-reset. I let it and amazingly my phone didnt lock up this time when entering the demo password "1234".
I feel much more comfortable trialing this program than Ultimate Theft Alert as they list the commands on their website, and you don't get ANY commands list until you've purchased UTA. So without having any commands to trial the program I will not be purchasing UTA.
Time to play around with MaspWare GuardMobile now...
Ok, just tried to exit GuardMobile and I got the freaking error again!
"An unexpected error has occurred in GuardMobile_TS.exe.
Select Quit and them restart this program, or select Details for more information.
Luckily this time I didn't leave it active while testing. Reset phone and it works. But everytime I try and test the locate or monitor it fails to send SMS. Then I exit the program and it crashes. I'm going to uninstall and forget this program...AGAIN!
Sprite Terminator seems to work so far. Only exception is that I can't use the "Alternate GPS" It doesn't give me a lock on my position and comes up with all ZEROS. Going to keep playing with this.
Had you tried any of the web services I've posted?
They both work fine for me. And they are both free (at least, for now, at Beta stage...).
there's a program called WIMP, i havent tried it yet though
Sprite Terminator works, BUT when it intercepts the SMS code it doesn't text back.
vmiguel said:
Had you tried any of the web services I've posted?
They both work fine for me. And they are both free (at least, for now, at Beta stage...).
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Haven't tried them...yet, but I've already downloaded the programs and thank you for the suggestions.
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there's a program called WIMP, i havent tried it yet though
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Wimp didn't work receiving SMS codes.
Do any of these programs have a "explode and burn the face off the thief who stole my phone" option?
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Do any of these programs have a "explode and burn the face off the thief who stole my phone" option?
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Only in the professional edition.
illmurs said:
Do any of these programs have a "explode and burn the face off the thief who stole my phone" option?
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Well, Flexilis have a "Scream" command, that will make the phone starts playing a rather anoying horn sound, for 30 seconds.
Handy to find a lost device, at least. And to get some atention on a stolen one, but the thief can just turn it off...
Kaspersky Mobile Security 8
Looks like no one has mentioned or tried this software yet.
I've already tried the 1 month trial version and then purchased a 1 year plan which I believe is worth every penny.
It's an anti virus, anti spam, sms and phone blocker and phone locater.
link:
http://www.kaspersky.com/kaspersky_mobile_security?thru=reseller=kmssidebanner3
Features:
Block access to contacts, photos or files on your phone if it is lost or stolen
Get the GPS location of a lost or stolen phone
Encrypt sensitive personal and business data
Remotely wipe your smartphone if necessary
Block unwanted calls and SMSs
Cybercrime and your smartphone
Stop cybercriminals hijacking your smartphone to make money
Block the sending of data to third parties
Prevent corruption of personal data
Hope this helps!
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Only in the professional edition.
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Well, Flexilis have a "Scream" command, that will make the phone starts playing a rather anoying horn sound, for 30 seconds.
Handy to find a lost device, at least. And to get some atention on a stolen one, but the thief can just turn it off...
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Hmm might be at least a bit useful like you say - maybe a password to turn off sound will be better?
Well, they are in Beta, so accepting ideas and feature requests... why don't you send them an e-mail?
I'm going to give kaspersky a run, it sounds good.
After surfing the web a bit, I came across a few notorious Android Spy Software applications that could run in your background without you knowing. It is not visible and cannot be detected. I have read that that the only way to eliminate and uninstall the program is through a re-installation of the operating system. With that said, I have been suspicious of my brother for installing this on my HTC EVO. I let him toy with my phone while I showered without thinking of the repercussions for 5-7 minutes.
As bad as it sounds, he is the type that likes to be in control of electronics so that if things get a turn for the worst in our brotherly relationship, he can rely on electronic controls to do any type of damage (banking information, passwords, etc.).
I just spoke with a worker at a Sprint repair store right before they closed for the day and I'm wondering if Sprint can do an OS re-install. Also, is the OS re-install safe to do (does it truly keep the phone factory and completely in-tact)? Is it common?
Tell me if I need to clarify more.
just do a factory reset, it wipes everything.
That was my initial route to deal with this issue (Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset), unless there was another way to actually hard reset the phone. I'd be glad to know if there was.
The thing about Android Spy Software is that it is untraceable and uninstallable unless the OS is re-installed. Soft resetting the phone will not resolve the issue.
Any other ideas? And, is there a way to hard reset the phone?
