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Which mobile security app are you using/recommending?

I'm using "Lookout". What are you using?
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I haven't had a need for a security app yet. Has Lookout prevented anything malicious for you?

Don't waste the battery and cpu cycles on something that quite frankly is borderline worthless. The trust thing is ironic. You will trust an app you didnt write to protect you from other apps you didnt write

Darunion said:
Don't waste the battery and cpu cycles on something that quite frankly is borderline worthless. The trust thing is ironic. You will trust an app you didnt write to protect you from other apps you didnt write
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Not useless for the people who wish to remain secure in case their phone gets stolen or lost
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zephiK said:
Not useless for the people who wish to remain secure in case their phone gets stolen or lost
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true, i only thought of the anitvir usage. i stand corrected

I use Avast. I have it just in case the phone is lost or stolen but it does give me piece of mind when trying non market apps.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antivirus
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Blitzed_Penguin said:
I use Avast. I have it just in case the phone is lost or stolen but it does give me piece of mind when trying non market apps.
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Avast it is.... love the firewall *rooted* no more annoying adds when playing free games and apps.. and the anti lost.. awesome.. not laggy too..
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Avast for lost/stolen device tracking, allows device disable if the SIM is changed. Also allows you to lock, unlock, wipe, sound alarm by SMS. Hopefully I never need to use it.
From what i understand any perceived need for antivirus/malware scanning will disappear with 4.2 and the new Play Store.
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Antivirus apps are pointless.
For lost/stolen I've been loving SeekDroid for a while now. Very nice app and works with out fail any time I test it.

Search for pdroid !
Btw antivirus = gimmick nothing else !

That's a good app I used to use it but it gets owned by cerberus. Try that it has way more features for a one time 3.99 fee. U can test free for a week.
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Antivirus apps are pointless.
For lost/stolen I've been loving SeekDroid for a while now. Very nice app and works with out fail any time I test it.
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+1 for seekdroid. Got it for free from Amazon a while ago but have found that its pretty good. Haven't had to 'test' it for real just yet but gives me a bit of piece of mind.
Reality is that if your phone is stolen, likelihood of getting it back is pretty slim. For me, real important part would be able to wipe my data to protect myself from anything more than losing a couple hundred bucks on a device.

None, I don't believe in them. If my phone gets lost or stolen then that's that, little can be done afterwards. Police often times wont help and knocking on the persons door and demanding the phone will get you nowhere except property trespassing. Even then, I doubt my offender would want to use any of my information stored on my phone. Any smart thief would know to wipe the phone clean to avoid any of these apps which don't do much. As far a viruses go, really? The only reason anti-virus apps where made was to satisfy the needs of the paranoid, lets leave it at that.

I was mainly speaking of anti theft app, and not to get the phone back, but yes to wipe everything!
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cerebus. it's great. went to the washroom and left my phone in my meeting room. i come back and check my email and there's a photo of my co-worker trying to punch in the wrong PIN code. lol.

I dont have one installed right now, but when I do it's Lookout. I have had lookout stop installation for an app before, I was sideloading it. I dont keep one installed for normal use of the phone and Play Store, but if I was going to be sideloading apps again I would use it for that.

Cerberus is by far the best security app I've used.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5sc2Ryb2lkLmNlcmJlcnVzIl0.

Lookout false positive?

Anyone else getting the fandango movie ticket app reported as malware by lookout?
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nacron said:
Anyone else getting the fandango movie ticket app reported as malware by lookout?
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I just did. In my Droid Razr Maxx.

Yea me too. Popped up 45 minutes ago.

Yeah I just got it too. I uninstalled it for now. I'll email Lookout and find out if this is real or perhaps is a false positive.
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BBB2011 said:
Yeah I just got it too. I uninstalled it for now. I'll email Lookout and find out if this is real or perhaps is a false positive.
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Info from Lookout Mobile Security...:
Dear Sirshank,
I'm sorry for the confusion. Our latest set of malware detection signatures went out to our users today. Unfortunately it misidentifies the app "Fandango" as the malware. If you've received this warning please ignore it - we are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Thanks for using Lookout!
Kingston,
The Lookout Team
So I guess it was indeed a false positive... Good thing I decided to ignore and not delete the app..!:laugh:

Haha.. I just got this for the "rings digital weather clock*. (The one that mimics the Motorola Atrix clock).. I just deleted it since I'm a flashaholic and dont really use it. Anyway.. lol
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sirshank said:
Info from Lookout Mobile Security...:
Dear Sirshank,
I'm sorry for the confusion. Our latest set of malware detection signatures went out to our users today. Unfortunately it misidentifies the app "Fandango" as the malware. If you've received this warning please ignore it - we are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Thanks for using Lookout!
Kingston,
The Lookout Team
So I guess it was indeed a false positive... Good thing I decided to ignore and not delete the app..!:laugh:
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Yeah I deleted it just to be on the safe side lol

