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I am ok with paid/donate apps using it to ID your device, but a lot of the free apps share it so that they can track your usage and or with advertisers to push targeted ads to you. With location enabled, they can track where you are visiting, etc.. I feel they are allowed too much personal information.
Anyone know of a way to not allow access to this, other than disabling mobile networking?
Personally I would prefer to be anonymous, don't mind using something for free and having to see ads, that's fair..
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I recently came under attack, and have determined that a hack tool used the IMEI and atiagent to gain information, that allowed them to connect remotely. persistently.
I was wondering how do i hide this info, or obtain a new valid number?
If i subscribe to a new service provider, will this help?
CM7 has a feature that allows you to revoke permissions. I haven't tried it, but it might do what you're after. I haven't tried it myself. Some apps may just crash though when it tries to get the IMEI. Since an app dev wouldn't expect a permission it was granted on install to be revoked, they may not have any exception handling around that.
Bottom line...if you don't trust an app with a permission it's asking for, I would generally just not install it and move on.
LBE Privacy guard, it's in the market
Best mobile security for android phone
Description
Full-featured Antivirus and Anti-Theft security for your Androidphone.Protect personal data with automatic virus scans and infected-URL alerts. Stop hackers by adding a firewall (rooted phones). Control anti-theft features with remote SMS commands for: history wipe, phonelock, siren activation, GPS tracking, audio monitoring, and many other useful tools. Your ‘invisible’ app hides itself, making it extremely hard for thieves to find and disable.A standalone yet tightly integrated component of avast! Mobile Security, avast! Anti-Theft is the slyest component on the market. Formerly known as Theft Aware, theAnti-Theft portion of avast! Mobile Security has been recommended byleading industry experts that include T-Mobile, N-TV, AndroidPIT,and Android Police
.avast! Mobilesecurity
Antivirus
Performs on-demand scans of all installed apps and memory card content, as well as on-access scans of apps upon first execution. Options for scheduling scans, virus definition updates, uninstalling apps, deleting files, or reporting a false-positive to our virus lab.
Privacy Report
Scans and displays (grid) access rights and intents of installed apps, identifying potential privacy risks, so you know how much info you arereally providing to each app.
SMS/Call Filtering
Filter calls and/or messages from contact list using set parameters based on day(s) of the week, start time, and end time. Blocked calls redirect to voicemail, while blocked messages are stored via filter log. Also possible to block outgoing calls.
App Manager
Similar to Windows Task Manager, it shows a list of running apps and their size (MB), CPU load, used memory, and number of threads and services – with an option to stop or uninstall.
Web Shield
Part of the avast! WebRep cloud, theavast! Web Shield for Android scanseach URL that loads and warns you if the browser loads a malware-infected URL
.Firewall
Add a firewall to stophackers. Disable an app’s internet access when on WiFi and 3G and roaming mobile networks. (Works only on rooted phones.).
avast! Anti-Theft
App Disguiser
After downloading avast! Anti-Theft,user can choose a custom name that disguises the app (e.g. call it “Pinocchio game”) so that it is even harder for thieves to find and remove.
Stealth Mode
Once anti-theft is enabled, the app icon is hidden in the app tray, leaving no audio or other trace on the target phone – the app is ‘invisible’, making it difficult for thieves to detect or remove.
Self-Protection
Extremely difficult for thieves to remove (especially on rooted phones), Anti-Theft protects itself from uninstall by disguising its components with various self-preservation techniques. On rooted phones it is able to survive hard-resets and can even disable the phone’s USB port.
Battery Save
Anti-Theft only launches itself and runs when it needs to perform tasks. This preserves battery life and makes it very difficult for thieves to shut it down.
SIM-Card change Notification
If stolen and a different (unauthorized) SIM card inserted, the phone can lock, activate siren, and send you notification (to remote device) of the phone’s new number and geo-location.
Trusted SIM Cards List
Establish a ‘white list’ of approved SIM cards that can be used in the phone without triggering a theft alert. You can also easily clear the trusted SIM cards list, to leave the one present in the phone as the only trusted one.
Remote Settings Change
A setup wizard guides the user through the installation process on rooted phones. No command-line knowledge is necessary to install Anti-Theft rooted. Also supports upgrading
.Remote Features
SMS commands provide you the following REMOTE options for your ‘lost’ (or stolen) phone:Siren, Lock, custom Display properties, Locate, Memory Wipe, covert Calling, Forwarding, “Lost” Notification, SMS Sending, History, Restart, and more.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.avast.android.mobilesecurity
best? never ever. read tests and reviews on the internet. most free antivir software for android is useless because the recognition rate is very poor. 1-3 out of 120 threads were found with the best free anti virus app. I would use a paid version like kaspersky
theq86 said:
best? never ever. read tests and reviews on the internet. most free antivir software for android is useless because the recognition rate is very poor. 1-3 out of 120 threads were found with the best free anti virus app. I would use a paid version like kaspersky
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Poor? Really?
