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ESET Mobile Security (Windows Mobile) Beta 1

ESET Mobile Security - Smartphones enable you to navigate, communicate and shop online - in short, they let you manage your life from the palm of your hand. For many of us, losing our smartphone or having it compromised would be a personal disaster. ESET Mobile Security brings a new level of protection to smartphones, so you can be confident in the safety of your device - even if you lose it.
Now available for beta testing, ESET Mobile Security does much more than just block malware for smartphones. It revolutionizes personal mobile security with anti-theft features like SIM matching and remote wipe to prevent unauthorized use of your smartphone and to remotely delete all confidential data on the device via a SMS command. Our firewall allows users to select one of the predefined profiles or set up custom rules to manage incoming and outgoing communications. MMS and SMS antispam filters unwanted messages using customizable blacklist and whitelist, so you only see messages from numbers you accept. Run our on-demand security audit right on the smartphone to see if your device is configured in a potentially risky way, so you can make adjustments to be as safe as possible. You can even schedule security audit as a silent periodic task so you can be alerted to any unauthorized changes to the configuration of your smartphone.
P.S. I know many will say an antivirus is not necessary for a wm phone..but this is not just an antivirus anymore

Is there neccesery to use this Anti Virus for PDA with CPU only 600mhz ? Anyway Thanks a lot buddy

it doesnt use CPU when its idle ..only when scanning

tzacapaca said:
ESET Mobile Security - Smartphones enable you to navigate, communicate and shop online - in short, they let you manage your life from the palm of your hand. For many of us, losing our smartphone or having it compromised would be a personal disaster. ESET Mobile Security brings a new level of protection to smartphones, so you can be confident in the safety of your device - even if you lose it.
Now available for beta testing, ESET Mobile Security does much more than just block malware for smartphones. It revolutionizes personal mobile security with anti-theft features like SIM matching and remote wipe to prevent unauthorized use of your smartphone and to remotely delete all confidential data on the device via a SMS command. Our firewall allows users to select one of the predefined profiles or set up custom rules to manage incoming and outgoing communications. MMS and SMS antispam filters unwanted messages using customizable blacklist and whitelist, so you only see messages from numbers you accept. Run our on-demand security audit right on the smartphone to see if your device is configured in a potentially risky way, so you can make adjustments to be as safe as possible. You can even schedule security audit as a silent periodic task so you can be alerted to any unauthorized changes to the configuration of your smartphone.
P.S. I know many will say an antivirus is not necessary for a wm phone..but this is not just an antivirus anymore
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How are we activate this programm

online http://www.eset.eu/download/ems-trial-form

it's a trial version and because of this i don't consider it a good app!

lol ok...paid apps are bad!) in your vision....

[Q] What "Find My Phone" Do You Install On Your Shiny New Galaxy Nexus?

I consider the "find my phone" software a necessary must on any mobile device. The ability to locate, ping, and wipe your Mobile is an extraordinary advantage in the digital age. I've used it once to find an errant iPhone 3GS and again on WP7 with a Samsung Focus along with helping my sister who continually forgets where her iPhone is.
What do you use on your Galaxy Nexus? Have you had an unfortunate circumstance that allowed you to field test it yet?

I've always had Lookout installed with all my phones. Fortunately I have never had to use it.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lookout&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5sb29rb3V0Il0.

I used ' Where's My Droid' on my N One and continue to use it on my GNex, also had loads of added bits with tasker working off the same trigger like lock phone and give warning message with a contact number to return... just in case it was a nice old lady that found it Not sure if Tasker will work fully on ICS yet so i've not set it up.
I also had Lookout installed but whenever i tried to locate it on their site it could never get a lock on. I dont know if they didn't fully support the UK that was the problem or that i was always flashing ROMs and it constantly being installed caused problems.

I have a Google Apps account for my family and a few of us have Android devices, so I installed the Google Apps Device Policy app on all the Android phones (in the Market and it's by Google). That app enables device policies and such for each user/device (encryption, syncing, syncing while roaming... anything a business would want to restrict/allow for their device).The plus about that app is that it gives me access to this (the mydevices link):
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1235372&topic=1233222
It's free and allows Google Apps users to lock, locate, reset pin, ring device, etc for Android devices. Remote wipe and everything else is part of Google Apps too.
Don't need a separate app and monthly fees, it's all handled by Google and works perfectly.