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That was my initial route to deal with this issue (Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset), unless there was another way to actually hard reset the phone. I'd be glad to know if there was.
The thing about Android Spy Software is that it is untraceable and uninstallable unless the OS is re-installed. Soft resetting the phone will not resolve the issue.
Any other ideas? And, is there a way to hard reset the phone?
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unless you rooted your phone and the software is embeding it's self in part of the nand(unlikely and not possible without root(i think)), nothing will survive a factory reset. If you really want to wipe it then just root and install a custom rom, then lock your phone lol. Also, no offence, but your brother sounds like a real a$$hat.
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That was my initial route to deal with this issue (Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset), unless there was another way to actually hard reset the phone. I'd be glad to know if there was.
The thing about Android Spy Software is that it is untraceable and uninstallable unless the OS is re-installed. Soft resetting the phone will not resolve the issue.
Any other ideas? And, is there a way to hard reset the phone?
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That is the way to hard reset the phone. The only thing I think it doesn't wipe is the SD card, so I would wipe that, then the phone, you know how to format the sd card with windows?
There's no rooting of my phone. I came across the article: "How To Detect Android Spyware | 5 Ways To Detect Android Spyware" a few hours ago and it stated near the end,
"So what can you do if you think you have Android spy software on your phone? The only way to remove the software is to reinstall the operating system. This can be done at the place of purchase. Just take it in and tell them that you think someone has installed Android spyware on your phone, so you would like to reinstall the OS.
One thing I'd like to point out is that the above list represents only the most common signs that someone might have installed Android spyware on your phone. The problem is that you cannot be 100% sure either way, because everyone uses their cell phone differently. The only way to know 100% that your cell phone is free of Android spy software, is to make sure that you keep it close to you at all times, use a phone lock that requires a PIN number, and closely monitor your cell phone for any unusual behavior."
I'm not sure if I can post links, but if you google the article title I stated, you can find it. I wanted some advanced inputs from android developers' points of view.
BAleR said:
That is the way to hard reset the phone. The only thing I think it doesn't wipe is the SD card, so I would wipe that, then the phone, you know how to format the sd card with windows?
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I'd be happy to know.
I know indeed know how to wipe my SD card using Windows. Correct me if I'm wrong: Start > My Computer > *right-click SD card* > Format..
What's the instructions to hard resetting the android device, if you don't mind me asking?
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There's no rooting of my phone. I came across the article: "How To Detect Android Spyware | 5 Ways To Detect Android Spyware" a few hours ago and it stated near the end,
"So what can you do if you think you have Android spy software on your phone? The only way to remove the software is to reinstall the operating system. This can be done at the place of purchase. Just take it in and tell them that you think someone has installed Android spyware on your phone, so you would like to reinstall the OS.
One thing I'd like to point out is that the above list represents only the most common signs that someone might have installed Android spyware on your phone. The problem is that you cannot be 100% sure either way, because everyone uses their cell phone differently. The only way to know 100% that your cell phone is free of Android spy software, is to make sure that you keep it close to you at all times, use a phone lock that requires a PIN number, and closely monitor your cell phone for any unusual behavior."
I'm not sure if I can post links, but if you google the article title I stated, you can find it. I wanted some advanced inputs from android developers' points of view.
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Not gonna lie you sound SUPER paranoid but like everyone else stated if you do a factory wipe it will get rid of anything or if you are THAT worried download a RUU its the same thing sprint would do while laughing at your paranoid ass in the back room
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Not gonna lie you sound SUPER paranoid but like everyone else stated if you do a factory wipe it will get rid of anything or if you are THAT worried download a RUU its the same thing sprint would do while laughing at your paranoid ass in the back room
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Eh...it happens.
donniegood said:
Not gonna lie you sound SUPER paranoid
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+1
A little more history would be useful here
Duplicate post.
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+1
A little more history would be useful here
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It all started back when we were children emerging into teens. My brother started with Neopets and slowly began scamming kids of their neopoints through false logins and other obvious ploys to trick children. As we entered high school, he and his friend began getting intrigued with developing viruses and spyware as a game to trick one another into falling into each others' traps and obtain each other's data. Me and my brother were on bad terms several times before due to his state-of-mind that being a bigger brother means being able to have full control of the younger siblings' lives, including me and my sister. He began restricting access to general surfing, such as Digg, Reddit, and social networking sites in general. Then, my brother began loosening up and allowing for it, but told us that he would keep keylogs going through router control and had access to login informations as well as chat histories with local friends.
