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[Q] Antivirus

Wats up guys can u help cuz I would like to know wats the best antivirus for the evo
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lookout is a popular choice.

I think the people that use it use Lookout, but it's up in the air as to whether or not you actually need it.

Lookout caught a virus from a flashable zip I was downloading from a site I was unfamiliar with and the virus was legit.
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^^Good to know.

I use antivirus pro.

I dont even think they work...
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They're a scam, they will only catch known viruses which you won't get unless you pirate apps...antivirus is a scam on the phone because google gets rid of things before anyone...it goes google then everyone else, no need for it if you odnt pirate or download apps like super sexy naked screaming Chinese and japanese school girls...

Lookout also backs up your contacts and has the features to locate/lock your phone remotely if its lost or stolen
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iitreatedii said:
They're a scam, they will only catch known viruses which you won't get unless you pirate apps...antivirus is a scam on the phone because google gets rid of things before anyone...it goes google then everyone else, no need for it if you odnt pirate or download apps like super sexy naked screaming Chinese and japanese school girls...
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Google catches and screens applications for viruses and malware before they're posted on the market? Either you have WAY too much faith in Google, or you really haven't read much about the Google application posting process.

UndeadCircus said:
Google catches and screens applications for viruses and malware before they're posted on the market? That's news to me.
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Yeah, pirating apps is the best way to get a virus. I don't really bother with antivirus software on my phone. I just use Lookout for its location feature and I use Prey to lock down my phone if it's ever lost.
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If you can read I said google will catch the virus before anyone!!!! Meaning antivirus is a wasteeeeeeeeeee
UndeadCircus said:
Google catches and screens applications for viruses and malware before they're posted on the market? Either you have WAY too much faith in Google, or you really haven't read much about the Google application posting process.
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iitreatedii said:
If you can read I said google will catch the virus before anyone!!!! Meaning antivirus is a wasteeeeeeeeeee
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Google lets any app onto the market, its been addressed many times. They dont screen for anything... hence a thousand fart apps and of course, malicious software.

Dudes, you don't need no virus protection what are you guys retards lol? Almost like computer viruses, I never spend money on virus protection its all a scam. I can manually remove it myself or with free software. YOUR PHONE DOESN'T NEED VIRUS PROTECTION LOL. Those apps offer free STUPID services to you so they can trick you into paying their yearly subscription fees. Lookout really isn't free, or at least their only legit feature(remote locking) which cost 29.99 a year. If you think you need virus protection on your phone you need to switch to apple with the cool kids.
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i think anti virus are useless apps. tell me anyone ever got a virus with there android? i think they just lagg the crap out your phone and eat your battery faster. even the sprint rep said himself you dont need anti virus there is no claim in sprint that actually happens.

Just received an interesting email from Skype...
Thank you for downloading and using the Skype for Android software. Unfortunately, it has come to our attention that if you were to install a malicious third-party application onto your Android device, it could access the locally stored Skype for Android files. These files include cached profile information and your instant message chat history.
We take our users’ privacy very seriously and are working quickly to protect you from this vulnerability, including securing the file permissions on the Skype for Android application. This update will be available shortly and as always we urge you to install updates to benefit from our continuous fixes and improvements.
Until the update is released, to protect your personal information, we advise that you as always take care when selecting which applications to download and install onto your device from the Android Marketplace.
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This is just one of many instances where software designed for a bad purpose has been a problem, especially with the Android os. Maybe there are no reasons to worry about an actual VIRUS, but the fact still remains that 3rd party apps can contain keyloggers and other means of stealing information from your phone.
Its not too far-fetched to believe in apps that, once installed, can lock you out of your phone or possibly even wipe all the data from it.

so does the TEP app from Sprint itself. It also helps you find your lost or stolen phone by pointing you in the general direction if your GPS is on. it can wipe your phone if you think it was stolen too

dirkyd3rk said:
Dudes, you don't need no virus protection what are you guys retards lol? Almost like computer viruses, I never spend money on virus protection its all a scam. I can manually remove it myself or with free software. YOUR PHONE DOESN'T NEED VIRUS PROTECTION LOL. Those apps offer free STUPID services to you so they can trick you into paying their yearly subscription fees. Lookout really isn't free, or at least their only legit feature(remote locking) which cost 29.99 a year. If you think you need virus protection on your phone you need to switch to apple with the cool kids.
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While I agree that virus protection is a waste on Android, wasn't that a little over the top rude?

iitreatedii said:
If you can read I said google will catch the virus before anyone!!!! Meaning antivirus is a wasteeeeeeeeeee
If that was true why did a xda member inform lookout of the 60 apps that rooted people and all.
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plainjane said:
While I agree that virus protection is a waste on Android, wasn't that a little over the top rude?
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No one else seems to have taken it that way besides you :rolls eyes:
~ d3rk

Senator Al Franken asks Carrier IQ what it is exactly they do

http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/1/2603142/senator-al-franken-asks-carrier-iq-exactly-what-its-doing
This is nice!