I don't use the any malware or anti virus apps. Never had any issues. If anything they slow your phone down
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tdwp16 said:
I don't use the any malware or anti virus apps. Never had any issues. If anything they slow your phone down
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You must own a Mac with that mentality lol
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No I actually run Linux Mint and windows 7 dual boot. Obviously i run anti virus on windows. I have not heard of any major threats for android that could persuade me to use any protection.. Btw mac is not virus free, There are 16,000+ viruses known of for mac
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tdwp16 said:
No I actually run Linux Mint and windows 7 dual boot. Obviously i run anti virus on windows. I have not heard of any major threats for android that could persuade me to use any protection.. Btw mac is not virus free, There are 16,000+ viruses known of for mac
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I'm with you.. Android really has nothing to worry, nor really does windows unless you're one of those types of people that always goes on random sites and installs everything.. Truthfully if you have to worry about anything its going to be spyware.. Everything else is so slow and dumb founded to get that anyone with half a brain about PCs shouldn't get a virus.. Of course I do have one installed on my PC.. BC of my wife lol..

Exactly. As far as I'm concerned when it comes to android the only thing you really need to worry about is installing warez.
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There seems to be a lot of false positives with Lookout.
There seems to be a lot of false positives with Lookout.
Ticket #461128: My app is falsely flagged as a trojan
Brian, Jan 22 08:48 pm (PST):
David - I heard back from our security team and this is indeed a false positive on our part. I'm sorry about that. We are going to roll a new set of signatures asap to correct for this.
Brian

malware

I came to the forum last night to look around. .. And Google Chrome kicked me out screaming about malware....
This is the first time it happened last night. ...
Any one else ever get this?
I was on my desktop pc about 130 am or so..

Yep got the same message last night, I ran a scan last night after logging off, nothing found though.

Hmmmm. I wonder if they added an upgrade to the servers or if it had bad advertising on the site
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More than likely just a bad ad, this happens to me occasionally from time to time on other forums as well and that's always been the case.

Happened to me as well.. Something going on within this xda site off internet browsers..chrome kicked me out saying malware alert..from site....
I had to go into settings and advance settings..and click off enable malware phishing setting ..which ibdint want to leave off.. What's going on with xda now?

Me too. I got so pissed I deleted Google chrome .I was in the middle of several things.And all is well now. I'm not going to fool with chrome anymore any way its too heavy to me .
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jeremyandroid said:
Me too. I got so pissed I deleted Google chrome .I was in the middle of several things.And all is well now. I'm not going to fool with chrome anymore any way its too heavy to me .
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What browser could you possibly be comparing it to? Opera mini, for gods sake. Lol! Chrome is by far the lightest and fastest

Ok this is not a di€k swinging contest. ..my question is. ... Why did the site spew a malware warning?
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bonez537 said:
Ok this is not a di€k swinging contest. ..my question is. ... Why did the site spew a malware warning?
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not sure either but taking off Chrome worked for me also. Maybe it was a type of conflict with the site...

I found out how to get premium apps free all the pro and premium Titanium back up my

I found some where to download numerous pro and premium apps license check keys and all
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Seriously dude what's wrong with you ?
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Yeah they cost anywhere from .99¢ - $10.00. You probably spend more on coffee in a day.. Support the developers....
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This thread is A. Bout to get locked real quick or B. Bout to be flammed really bad i take it the above users were just being nice
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You know what the funny part is? People are quick to jump on and flame someone who posts things like this. Although it IS against XDA policy.. the kicker is that more than half of you have have downloaded a pirated app or 2 in the time you've owned an android phone. Don't be hypocrites. Just pm a mod and they'll close the thread. Done deal.
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I dont pirate $2 apps.. Just movies haha

Jason123420 said:
I dont pirate $2 apps.. Just movies haha
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Yep, I'm sure I could find some of these apps to pirate, but they are more than reasonably priced, and I am very hopeful that money truly does go where it belongs (to the bright minds that make them). Especially after taking an intro college course to programming and finding out that I have no idea how complex these programs really get. The best backup app is less than $10, certainly don't get that on windows.

RushAOZ said:
You know what the funny part is? People are quick to jump on and flame someone who posts things like this. Although it IS against XDA policy.. the kicker is that more than half of you have have downloaded a pirated app or 2 in the time you've owned an android phone. Don't be hypocrites. Just pm a mod and they'll close the thread. Done deal.
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Well I'll tell you something I have not pirate not one app I payed for my apps because I show my gratitude and support towards developer's.
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raymond4 said:
Well I'll tell you something I have not pirate not one app I payed for my apps because I show my gratitude and support towards developer's.
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I call bullsh*t. Piracy is one of the biggest crimes in the world and EVERYONE has done it at some point or another. Whether it be an app, a movie, music album or game. Not condoning it, just being real. Don't kid yourself.
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well…
the price on all apps just went up!