Perhaps, I am being paranoid. I don't know.
Brandizle said:
There's no rooting of my phone. I came across the article: "How To Detect Android Spyware | 5 Ways To Detect Android Spyware" a few hours ago and it stated near the end,
"So what can you do if you think you have Android spy software on your phone? The only way to remove the software is to reinstall the operating system. This can be done at the place of purchase. Just take it in and tell them that you think someone has installed Android spyware on your phone, so you would like to reinstall the OS.
One thing I'd like to point out is that the above list represents only the most common signs that someone might have installed Android spyware on your phone. The problem is that you cannot be 100% sure either way, because everyone uses their cell phone differently. The only way to know 100% that your cell phone is free of Android spy software, is to make sure that you keep it close to you at all times, use a phone lock that requires a PIN number, and closely monitor your cell phone for any unusual behavior."
I'm not sure if I can post links, but if you google the article title I stated, you can find it. I wanted some advanced inputs from android developers' points of view.
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I looked at that site you're talking about
http://www.androidspysoftware.com/
The site is an attempt to scare you and sell you their Mobile Spy software, sounds like it worked.
That's pretty intense lol.
I would whack my brother over the head with a crowbar if he ****ed with my privacy.
My theoretical brother, that is
You haven't a thing to worry about.. Just make sure "Install from unknown sources" isn't checked and I highly doubt you'll ever have a problem..
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That's pretty intense lol.
I would whack my brother over the head with a crowbar if he ****ed with my privacy.
My theoretical brother, that is
You haven't a thing to worry about.. Just make sure "Install from unknown sources" isn't checked and I highly doubt you'll ever have a problem..
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Thanks for empathizing.
After I realized of any theoretical repercussions of allowing him access to my phone for a few minutes while I was in the shower, I immediately went and did a factory data reset, which I believe to be a hard reset.
I also made sure the "Install from unknown sources" was always unchecked.
Me and my brother previously had bad blood. His intentions of being controlling have put his past girlfriends in a bad state of mind. Recently, he has made one of his past girlfriends (at the moment, he was dating her), re-surface her history of self-mutilation. He made her move from Iowa (I think) to live closer to him near our university. She was too late to enroll and after a few months of being with him, she got scared of his controlling attitude and uncontrollable fits of rage and outlashes. She later on during the relationship hid under beds instead of sleeping on them and kept cutting her arm and fingers. Her mother was so outraged that she made a plane ride from Iowa to Kansas just to take her back and my brother hid himself the day she arrived. He was scared of her mother and what would happen if she got her fingers on him.
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I looked at that site you're talking about
http://www.androidspysoftware.com/
The site is an attempt to scare you and sell you their Mobile Spy software, sounds like it worked.
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The site was for spyware (Android Spy Software), not against spyware. They're trying to sell it in order to install the application and spy on others without their knowing. My concern is to remove it, so there's no incentive for me to buy their product as it would not benefit my case.
girl knows how to write, felt like i was watching a lifetime movie.. uhh, not that ive ever seen one since im a pretty hardcore dude
Indeed...half expecting something needing moderated shortly. Good thing the EVO can second as a mirror to see who is sneaking up behind you.
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girl knows how to write, felt like i was watching a lifetime movie.. uhh, not that ive ever seen one since im a pretty hardcore dude
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I'm a guy, fyi. I'll take that as a compliment, I guess?
it can be in other partitions other than data
i have spyware on my phone AND computer from my ex and of course my phone was rooted so she got it in there DEEEEP in my /dev folder and it is EVERYWHERE. im pretty screwed. time for new phone and computer.. she also managed to get a key logger on my touchscreen phone.. weird huh
Much to my surprise, I got a virus alert this morning on my laptop. There appears to be a virus coming from the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit 5.3
Unfortunately, XDA wont let me post to the actual thread of the toolkit so I have to post here.
Anyone else getting this virus ?
If you want a screenshot of the virus alert then let me know as I am not allowed to post "external links" even pics because of some rule on XDA.
I'm sure it's a false positive, what AV are you using?
There's no virus in it if you downloaded it here.
It's either a false positive or you downloaded the file from somewhere else and that website/file contains virus.
Well, I downloaded it from the link in the forum HERE.
It most likely is a false positive so I am trying to find out if anyone else has received this notice.
I am using McAfee (yes i know but its a work computer).
Thanks for the help!!
It would help if you told us what file it thinks is a virus.