Maybe we'll finally get some questions answered!

Great, Stewart Smalley is taking up our cause, why couldn't we have a remotely smart senator or congressman take the fight to CIQ.
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http://tinyurl.com/cefqydv
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Or, you know, we won't get answers, but he'll get some donations, and be able to look like he's looking out for the rest of us with his political grandstanding.

cbpagent72 said:
Great, Stewart Smalley is taking up our cause, why couldn't we have a remotely smart senator or congressman take the fight to CIQ.
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Why don't you let the smart people determine who is smart and who is not...

cbpagent72 said:
Great, Stewart Smalley is taking up our cause, why couldn't we have a remotely smart senator or congressman take the fight to CIQ.
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You deserve a "thanks" for the laugh. Not for political position but for Stewart Smally comparison. I wont discuss politics on here....people in here are already on edge
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hayabusa1300cc said:
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Laughing at HTC's responses, smh.
Make up your mind.
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You should take your own advice if you are inferring Al Franken is smart. Just in case you haven't figured it out Franken is an idiot.
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Something about a guy that was on SNL for 2 decades, doesn't pose much hope
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cbpagent72 said:
You should take your own advice if you are inferring Al Franken is smart. Just in case you haven't figured it out Franken is an idiot.
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I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come across as a ****. JohnCorleone has the right idea. I should have known better.

daneurysm said:
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come across as a ****. JohnCorleone has the right idea. I should have known better.
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Yeah, politics is a touchy subject especially in an environment like this.
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o u mean one where we constantly get rolled over and ignored?

o u mean one where we constantly get rolled over and ignored?
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...and flamed.
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SocialReject said:
Laughing at HTC's responses, smh.
Make up your mind.
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I thought their response was fair. HTC does have a built in error reporting function on its phones that you can decline to participate in. In addition, Carrier IQ is on many of their phones at the request of the carrier. So Sprint goes to HTC and says, we want you to install this on the EVO 3D, and they do it. It's up to Sprint to allow for an opt in or opt out feature. Right now, the only way to opt out is to not buy the phone, or void your warranty and root to remove it.

Dchibro said:
I thought their response was fair. HTC does have a built in error reporting function on its phones that you can decline to participate in. In addition, Carrier IQ is on many of their phones at the request of the carrier. So Sprint goes to HTC and says, we want you to install this on the EVO 3D, and they do it. It's up to Sprint to allow for an opt in or opt out feature. Right now, the only way to opt out is to not buy the phone, or void your warranty and root to remove it.
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This is true, but the biggest question that is the most important, is why carrier IQ built an app that can track keystrokes, read txt, websites, email, passwords, record audio, and the end point is that you never know it. That is breaking 4 federal laws and just because a company asks to use it, it is still illegal for them to put it on the phones. The info that the carriers need to "fix" there crappy networks is easily collected from tower data not the phone. And the other BIG one is smart phones are still only 50% of the market so all those dumb phones out there never send this data since Carrier IQ is not on those, so why "monitor" just smartphones?????
So not only are the carriers at fault, Carrier IQ is at a bigger fault because they are actually installing it into the roms then giving it back to the carrier, and ALL the info collected goes straight to Carrier IQ first, then to the carriers.
The simple fact is, it is Carrier IQ's app, they install it, and they collect the data.

I wonder how secure CIQ servers are from hackers breaking in and accessing the information that comes from phones, or target certain phones to transmit its logs.

phatmanxxl said:
I wonder how secure CIQ servers are from hackers breaking in and accessing the information that comes from phones, or target certain phones to transmit its logs.
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That is just as scary as CIQ itself
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CIQ is on MSNBC nightly news
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First class-action lawsuit:
Hagens Berman nationwide class-action against CIQ, HTC, Samsung for violating Federal Wiretap Act
Complaint

Isn't ciq a safety measure to know where you were at if you were to disappear?

Doesn't ciq help missing people get found?
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No
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nope

CIQ is Carrier IQ, which means that the Carrier you are on gets sent data from pretty much everything you do in order to 'better the device'. In recent months, some carriers such as Sprint and AT&T are taking measures to remove CIQ, but it isn't set in stone yet.
CIQ isn't a necessity to a phone, therefore it can be removed by developers of ROMs.
But no, to answer your question, it is not used to find a missing person.