It's the only full mobile security suite that offers working root features. There is a STEALTH option for the app to survive a hard reset, disable usb debugging, siren, GPS, message, forwarding, control and lock the phone all using the anti-theft remote feature.
advanced firewall, virus scanner, web guard, privacy advisor, app management..
It's lightweight on the memory and it looks appealing. What's poor about it?
what's poor? as I said, the recognition rate of viruses and malware. I just read it and saw a documentation in tv. although avast might be not that bad. I use avast for my pc, too and I like it
I've been using Avast on all of my desktops and laptops that i've used for the last 8 years and it never let me down..
I installed it on my phone as well a couple of months back..and it's never let me down too..till me phone wasn't rooted, the firewall option was disabled, but now even that's open..tried it out and i can definitely say its in par with its desktop counter part and way ahead of its paid android competitors..
This is boss.
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I tried it, and it is the best thing since sliced bread. It does not make my phone lag at all, anti theft works wonderfully, and the detection rate is (apparently did not try it myself ) also very high. If you are like me and you download many APK's from the net, it could just save your phone, or your bank account xD.
koeniekoenie said:
I tried it, and it is the best thing since sliced bread. It does not make my phone lag at all, anti theft works wonderfully, and the detection rate is (apparently did not try it myself ) also very high. If you are like me and you download many APK's from the net, it could just save your phone, or your bank account xD.
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What he said.
SomeDudeOnTheNet said:
What he said.
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It is a shame that I cannot find the source anymore, but the detection rate was somewhere in the 90%.
I'm sure Avast will have a great detection rate, the problem come in the time between the malware being release and it being detected by the AV software. All companies/products will be affected by this and in that window your phone/computer/whatever can be harmed. Having said that I place my trust in a company with a very good track record of creating AV software and the anti-theft features make it a no-brainer for me. Avast Rocks.
best protection is making nandroid backups every 7 days or so ... and if something goes to hell, just revert, and adio ...
though i have never seen a virus for android, and i hope won't in close future ...
this is a good apps, but unfortunately i need to uninstall it since its blocking connections of viber..
I use avast for my pc!
Certifi-Gate Scanner:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.checkpoint.capsulescanner&hl=en
So according to numerous articles, this vulnerability was demoed at Black-Hat Security Conference today. It affects pre-loaded apps where Verizon would use remote access to fix any problems in a user's phone.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/08/06/android-certifigate/
I know that Verizon does have this app and the VS986 is vulnerable. Does anybody know what the app is called so I can disable it? I went through all of the system apps but still not sure. I think it might be in VZMobileSecurity.apk
Hi,
I got this phone recently, and noticed that my chrome browser kept opening up a pop up every time I opened it, often managing to install battery pro app or something similar.
I tried almost all anti malware apps to no avail, and after searching vigorously, I found the source.
It seems the phone came pre installed stock with a rogue YouTube app, which appears as an old version, and which you can't update from the playstore.
Check out the thread below, thats how I good to the bottom of it. You need to root your phone to remove it. I was actually being taken to the same website as the author of the blog, and for him it was YouTube as well, so seems this is common practice among foreign cheap phones.
http://blog.teamleadnet.com/2015/06/how-to-remove-adware-browser-hijack-or.html?m=1
deniso177 said:
Hi,
I got this phone recently, and noticed that my chrome browser kept opening up a pop up every time I opened it, often managing to install battery pro app or something similar.
I tried almost all anti malware apps to no avail, and after searching vigorously, I found the source.
It seems the phone came pre installed stock with a rogue YouTube app, which appears as an old version, and which you can't update from the playstore.
Check out the thread below, thats how I good to the bottom of it. You need to root your phone to remove it. I was actually being taken to the same website as the author of the blog, and for him it was YouTube as well, so seems this is common practice among foreign cheap phones.
http://blog.teamleadnet.com/2015/06/how-to-remove-adware-browser-hijack-or.html?m=1
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I had the same problem, and solved it by finding the same site you linked. However I had further problems later, apps installing themselves without asking permission. The trojan also changed the install apps from unknown sources setting. Christ only knows what else it was doing.
The apps that installed were SuperB Cleaner, Super File Manager, Browser, Facebook Updater and others installed automatically.
After running all anti virus to no avail I found this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.security.stubborntrjkiller&hl=en
Which seems to work eventually. However that app interacts strangle with SuperSU, killing it, requiring and update to the binary.
This seems to have found something as well
https://www.avira.com/en/free-antivirus-android
It's also being discussed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lee...version-youtube-problem-t3408009#post67587785
http://forum.le.com/us/index.php?threads/letv-x800-1pro-how-to-update-eu-rom.455/page-2
http://forum.le.com/us/index.php?threads/open-support-for-model-letv-le1-x800-pro_us.1614/page-5
I'm worried now the phone is permanently compromised without flashing a new rom. And all the US versions seem to have issues.
cormacfitz said:
I had the same problem, and solved it by finding the same site you linked. However I had further problems later, apps installing themselves without asking permission. The trojan also changed the install apps from unknown sources setting. Christ only knows what else it was doing.