I use Norton and when I've downloaded the toolkit it would pop up with some stuff, more or less just asking to verify if I felt the file was safe, since it pretty new and has a small user base there isn't much to go by for the virus scanners. I approved everything on my PC with it.
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It would help if you told us what file it thinks is a virus.
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It would help even more if I could post the pic but since XDA won't let me...
First, it came up with Toolkit.exe was tagged as a Trojan and deleted.
Then it came up with another alert that modssection.exe was tagged a Trojan and deleted.
It does not tell me what Virus it could be only that their engine Artemis! has tagged it as a known trojan.
Malwarebytes is still running so far found 3 objects but can't tell what they are until the scan is complete.
Well if it concerns you, root manually. I don't like rooting toolkits anyway.
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Well if it concerns you, root manually. I don't like rooting toolkits anyway.
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Well, I am sure if it really is a virus it would concern more than just me. I do agree that manually rooting is probably best. I had used it because it was a quick and easy way to install the drivers on a touchy machine.
I will post the results of Malwarebytes when it completes.
Not a virus ...
It's not a virus!
Anti-virus programs work primarily in two ways.
1) They know a potential threat directly, and block that program from causing problems.
2) They "think" they know a threat, and block a program based on historical information.
Your situation falls into number 2. Many programs could be completely innocent, yet be flagged by an anti-virus program. All the program is doing in case 2 is attempting to recognize a piece of code that it knows has also been used in real virus programs. When it sees this piece of code, it "thinks" the program is a virus, flags it accordingly, and let's you decide what to do.
Unfortunately, as I said earlier, innocent programs could contain this piece of code purely as part of their program, without any malicious intent.
Anti-virus programs are regularly up-dated with tens-of-thousands of these pieces of code, which are designed to help identify a virus. The operative word is "help." They don't actually determine it to be a virus, in the case of #2, they simply flag it as having information that was previously used by an actual virus program.
I hope I was clear enough.
Peter
Addendum: Here's an analogy ...
1) John has a history of criminal activity
2) John goes to a store
3) John robs the store.
Now let's look at these three points ...
Item "1" is method "1" in my previous explanation. The AV program knows that when it sees John, flag his actions as a virus.
Item "3" is also method "1" because the act of robbing a store is bad, so the AV program flags that action as a virus.
Item "2" is different. It falls under method "2" in my previous explanation. All three pieces of information are "fed" into the anti-virus program. One day the virus program sees the action of someone going to a store. It flags that action because the last time someone went to a store, there was a robbery. However, we all know that people go to stores every day without robbing them. It only flagged that particular person because their behaviour was similar to another person's behaviour who robbed a store.
You then have the option of allowing that person to continue with their daily activities because, in reality, you know they won't rob the store.
Better?
I had something similar but for the Viewsonic GTab. I don't know if it applies here, too, but when you're using exploits to root, the AV program picks it up as malicious, which is a true positive since it IS an exploit, but one that you're aware of and authorized.
Of course it shows as a virus. The toolkit is designed to hack your phone. Your AV has no way of telling if you plan on doing it yourself, or it's malicious...
Try installing a key stroke logger. Your AV will no doubt warn you about that also...
Uh...
Nexus devices don't have to rely on hacks or exploits and if a toolkit is using one, it should not be used. Tolkits for it are just holding your hand and doing he steps for you.
True, but the toolkit contains batch files and scripts which push files, which is exactly what AVs look for...
I wrote a toolkit for the N1 and my PC started to flag it as a virus pretty much as soon as I had saved it...
Only started happening today (had this on my pc for months if not a year) but yeah, AVG is calling the following files a Trojan. See pic.
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Only started happening today (had this on my pc for months if not a year) but yeah, AVG is calling the following files a Trojan. See pic.
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this is normal, just ignore it dont tell it to clean it. If you read this thread youll see others see it too and there are explanations
I thought the instructions say something about disabling your anti-virus to make sure it functions properly? Or am i smoking? Or did i just assume that?
Edit: just checked, and yes, there is in fact a NOTE in which it states to turn off your antivirus because its an unsigned and unrecognized by microsoft...
Dude...L2Read.