Interesting. Do you have to setup a server or what? I understand the client side policy app but not the backend.
How do you tie them together?
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV

player911 said:
Interesting. Do you have to setup a server or what? I understand the client side policy app but not the backend.
How do you tie them together?
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Didn't have to set up anything, no servers or tying any services together. On my android phone, I just setup my account with my Google Apps email/password, install the Device Policy app, and .... done.
All the devices show up for my family in my Google Apps control panel (under settings -> mobile if you're familiar with Google Apps's panel). And that mydevices link "just works". Don't have to set up anything else, it's great. Google does it all for you.
I believe the device policy app periodically pings Google's servers every few days (it's a bare app with no settings, only a couple pages of info on policies and current status), that process lets the Google Apps admin (me in this case) restrict/allow anything via the Apps Control panel.
The mydevices webpage is more of a "push", since "ring device", "reset pin", "locate device", and all those buttons are instantaneous. i.e. I click "ring device" and a few seconds later my phone rings super loud, even when on silent (this is assuming there is a data connection available to the phone).

I got SeekDroid from the Amazon Appstore when it was free. It's pretty good. It gives the GPS location from where the phone was last used, lets you send alarms and messages to the phone, lock the phone, and remote wipe the phone and SD card if necessary.
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BinaryTB said:
Didn't have to set up anything, no servers or tying any services together. On my android phone, I just setup my account with my Google Apps email/password, install the Device Policy app, and .... done.
All the devices show up for my family in my Google Apps control panel (under settings -> mobile if you're familiar with Google Apps's panel). And that mydevices link "just works". Don't have to set up anything else, it's great. Google does it all for you.
I believe the device policy app periodically pings Google's servers every few days (it's a bare app with no settings, only a couple pages of info on policies and current status), that process lets the Google Apps admin (me in this case) restrict/allow anything via the Apps Control panel.
The mydevices webpage is more of a "push", since "ring device", "reset pin", "locate device", and all those buttons are instantaneous. i.e. I click "ring device" and a few seconds later my phone rings super loud, even when on silent (this is assuming there is a data connection available to the phone).
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that sounds cool, i may have to look into it when my GN arrives.

BinaryTB said:
I have a Google Apps account for my family and a few of us have Android devices, so I installed the Google Apps Device Policy app on all the Android phones (in the Market and it's by Google). That app enables device policies and such for each user/device (encryption, syncing, syncing while roaming... anything a business would want to restrict/allow for their device).The plus about that app is that it gives me access to this (the mydevices link):
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=1235372&topic=1233222
It's free and allows Google Apps users to lock, locate, reset pin, ring device, etc for Android devices. Remote wipe and everything else is part of Google Apps too.
Don't need a separate app and monthly fees, it's all handled by Google and works perfectly.
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Unfortunately the first line is: This article applies only for Google Apps for Business, Education, and Government customers.
Any work arounds found by XDA?

Anyone else?

Another vote for Seekdroid. It always worked well on my Desire and i plan on using it with my GN. One of the best features is you can actually remove seekdroid from appearing in the phone menu or app list which prevents anyone from removing the app without your permission.

I used http://www.mobiledefense.com/ on my nexus s. Not sure if they ever released a retail version yet though. Kinda curious about the Google Apps thing now though...

Cerberus, Cerberus, Cerberus!!!
Such an excellent application! Please check it out, you won't be disappointed!!

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Prey yet.

Just tried Cerberus. Wow. Awesome! Thanks for the suggestion.

I've always used prey - I actually had a friend get his laptop stolen in Africa, and he's currently coordinating with the African police to get it back. They've made arrests and stuff - I was extremely impressed.

African police drop what they are doing to chase down a misplaced gadget?
More stories please?!

I've always used wheres my droid, but after reading above about prey i am probably going to switch to that.

I've used prey since day one and find it very good and also the ability to alert you it's missing if the sim card changes is a god send as well.
Might check out cerberus as someone mentioned it 3 times so compelled to look now lol
Just launched prey and the logon prompt is all screwed up and you cannot put in some details so you can never login... time to try others now.
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Brought cerberus really like the fact it can take a photo of the person trying to get past my passcode, might try it out on my other half lol

bmstrong said:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Prey yet.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.prey
Excatly.
The best i've ever tried up to now.
Love the way it enables gps also if it's down.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned AndroidLost. AndroidLost has remote wipe, GPS locate (never had to use it), send SMS/MMS from phone remotely, make calls, take pictures without the user knowing, record audio clips with the MIC without the user knowing.... all through a web page. No one else uses this?