Then Tmobile is wasting their money trying to do random location checks and all that. I heard that the iPhone had a system that tracked the places it would travel to for the police or any other law enforcement to confirm ask you whereabouts. I wonder if that will save anyone in court for a hearing.
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Yeah, can't really agree with most the things the big companies do with their money; but whatever, as long as I am able to root their phones and use them to their full potential, then I am okay. haha!
Hope I helped!

iwasblown said:
Then Tmobile is wasting their money trying to do random location checks and all that. I heard that the iPhone had a system that tracked the places it would travel to for the police or any other law enforcement to confirm ask you whereabouts. I wonder if that will save anyone in court for a hearing.
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Any phone with gps does this. when you dial emergency numbers they can find you in seconds. It has nothing to do with CIQ. If the authorities need to find you, they will.

Which mobile security app are you using/recommending?

I'm using "Lookout". What are you using?
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My fist
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.
GldRush98 said:
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.
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5 Years in Jail for Unlocking a Phone?

Petition Led by Former GOP Staffer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbsw1yyaz4
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Petition Led by Former GOP Staffer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWbsw1yyaz4
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Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2116859

The fcc is against this locked phone thing

Asadullah said:
The fcc is against this locked phone thing
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So is the white house. I'll grab a link to the email sent to the person who started a petition and got the required signatures and edit it in here in a sec
Edit: read the entire email its kind of long but worth the read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176494
I like to break stuff!

Don't know why they act like the is any reasonable way of stopping rooting to unlocking. There just making me what to do it more so, just by provoking me!
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Frostacious said:
Don't know why they act like the is any reasonable way of stopping rooting to unlocking. There just making me what to do it more so, just by provoking me!
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The law has NOTHING TO DO WITH ROOT. It is about (mainly) carrier unlocking GSM devices to except any SIM and cloning or adding device ESNs to other carriers databases for CDMA, although cloning has technically always been illegal due to poor wording in the original law. It was only intended to be illegal to clone a device to hijack service not to clone your own donor to use on another carrier. However the new law cleared that up as now its illegal to move any locked device from one carrier to another without carrier permission, even if you buy the phone at full retail and aren't on contract.
I like to break stuff!

"Mommy Mommy Mommy Mommy! People are using my phone on another provider! Arrest them for a long time!"
You can get 5 f*****g years for murder. They are trying this for people unlocking phones?
All laws are becoming childish hissy fits along with apple crying about Android gaining on them and trying to make every possible excuse to shut android down.
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ReapersDeath said:
"Mommy Mommy Mommy Mommy! People are using my phone on another provider! Arrest them for a long time!"
You can get 5 f*****g years for murder. They are trying this for people unlocking phones?
All laws are becoming childish hissy fits along with apple crying about Android gaining on them and trying to make every possible excuse to shut android down.
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Gaining? Android left apple at the starting line in terms of options, customization and innovation. Why do you think apples crying like a little 5 year old girl who had her pig tails pulled.
I like to break stuff!

Another dumb ass law. Who the **** keep coming up with this bull****?
I love the 90s. Good times.

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Gaining? Android left apple at the starting line in terms of options, customization and innovation. Why do you think apples crying like a little 5 year old girl who had her pig tails pulled.
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By gaining, I meant as in net worth and which company is richer and more popular XD for Apple having I phones and their versions of tablets, they make a lot of sales.. But android all together is winning imo
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Everyone roots their phone. I haven't met anyone with an android phone that doesn't have their phone rooted.

I'm all for making it legal to jail break... But wouldn't this drive up the price of smart phones quite a bit? The reason phones like the galaxy s3 are so cheap is because sprint has us locked into contracts that LEGALLY we can only use our device for... Key word, legally.
Sprint would likely charge full price regardless of contract renewal?
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RealTic said:
I'm all for making it legal to jail break... But wouldn't this drive up the price of smart phones quite a bit? The reason phones like the galaxy s3 are so cheap is because sprint has us locked into contracts that LEGALLY we can only use our device for... Key word, legally.
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Jailbreaking and rooting should not be confused with unlocking. The first two (jailbreak and root) are both legal, while unlocking was made illegal only recently
Unlocking is using your phone on a carrier that it was not activated for
Jailbreaking and rooting essentially give you access to everything on your phone - the equivalent of being an administrator on your computer

CNexus said:
Jailbreaking and rooting should not be confused with unlocking. The first two (jailbreak and root) are both legal, while unlocking was made illegal only recently
Unlocking is using your phone on a carrier that it was not activated for
Jailbreaking and rooting essentially give you access to everything on your phone - the equivalent of being an administrator on your computer
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Ah, I see.
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Ah, I see.
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Yup, I think that rooting was made illegal for tablets only in the last round of DCMA exceptions...all because the Library of Congress felt that the lawyers' definition for tablet did not encompass everything that tablets were and so was not appropriate