I recently read a post, I don't know where now, but it had to do with a hidden Trojan/malware. That was started in 2013... After reading, thinking back to when this really started affecting me Feb,26, 2015. I noticed some strange things mentioned in my service log from around that date. The post mentioned how it places a high tracker in some obscure app. Unfortunately I got the bug, BAD!!! So not knowing about this until I made it worse by plugging my phone into my computer... I'm sure you can figure out the rest. My everything is screwed now. My HTC one m7, is the only device I can use period, now. I tried to root, and couldn't. Then downloaded another root checker, and it said my device was already rooted. Is there anything I can do(on my knees begging). This has to be the worst inter-web experience ever. Any and all ideas, advice, similar problems, links, and time are greatly appreciated. Thank you
are you asking for help with the phone or your pc?
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are you asking for help with the phone or your pc?
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My phone is the only thing I can use... I have to install Windows again on my lap top... I have a new disc and what not. I'm just worried that he'll just take that over as well.. so phone, but I could use some tips in how to do it for the pc as well and if I'll ever be able to get my email. With my last ten years if web activity, Xbox one and everything else I had.... So pissed
for the phone, i recommend an ruu. in case that bug is somewhere on the phone waiting for another PC victim. It sucks that you will lose everything but its hard to figure out what file is infected and if you restore any file after format you run the chance of it happening again
as for the pc. if you can reboot to safe mode you can use a tool called Combofix. it will sometimes fix problems due to worms or viruses. I've used it many of times i cant fix it manually.
If you still use oppo f1s in 2021 or 2022+ go throw it away RIGHT NOW . your phone is fully spying on you and somebody inside or outside of oppo is fully viewing your actions andde things u perform on your device here is why
First after using the phone for 4 years i found out that it has a spyware built into the system that allow a person to fully see every action you perform on the android os
My oppo phone had android 6 with no malware or ADB enabled . And what happened to me is so crazy
One day i booted into my computer with a usb stick that had manjaro linux . So i booted into live persistence mode then i connected my computer to my wifi then when i turned my oppo f1s phone
and after the phone connected to the same wifi as my computer
Somebody hacked the linux os and started writing words on my screen then targeted a company from the USA by writing its name on a wifi login interface
So the person who control the spyware tried to say that the name of the company he wrote is responsible on the hack while it is actually not
The good thing is that i took a picture ofof the words this person wrote on my screen as you can see on the attachements
so after i wiped the data of my phone . Somebody played the google ring sound on the phone when the phone had no google accounts connected on it .
On that time i realised that the phone had a built in spyware used by oppo in order to monitor user activites and it has full access to the system and camera and microphone and your process list does not display it and u can not toggle its permissions or even detect it or remove it .
Just get another phone because the oppo f1s is not safe at all as i saw somebody gained access to my computer through the phone itself
While the phone had no running services at the start except of google services and messenger and facebook . And for messenger and facebook they were installed from the playstore
And the phone had no malware detections at all .
it has something unormal built into it
So if you still own a oppo f1s you better throw it away and switch away to another phone
This is not the complet story of the phone still more
Malware on Chinese phones?
X-helper may be present...
Reflash with a clean rom.
So why do you think hacker attacks are related to mobile phones?
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So why do you think hacker attacks are related to mobile phones?
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Some of these phones were preloaded with malware apparently.
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Some of these phones were preloaded with malware apparently.
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it's impossible
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it's impossible
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Stop that you...
The fact is that the only running processes on the phone were system processes , messenger , facebook , and google services .
So after i wiped the data and after all installed apps were removed i did not enter my google account on the phone so the ring audio appeared and happened when the phone had no google accounts connected and no installed applications at all . Means that somebody played the google ring sound on the oppo phone after i wiped the data
So how somebody can ring your phone when your phone has nothing on it . And has no google accounts connected to it . So the spyware take part of the system
and for changing the rom or getting Twrp on it is a very hard mission . even when i tried flashing it with a pc and following most tutorials it, failed .
So oppo actually did something unormal with this phone . Also its a phone that was released on august 2016 so imagine what may happened with phone made on 2022 and 2021
This is quite serious accusation.
How did your Manjaro Linux get hacked while your phone was connected to the same wifi? I find it very strange to see Linux operating system can be easily hacked. From your screenshot, it even showed the X Windows hacked similar to remote desktop.
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This is quite serious accusation.
How did your Manjaro Linux get hacked while your phone was connected to the same wifi? I find it very strange to see Linux operating system can be easily hacked. From your screenshot, it even showed the X Windows hacked similar to remote desktop.