Looking for GPS locator like MobileDefense

I loved this app on my nexus one, it doesnt drain battery and stays hidden. Also is has lots of options to remote wipe and alert.
Anyone know of a similar app for my Galaxy Nexus? MD is not on the market anymore..
Thankyou
Tim-

Lookout Mobile Security and McAfee's WaveSecure have this functionality.
Personally I just use Tasker. I have it set up to activate the GPS tracker upon a SMS trigger or a detected change of the SIM card. Every 10 minutes it will silently snap photos via the front facing camera and send its GPS coordinates over SMS to a group of my friends and family. I have a second SMS trigger that will delete select directories of vital files.

I personally use Cerberus, sure it's not free but in my opinion it's the best as it has a lot of features. It can also be flashed via recovery so it stays after a wipe, it can check SIM configuration etc. Those are only some of its features. Also I don't need one that comes bundled with an anti-virus because quite frankly, it's not necessary for me.

OMG Cerberus is so cool!!!!
grab SMS log remotely! take picture remotely!
this is awesome.

I just tried Cerberus as well and its AWESOME! Highly recommended!

Cerebus is the best out there. Also, I had mobile defense too, but it doesn't appear in the market anymore. However it does still appear in my my apps list, so it should be there for you too.
But cerebus is better anyway.

Best app for stolen phone?

I've heard of Prey Anti-Theft , and seek droid. Anyone got a good one?

I use cerebrus, it sends a pic to my email every 3 wrong lock pattern entries and can be hidden from the app drawer, remote wipe of device and a whole bunch of other amazing features are included too. Not sure about any others as i'd just bought this and never saw a need to switch to any others.
Edit: Unless of course you mean something that can be installed after the phone is lost/stolen then I'm not sure.

If you're looking for an app that you download after it's already stolen, give this a try. Otherwise, I'm currently using Cerberus though I have yet to lose my phone or get it stolen (hopefully never).

Another shout-out to Cerberus.
It's fantastic.
https://www.cerberusapp.com/download.php
I use the ICS disguised .zip.
It still works just fine on Jelly Bean...and it disguises it as "System Framework."
This way it's a System Application.
And it doesn't show up as "Cerberus" in the Settings>Applications screen.

Jubakuba said:
Another shout-out to Cerberus.
It's fantastic.
https://www.cerberusapp.com/download.php
I use the ICS disguised .zip.
It still works just fine on Jelly Bean...and it disguises it as "System Framework."
This way it's a System Application.
And it doesn't show up as "Cerberus" in the Settings>Applications screen.
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If the theif flashes a rom on your phone it removes cerberus completely, unfortunately it will only stop people who don't know much about android.

slayr76 said:
If the theif flashes a rom on your phone it removes cerberus completely, unfortunately it will only stop people who don't know much about android.
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True.
But I've never met anyone who does, personally.
For ultimate security:
Pin Lock on your Screen. ---Obvious
No Custom Recovery. ---ADB access available in Custom Recovery
Disable USB Debugging. ---Not sure if it allows Access with your Screen Locked...but I'd do it just to be safe.
Keep Bootloader Locked. --- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27878074 can unlock/lock a rooted phone when YOU need it. Otherwise, they could just flash a new recovery and ADB pull. This way...if they're savvy enough to unlock...at least your data is gone from prying eyes.

I use an app called android lost. It works pretty well.
Swyped with my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

comodo anti theft works really good.. has all the features required.

I've been using Avast Mobile Security. It does all the antivirus, privacy, firewall stuff, but can also install Anti-theft piece into the System partition under any name you specify, and you can password protect it; that way it's not that obvious to the thief that it's an anti-theft app and he can't uninstall it through the applications menu. When a new SIM is inserted it detects that and sends sms from that phone number to the phone numbers you specified, then you can do a remote wipe.
Hearing about Cerberus though I am definitely gonna have to check it out.
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netbuzz said:
I've been using Avast Mobile Security. It does all the antivirus, privacy, firewall stuff, but can also install Anti-theft piece into the System partition under any name you specify, and you can password protect it; that way it's not that obvious to the thief that it's an anti-theft app and he can't uninstall it through the applications menu. When a new SIM is inserted it detects that and sends sms from that phone number to the phone numbers you specified, then you can do a remote wipe.
Hearing about Cerberus though I am definitely gonna have to check it out.
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I am gonna stick with avast. Seems it does same thing as Cerberus and is free, no trials or subscriptions.