RushAOZ said:
I call bullsh*t. Piracy is one of the biggest crimes in the world and EVERYONE has done it at some point or another. Whether it be an app, a movie, music album or game. Not condoning it, just being real. Don't kid yourself.
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Well that's your opinion and like I said u can believe what u want to believe but I said I don't and that's where it going to stand. BTW I'm not everyone else other people do it because there cheap and ill tell u something I have plenty of money to buy apps and other things too. Enjoy your day because I don't have time to debate with someone like yourself about this or anyone else
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raymond4 said:
Well that's your opinion and like I said u can believe what u want to believe but I said I don't and that's where it going to stand. BTW I'm not everyone else other people do it because there cheap and ill tell u something I have plenty of money to buy apps and other things too. Enjoy your day because I don't have time to debate with someone like yourself about this or anyone else
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Whatever you say to make yourself feel better bud.
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RushAOZ said:
Whatever you say to make yourself feel better bud.
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Its not about me feeling better I'm just saying it how it is.
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RushAOZ said:
I call bullsh*t. Piracy is one of the biggest crimes in the world and EVERYONE has done it at some point or another. Whether it be an app, a movie, music album or game. Not condoning it, just being real. Don't kid yourself.
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There is a difference between silently downloading a paid app for free and bragging about it to the world like you are some badass that knows how to use Google or torrents or whatever.
For the record, I have downloaded pirated apps but have replaced all of them with the paid parts from the store.

I usually only download a pirated app to try it out if there is no free version. But sometimes I can't find the latest version and give up. If the apps worth the money/ I wanna support the dev I have no problem paying.
I do enjoy my hassle free updates that's for sure
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algorhythm said:
There is a difference between silently downloading a paid app for free and bragging about it to the world like you are some badass that knows how to use Google or torrents or whatever.
For the record, I have downloaded pirated apps but have replaced all of them with the paid parts from the store.
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Whoa. No one said I was bragging about that lol. I was simply stating that a large percentage of people have taken part in it and I find it hard to believe when someone says that they have NEVER done so. Taking people's hard work and not paying a dime for it is a shame and if I was a developer I'd be very angered with piracy. Look at the Dead Trigger devs. Those guys are pissed beyond belief and I don't blame them. I pay for my apps now, but back when I was naive and ignorant I took my part in piracy too. Don't twist my words around dude lol I do not condone piracy especially since apps are dirt cheap.
Except that launcher that cost about $20. That's just insane lol
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RushAOZ said:
Whoa. No one said I was bragging about that lol. I was simply stating that a large percentage of people have taken part in it and I find it hard to believe when someone says that they have NEVER done so. Taking people's hard work and not paying a dime for it is a shame and if I was a developer I'd be very angered with piracy. Look at the Dead Trigger devs. Those guys are pissed beyond belief and I don't blame them. I pay for my apps now, but back when I was naive and ignorant I took my part in piracy too. Don't twist my words around dude lol I do not condone piracy especially since apps are dirt cheap.
Except that launcher that cost about $20. That's just insane lol
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I agree with you that is wrong but because everyone does it doesn't mean u can say everyone else does it to. I been paying for apps since 2010 and I never really felt to pirate anything Like that before because I have the money to pay for it. And plus I was one of those guys that payed for dead trigger and it ended up being free and I was pissed.
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Sorry to end your debate about this fellas. Maybe take it to PM, but this thread is closed.

[Help] Issues with Redbox instant

So I signed up for the Redbox instant, they offer a free month. I was trying to watch a movie and funniest thing pop up with this....
So my question/help is can this error be bypassed? Would I just have to watch there movies threw my xbox. I would really like this cause sometimes in school can be a pain in the butt, Something quick to watch during my break.
Can any Dev Help out please
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I don't think there's a way around that. But if there is that would be good to know.
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Why don't you use the normal Netflix app? From what I understand, this is only an issue with the 'Instant' service /app, and it requires unrooting every time you want to use it. I can tell you that I use the normal Netflix app, rooted, with no problems.
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swalter718 said:
Why don't you use the normal Netflix app? From what I understand, this is only an issue with the 'Instant' service /app, and it requires unrooting every time you want to use it. I can tell you that I use the normal Netflix app, rooted, with no problems.
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He's asking about Redbox, not Netflix.
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All u have to do is temp unroot and it will work. I use the app as well
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KB112 said:
He's asking about Redbox, not Netflix.
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Lol I don't know why I failed to make that mental connection. Sorry!
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Ota rootkeeper
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