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Yeah I was surprised too. I was running it on live persistence mode directly from the usb . So it was not installed on the hard drive also it had the default kernel and the default installation environment
So I did not install it and
I ran a command to install an application then the person who gained access to the linux os Canceled the installation and wrote ";6OR" then pasted "The Global broadband Speed test " on a wifi login interface .
He actually tried to target ookla speedtest company while ookla is fully out of the situation .
Even the ookla speedtest app that I had was installed from the playstore and was not running on the background and had no permissions at all
Just the person saw me running ookla on my oppo device did something smart and wrote it on my computer's screen after 4 years of spying as a way to hide or to cover what he did
Thats kinda weird
So malware also allow the attacker to gain remote access to other connected devices while having full access on the device . And the applications manager does not display it or even allow the user to modify its permission .
So the user will notice nothing at all
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This is quite serious accusation.
How did your Manjaro Linux get hacked while your phone was connected to the same wifi? I find it very strange to see Linux operating system can be easily hacked. From your screenshot, it even showed the X Windows hacked similar to remote desktop.
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Android is a modified Linux platform. I feel safer running Windows on the PC to backup an Android. As a further safeguard the PC can't be connected to wifi or the internet.
A Android to PC infection could get very ugly if it was able breach the backup data drives. It's one of the reasons I have many backup data hdds that are time staggered up to years apart and physically isolated from each other and the PC.
XDA gets delusional people here weekly that think they been hacked. Sadly it's their own brain that's been hacked by biology or skewed thinking.
That doesn't mean that real infections and hacking don't happen. Documenting them is tedious and the last thing I care about doing when faced with an active infection or tainted file. My only concern is damage control and repairing the damage already done.
I really don't care if someone doesn't believe me when I tell them about a malware jpeg that damaged files in my download folder. I found that jpeg, successfully deleted it and repaired the damage... that's all that matters to me. That's the worst I've seen in 2 years running on Pie. Took about an hour to clean up, whatever.
I downloaded that jpeg, my bad. Fortunately I discovered it in the download folder by opening it there and seeing the changes made in that folder immediately afterwards. That's the second tainted jpeg I've encountered in over a decade.
If it had been a preloaded infected apk (or one I inadvertently installed) with full Administrator privileges the outcome would have been much worse.
This OP may actually have software issue not a soft tissue issue... just saying
blackhawk said:
"XDA gets delusional people here weekly that think they been hacked. Sadly it's their own brain that's been hacked by biology or skewed thinking. "
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I was shocked by the title so I clicked in.....
Ummm,
Isn't all the firmware packages are downloadable? Where is the malware file located in the firmware exactly? Where is the related payload file?
Isn't it necessary to provide the malware file from the firmware to point out the malware was made by the vendor? How can you be so sure you're not hacked by somewhere else?
This story looks really like this: I think he or she is having an affair with one's wife or husband. Where's the proof? Sorry, I don't have proof, I simply think it happened.
Well, looks like no problem at all...
evilhawk00 said:
I was shocked by the title so I clicked in.....
Ummm,
Isn't all the firmware packages are downloadable? Where is the malware file located in the firmware exactly? Where is the related payload file?
Isn't it necessary to provide the malware file from the firmware to point out the malware was made by the vendor? How can you be so sure you're not hacked by somewhere else?
This story looks really like this: I think he or she is having an affair with one's wife or husband. Where's the proof? Sorry, I don't have proof, I simply think it happened.
Well, looks like no problem at all...