netbuzz said:
I've been using Avast Mobile Security. It does all the antivirus, privacy, firewall stuff, but can also install Anti-theft piece into the System partition under any name you specify, and you can password protect it; that way it's not that obvious to the thief that it's an anti-theft app and he can't uninstall it through the applications menu. When a new SIM is inserted it detects that and sends sms from that phone number to the phone numbers you specified, then you can do a remote wipe.
Hearing about Cerberus though I am definitely gonna have to check it out.
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I am gonna stick with avast. Seems it does same thing as Cerberus and is free, no trials or subscriptions.
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I like Cerberus because you can be a total creeper if someone takes your phone.
GPS track it.
Then once you know where they're located...Set of alarms.
The phone makes a siren sound and the torch turns on and off...and a message of your choice is displayed on the screen.
Once they touch the phone it takes their picture and emails it to you =]
And it does the sim-checker as well.
And you can do audio recordings...
Screenshots...
SMS Logs...Call Logs...
And it's a one time payment of...what...$5? It's been quite some time since I bought it.

Cerberus does look nice. No update for jellybean though unfortunately.

exzacklyright said:
Cerberus does look nice. No update for jellybean though unfortunately.
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Works perfectly on JellyBean, as stated :good:.

slayr76 said:
If the theif flashes a rom on your phone it removes cerberus completely, unfortunately it will only stop people who don't know much about android.
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agreed.payed for the full version,and totally satisfied.great app from italian dev !!

So how would you go about blocking fastboot.. or the reboot into recovery. No way to? i mean if they're stealing phones they're probably somewhat tech savvy...
Ceberus
It has three ways to protect your device:
- Remote control through the website www.cerberusapp.com
- Remote control via text messages
- SIM Checker (for devices that have a SIM card): you will automatically receive alerts if someone uses your phone with an unauthorized SIM card
Remote control allows you to perform many operations on your device, like:
- Locate and track it
- Start a loud alarm, even if the device is set to silent mode
- Wipe the internal memory and the SD card
- Hide Cerberus from the app drawer
- Lock the device with a code
- Record audio from the microphone
- Get a list of last calls sent and received
- Get information about network and operator the device is connected to
- And much more!
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Android Lost
Features:
* read sent and received SMS messages
* wipe phone
* lock phone
* erase SD card
* locate by GPS or network
* start alarm with flashing screen
* send SMS from web page
* message popup
* forward calls
* remote install
* phone status: battery, imei, etc.
* remote SMS alarm
* remote SMS lock and unlock
* remote SMS erase SD card
* remote SMS wipe phone
* remote SMS APN control
* start/stop GPS
* start/stop WIFI
* hide from launcher
* email when SIM card is changed
* get call list
* take picture with front camera
* take picture with rear camera
* make your phone speak with text-to-speech
* SMS message command
* SMS speak command
* lock timeout
* restore settings on boot
* record sound from microphone
* start and stop data connection from SMS
* start and stop WIFI connection from SMS
* content browser prototype
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Anti-Theft Free
Features:
· Find your phone - Get CAT to send you the Google map location of your device.
· Lock your phone - Just send a simple remote command and your phone is password protected at its home screen.
· Wipe your phone - Erase all contacts, stored messages, browser bookmarks, conversations, music, video and other media files stored in both phone memory and the SD card. Prevent your confidential data from falling into evil hands.
· Photo the thief - Requests the person with your phone to answer a text message then takes a photo of them while they are looking at the screen. The picture is then immediately emailed to you.
· SIM card change alert - Sends an automatic SMS to your buddies phone if someone changes its SIM card. You can trace your mobile using the new number and send remote commands to locate or lock your phone.
· Sound an Alarm - Make your device sound a full-volume siren and warning message, even if it is in silent mode
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SeekDroid
- Control Multiple devices under one account (*)
- Locate your device
- Remotely Enable GPS
- Display its location on a map with history! (*)
- Track the device using breadcrumbs (*)
- Get notified if the device has left a fenced-
in area (*)
- Audible alarm (even on silent)
w/ custom message
- Text Messaging support
- Setup SeekDroid Remotely via SMS
- Lock device w/ custom code
- Retrieve recent calls
- Remotely wipe entire phone
- Remotely wipe SD Card
- Hide from app drawer
- Disable App from being
uninstalled
- Virtually no battery drain
- Works without a SIM Card
- Retrieve SIM ID, IMEI,
active phone number, and battery remaining
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Prey Anti-Theft
GPS + Wifi geo-location.
- SIM change detection.
- SMS or Push (On Demand) activation (2.2+).
- Lock phone/tablet for privacy (2.2+).
- Uninstall protection (2.2+).
- Loud alarm sound.
- Alert messages to user.
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exzacklyright said:
So how would you go about blocking fastboot.. or the reboot into recovery. No way to? i mean if they're stealing phones they're probably somewhat tech savvy...
Ceberus
Android Lost
Anti-Theft Free
SeekDroid
Prey Anti-Theft
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Re-read this thread.