The apps that installed were SuperB Cleaner, Super File Manager, Browser, Facebook Updater and others installed automatically.
After running all anti virus to no avail I found this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.security.stubborntrjkiller&hl=en
Which seems to work eventually. However that app interacts strangle with SuperSU, killing it, requiring and update to the binary.
This seems to have found something as well
https://www.avira.com/en/free-antivirus-android
It's also being discussed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lee...version-youtube-problem-t3408009#post67587785
http://forum.le.com/us/index.php?threads/letv-x800-1pro-how-to-update-eu-rom.455/page-2
http://forum.le.com/us/index.php?threads/open-support-for-model-letv-le1-x800-pro_us.1614/page-5
I'm worried now the phone is permanently compromised without flashing a new rom. And all the US versions seem to have issues.
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I had the same problem with foreign apps being installed, but removing the rogue YouTube solved it.
Had no issues for 2 months now
cormacfitz said:
I had the same problem, and solved it by finding the same site you linked. However I had further problems later, apps installing themselves without asking permission. The trojan also changed the install apps from unknown sources setting. Christ only knows what else it was doing.
The apps that installed were SuperB Cleaner, Super File Manager, Browser, Facebook Updater and others installed automatically.
After running all anti virus to no avail I found this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.security.stubborntrjkiller&hl=en
Which seems to work eventually. However that app interacts strangle with SuperSU, killing it, requiring and update to the binary.
This seems to have found something as well
https://www.avira.com/en/free-antivirus-android
It's also being discussed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lee...version-youtube-problem-t3408009#post67587785
http://forum.le.com/us/index.php?threads/letv-x800-1pro-how-to-update-eu-rom.455/page-2
http://forum.le.com/us/index.php?threads/open-support-for-model-letv-le1-x800-pro_us.1614/page-5
I'm worried now the phone is permanently compromised without flashing a new rom. And all the US versions seem to have issues.
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I had the same problem with foreign apps being installed, but removing the rogue YouTube solved it.
Had no issues for 2 months now
Im using a HTC 10 (EU variant). Today i was scrolling through "Netguard" (if you dont know it, its an app to prevent other apps from internet access), since i configured it to show system apps it displays way more apps than the normal app overview in the settings. In there i found an app called "RootPA" and one called "root", which seems strange since i didnt unlock the bootloader or root on my own. The details in the RootPA entry say "com.gd.mobicore.pa", no idea if thats helpfull to determine the origin of this mysterious app.
Can you help me with this?
Did you Google it?
I did, but the results were not realy usefull. I found someone with a modded Galaxy S3 who deleted a RootPA on accident and broke stuff, but that ssems unrelated. Are there any things i could do to find out more about the app installed on my phone without root?
I cant say its something I've ever seen. If this person in the past removed it, and it broke stuff, that would suggest that it may have been a system app and he was rooted. From what I managed to find on google, it is part of a security suite (mobicore) used by networks to monitor what the state of the phone is, presumably incase something happens, and it was the user fault, and they know for a fact because they have logs of what the phone has done.
[ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE] Allows applications to access information about networks
[INTERNET] Allows applications to open network sockets. (i.e send information)
[READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE] Allows an application to read from external storage.
[READ_PHONE_STATE] Allows read only access to phone state.
A friend of mine got his HTC 10 2 days ago, ill ask him to look for this app. Its unlikely we would have the same virus/whatever installed.
Edit: He just reseted his 10 (due to missing language options, but thats another topic), but still found "root" and "rootPA" on his phone, so its preinstalled (although i still dont understand whats its purpose).
RootPA is provides service for provisioning secure applications that run on ARM trustzone and t-base OS (formerly mobicore). It is preinstalled in some vendors Android devices (search for this string on the internet: htc-devices-to-incorporate-trustonic-t-base-tee), but mostly unused as far as I know. The source code of some versions is available on the Internet (e.g. on github /Faryaab/android_hardware_samsung_slsi_exynos5410/tree/master/mobicore/rootpa).
It has nothing to to with rooting or unrooting the device.
PA route is very dangerous I had some I have somebody who has hacked into my phone through this particular program so to speak I have a lot of issues right now with my phone trying to get them off of my phone and this seems to be the root cause or the start of it have anybody knows how I can clear my phone and my Ram from the Vicious hacker I appreciate it I'm tired of being watched and recorded everything I do
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PA route is very dangerous I had some I have somebody who has hacked into my phone through this particular program so to speak I have a lot of issues right now with my phone trying to get them off of my phone and this seems to be the root cause or the start of it have anybody knows how I can clear my phone and my Ram from the Vicious hacker I appreciate it I'm tired of being watched and recorded everything I do
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PA route..... .rootPA ......2 different things. Hacked ? Unlikely, I think some OCD is kicking in. Want to be clean? RUU the device and do not restore anything