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if I can find a way to get TWRP flashed on the phone I ll be able to take a backup ZIP file and send it here
so anyone here will be able to even try the infected OS on a test phone
by flashing the backup zip file on the "restore" feature of TWRP
And this is not the complet story ,
because when I got that phone for the first time on 2017 and when I was a kid , I was recording the sea on a boat then a girl came up and told me to take a look on her phone , then she showed me that the same video I was recording is present on a adult website and because of my age that time I did not understand what she wanted to say and that the video was getting streamed from my oppo f1s phone's camera and until this day I did not find myself even on the that website , and from 2017 until 2021 I keept using the phone which was the biggest mistake ever of my life until I realized that it was it was not only infecting my devices , it was also streaming me without my permission to an adult website while nothing on the phone is having camera permission
And the process used or I can confirm as the tool used by oppo is the "Android OS" itself because it has already full permissions and access on the phone that the user can not even toggle
Also I did never use the phone on a wifi having somebody connected with a Pc with such tools so I can confirm that it nobody has the ability to try hacking it ,
and for that story upside still more.... more..... like one time I went into a livestream video on youtube then the person that I started watching said
"Omg he is watching this video" and "Dude your ISP is spying on you and your whole country wont tell you and yeah they are streaming on P###hub and everyone think that they are making fun of you while they are actually not they are actually spying on you"
then the guy next to this streamer told him "Dude its not ISP basically nobody know why"
And there is another youtuber who showed the same reaction on one of his livestream videos
but the problem is that when I keept searching for the stream , they were deleted , I spent like months searching dor myself on the internet and I found nothing
A process called "Android OS" the one that the process bar display as system app ,
CESTRayCRYSTAL said:
if I can find a way to get TWRP flashed on the phone I ll be able to take a backup ZIP file and send it here
so anyone here will be able to even try the infected OS on a test phone
by flashing the backup zip file on the "restore" feature of TWRP
And this is not the complet story ,
because when I got that phone for the first time on 2017 and when I was a kid , I was recording the sea on a boat then a girl came up and told me to take a look on her phone , then she showed me that the same video I was recording is present on a adult website and because of my age that time I did not understand what she wanted to say and that the video was getting streamed from my oppo f1s phone's camera and until this day I did not find myself even on the that website , and from 2017 until 2021 I keept using the phone which was the biggest mistake ever of my life until I realized that it was it was not only infecting my devices , it was also streaming me without my permission to an adult website while nothing on the phone is having camera permission
And the process used or I can confirm as the tool used by oppo is the "Android OS" itself because it has already full permissions and access on the phone that the user can not even toggle
Also I did never use the phone on a wifi having somebody connected with a Pc with such tools so I can confirm that it nobody has the ability to try hacking it ,
and for that story upside still more.... more..... like one time I went into a livestream video on youtube then the person that I started watching said
"Omg he is watching this video" and "Dude your ISP is spying on you and your whole country wont tell you and yeah they are streaming on P###hub and everyone think that they are making fun of you while they are actually not they are actually spying on you"
then the guy next to this streamer told him "Dude its not ISP basically nobody know why"
And there is another youtuber who showed the same reaction on one of his livestream videos
but the problem is that when I keept searching for the stream , they were deleted , I spent like months searching dor myself on the internet and I found nothing
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This is nonsense. You don't need TWRP to get the infected file. If it is made by vendor just like you said, simply download the official firmware from oppo and point out which file it is. Then analysis the file with rever engineering, this is how you can proof it is made by oppo
Anything grabbed from your phone can't proof anything. Anyone can insert malware into your phone. Even a local reseller can do that. The bootloader is not locked, even an APK that uses exploit to get root access can replace the system file of your phone. Your system might have been modified by some malicious APKs.
For example, if you use KingRoot, they insert su.kud file into your /system partition. Any malware that has the ability to root the phone can do that. Since the firmware is outdated without getting any security patch, any malware with ability to root the phone can insert dirty things into your phone. I think this may be the case on your phone.
CESTRayCRYSTAL said:
Somebody hacked the linux os and started writing words on my screen then targeted a company from the USA by writing its name on a wifi login interface
So the person who control the spyware tried to say that the name of the company he wrote is responsible on the hack while it is actually not
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Why would a hacker do that? It's silly. A hacker would use your wifi connection without advertising its presence like that.
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The good thing is that i took a picture ofof the words this person wrote on my screen as you can see on the attachements
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Yes I saw that attachment but you know it doesn't prove anything.
Look :
"Oh no! XDA is infected! I was trying to enter my password when the spy started to write this words before me. Please, delete all your accounts!"
(Disclaimer: it's a joke, don't take it seriously).
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I was recording the sea on a boat then a girl came up and told me to take a look on her phone , then she showed me that the same video I was recording is present on a adult website and because
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Mm, yeah ok. It totally happened.
Seems legit.
Guys, let's help him to clean up his infected Oppo!
I suggest we put on our red dresses and dance in circle singing the "Consummatum est. Diabolo fuge. Diabolo fuge!" incantation.
I know its kinda weird but... the last time I used it on I picked it up after booting it and I tried to talk next to it as if there is something that start running on the phone directly after turning it ON and that start streaming..
After I booted it I started explaining the situation and saying "bla bla bla the phone is hacked and the person who may be streaming the audio etc is a criminal bla bla this phone has nothing installed on it etc nothing is running on the background except of google services and some system apps bla bla if you can get him arrested etc.."
And after I finished speaking I went into the factory reset and I wiped all the data of the phone
and when it booted up again I wiped the data again ...