Jubakuba said:
Re-read this thread.
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I read it... i just scanned it too fast. lol.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker
would this wipe my phone though?

Nope. Unlocks and Locks without any ill effects.
The kicker is you need to be rooted.
[Meaning you can't use this if your phone isn't rooted...and thus, no, this isn't an alternative to Manually unlocking and rooting your phone]

Jubakuba said:
Nope. Unlocks and Locks without any ill effects.
The kicker is you need to be rooted.
[Meaning you can't use this if your phone isn't rooted...and thus, no, this isn't an alternative to Manually unlocking and rooting your phone]
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so basically I lock my phone and what exactly does this disable? The rebooting into fastboot?

exzacklyright said:
so basically I lock my phone and what exactly does this disable? The rebooting into fastboot?
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You can't prevent them flashing the stock images or getting into fastboot.
This will prevent them flashing a custom recovery...without wiping data.
A custom recovery could be used to get into your phone without a reset.

slayr76 said:
If the theif flashes a rom on your phone it removes cerberus completely, unfortunately it will only stop people who don't know much about android.
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That's why you root and put Cerberus as a system app, it would even survive a factory reset. Cerberus is the best theft app by far.

Google Play Services Find My Device Issue

This is recurring in all phones I've had for at least a year now. Once again...And it is just now that I am once again getting upset at Google Play Services making itself a device admin daily on startup so it can update its app daily. So it can weasel into the browser and log my account and store cookies and track and etc etc etc.
If I do not lose my phone, then it should stop activating the find my device. If I lock my screen, then it should stop activating itself as an administrator. If it was just to find the device, then it should stop putting itself as an account in my browser.

The Google Play Services can no longer be reverted. It has turned the phone into just another chunk of Google Garbage.

It's a critical part of android. What is it you are trying to achieve by locking it down?

James.Miller said:
It's a critical part of android. What is it you are trying to achieve by locking it down?
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site storage in browser. I believe it is s carrier config or carrier settings. I have ridden myself of it by disabling carrier configs on other phones but here I can't disable carrier system apps.
I play with it off on some phones, and of course on rooted phones. It is irremovable here now. I had it removed during the first few days on my new A70 but now can't get it off noway no how.
The carrier configs and other things from carrier are a real problem. Carriers (used to) push settings they deem appropriate at regular intervals on an old phone I had. Their settings push included things like turning on location, and worse. all kinds of settings would get changed. Google calls these in its "partner" app. It's all tied together. There are credit agencies certs, and security companies in the system app.

James.Miller said:
It's a critical part of android. What is it you are trying to achieve by locking it down?
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I may sell the phone if I can't use it on internet without continued police insults on my humanity. I'm sick of it all. Been taking abuse for years. Only useful as a gaming and music player.

In my experience, once you have confirmed to your own recognition that they are behind the curtain of the device, talking to you invisibly thru the back door in the comments sections of the internet, then the phone is no good.
I believe that screenshots of their android back-doored comments, -- along with proof in pictures or recordings that they have been speaking in narrative to you that way -- should be grounds for money back from the phone company for the device. The device is faulty then beyond the shadow of a doubt and worthless and irreparable. Money back should be the rule for hacked devices.

comments, recommendations...or other festures being hacked. I have had apps hacked, I have had voice recognition dictation hacked. etc. I don't remember a list of features of android I've stopped using because of insult hacks. The predictive words on the keypads, and auto correct, used to be a favorite exploit they'd use to deliver cracked commentaries against my humanity...
All features and apps I no longer use. And how many people would never pick up on how these devices are being used against them.
I think the phones should be peogrammed to avoid cached dns results, and to randomize the dns it uses. The apps such as YouTube should never return to an open session or use a cache. These devices are fast enough and simple LTE/4G is fast enough to load fresh sessions from sites from new lookup services.

if Google needs to have Find My Device in Android to serve customers who are afraid their devices will be stolen by non professional phone thieves or lost, then they should sell different versions for those who don't want a system admin like Google which gets its money from data theft and spamming.

The persistent settings in the browser for its default site bothers me. I got rid of it on my Oreo running phone. Took awhile, but I finally got rid of it on one phone by deleting all browser data. It comes back when the browser restarts on internet tho, and persists again like a foul barnacle. Used to be able to get rid of it.

Here it's seen it camoflages itself if I change the default search page, but it still persists