And after this when the phone booted up I did not enter my google account into the phone , so the phone had completly no google accounts connected to it
and here is the craziest thing that blew my mind
right after booting it , somebody played the "Google ring sound" on the phone while having no google accounts connected to it
That google ring sound is the one that anyone can play after getting into a google account and clicking on the "RING THE PHONE" option on
like there is no way for somebody to do such thing while no google accounts are connected to phone
so I was extremely shocked like how this can happend , I did not enter any google account to the phone...
I tried even to check my google account using another device and it was not connected to any device ,
So somehow that malware allow its owner to play such audio on the victim device...
like this is something that I found no explanation for
And As I remember this is the last thing that happened before I gave up using that oppo phone ,
I know im not writing this to get a wizard up to fix the phone or something , just trying to say that oppo phones in general are not that much private or safe at all after I experienced all this
also im not a professional or somebody familiar with malware reverse engineering , im just seeing the malware impact by its behaviour as any normal user ,
also I dont have that magical test environment to crop each part of the firmware and look into it , im still even scared from getting it connected to any wifi , like if it is going to explode
But the fact that 5 years from my life were getting streamed to an adult website by that malware .. hurt so much... , not only this but watching a livestream using the infected phone and hearing the streamers screaming loudly and showing that reaction
then finding out that many faces from people in real life start changing and hearing unexpected reactions as if they know something and they wont tell you about is something that is hard to understand
like yeah as u said , why would someone spend his life or do that or even use a malware in order to ruin somebody's life by streaming him into an adult website and doing all the possible to dont let him know about it ,
And ending up getting bullied in real life by unknown persons in a daily way for something u dont know and just hearing a few words from them that explain a small part of the whole story
anyway thanks just tried to share my experience
CESTRayCRYSTAL said:
And after I finished speaking I went into the factory reset and I wiped all the data of the phone
and when it booted up again I wiped the data again ...
And after this when the phone booted up I did not enter my google account into the phone , so the phone had completly no google accounts connected to it
and here is the craziest thing that blew my mind
right after booting it , somebody played the "Google ring sound" on the phone while having no google accounts connected to it
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Factory reset is not enough to remove malware inserted into your firmware via root. Factory reset doesn't reset to factory state in your case because factory reset doesn't really rewrite /system partition, it just deletes /data partition. So any modification in /system partition still remains. If you run SafetyNet check on your device you will find out it fails to pass SafetyNet. How to find out? You can use YASNAC to check it. If your phone fails to pass Safetynet, that means your device doesn't have the same software as the stock one. And that means you need to use another method to reset your device.
You need to reinstall stock firmware with recovery or use DownloadTool to reset your device.
Seeing how you fix your phone, I think you really lack basic knowledge of Android or even cyber security. I suggest you remove this ridiculous thread because your accusation is actually based on nothing, but only with personal experience which was actually caused by misconception due to the lack of basic Android knowledge.
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Factory reset is not enough to remove malware inserted into your firmware via root. Factory reset doesn't reset to factory state in your case because factory reset doesn't really rewrite /system partition, it just deletes /data partition. So any modification in /system partition still remains. If you run SafetyNet check on your device you will find out it fails to pass SafetyNet. How to find out? You can use YASNAC to check it. If your phone fails to pass Safetynet, that means your device doesn't have the same software as the stock one. And that means you need to use another method to reset your device.
You need to reinstall stock firmware with recovery or use DownloadTool to reset your device.
Seeing how you fix your phone, I think you really lack basic knowledge of Android or even cyber security. I suggest you remove this ridiculous thread because your accusation is actually based on nothing, but only with personal experience which was actually caused by misconception due to the lack of basic Android knowledge.
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I know that a factory reset or even doing it billion of times can not solve the problem
I was just explaining that the whole thing going on here is not caused by user interaction , it means that I did not M I s t a k e l y end up here by doing a mistake like getting something to run on the os and giving it wide access on the device
And this is not the way I fix any phone , im not like the smart guy who says "hey go format your device and everything will be fine"
I know it will change nothing on this case
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SafetyNet check on your device you will find out it fails to pass SafetyNet. How to find out? You can use YASNAC to check it. If your phone fails to pass Safetynet, that means your device doesn't have the same software as the stock one. And that means you need to use another method to reset your device
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it passes safetynet, and all these problems keep going on , the problen is not caused by an app that had root access on the device
its caused by the stock firmware itself