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[Q] Looking for a Virus protection program for rooted phones?

kinda odd to ask. but is there a virus protection apk that can be used with rooted phones that wont freak out and say "hey dumbass your rooted everything is a damn virus"

I use Lookout just fine and it never says anything is malicious. What is it that your phone thinks is a virus? Being rooted does not make a virus protection program think you're infected. You're just turning the protection of not being able to modify your phone off for personal use.

well ive tried a couple. but i did avg. that found like 300. even after a fresh install.

Why would one need a virus program on a phone? Lol are you downloading porn torrents from your phone. Those virus apps are a joke. Can you explain to me why I would need one? I'm not being a smart ass I really want to know why. Seriously.
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Mobile lookout is one that, to my surprise, actually works. It blocks the rage exploit which is what those malware apps were reported to use. It also blocks attempts to root since the same thing is used for that.
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Lookout happily welcomed my root.

totalanonymity said:
Lookout happily welcomed my root.
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How long ago was it?
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dirkyd3rk said:
Why would one need a virus program on a phone? Lol are you downloading porn torrents from your phone. Those virus apps are a joke. Can you explain to me why I would need one? I'm not being a smart ass I really want to know why. Seriously.
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xHausx said:
How long ago was it?
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I rooted my phone for the first time five days ago.

dirkyd3rk said:
Why would one need a virus program on a phone? Lol are you downloading porn torrents from your phone. Those virus apps are a joke. Can you explain to me why I would need one? I'm not being a smart ass I really want to know why. Seriously.
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well i mainly use it to keep my phone clean. i download alot of mp3's and youtube videos. but just about damn near anything now today can be a virus.

totalanonymity said:
I rooted my phone for the first time five days ago.
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It may not be foolproof then, but I've had a few people in the past couple of weeks tell me it prevented rage from working.
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Getting spam messages

Anyone lately getting spam text messages? I've been getting some that tell me to go online or reply to subscribe. Without me doing anything, I immediately get another confirming my subscription. This is driving me nuts. I think it might be an app but I have not installed/bought anything new in a couple of days. The only coincidence is that it started when I flashed ginger snap. I'm not saying that it is causing it but i'm out of ideas.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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_eroz said:
Anyone lately getting spam text messages? I've been getting some that tell me to go online or reply to subscribe. Without me doing anything, I immediately get another confirming my subscription. This is driving me nuts. I think it might be an app but I have not installed/bought anything new in a couple of days. The only coincidence is that it started when I flashed ginger snap. I'm not saying that it is causing it but i'm out of ideas.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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its definitely coming from a app. more than likely a free music downloader or something like that. they are paying for that free stuff somehow...lol

I never trust free stuff. The last apps I installed were toki Tori and tiny tower. But I installed those last week. I just started getting these spam messages yesterday.
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Yea i was getting them from mp3 downloader tgey also have one that supposedly has a virus.....weird stuff

Si. I got it too... Even there was an icon apps like the market one, by confusion I hit it and took me using the browser to a diff apps site. BTW its asked you for you phone number. So watch out.... Spammers are near
(first post)

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector
Try this, it should help.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?

It could also be that whoever had your # before you did signed up with jamster or something. That happened to me.
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I've had my number for over 6 years.
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Addicted to my phone

I'm completely addicted to my phone, like most people on XDA, I mean I m on it 24/7 as soon as I wake up, and no for phone call or text (it actually bothers me) Idk what to do, flashing roms, kernels, checking for updates, does anyone feel the same, that's one the reason I had an iPhone I was limited to what could I do on it, was going more to the gym and what not, I know I can limit myself but is hard, anyone else wants to admit they are too? Anything that you have done to get away with it? And has it work?
I get emails and there not even important, going back 4 years ago is when started, getting the evo a few years back made it worse, I could actually watch hd youtube on it and stop using the computer less and less, where I work I'm the GM and I could check my phone whenever I want and that's bad, I mean looking at might stats I could spent up to 6 hours with my screen on, now it feel like a job to check my phone then anything else, you see xda members asking for the next update or when cyanogen is releasing his work on XDA, is crazy to admitted but truth at the same time, even think of unrooting my phone sometimes and I can't just give it up, anyways guys I just want to see how many people feel the same way, thank you for reading
Thanks for the responses xda members
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I am completely addicted as well...my girl hates my phone!! I am constantly doing something with it. Always on here...hoping for new updates from the devs here...new kernels, themes, whatever. I love my phone...this is also the first one I have rooted...which has made my phone obsession even more intense.

Is anyone addicted to running speed test? I sure am lol
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Warrior1975 said:
I am completely addicted as well...my girl hates my phone!! I am constantly doing something with it. Always on here...hoping for new updates from the devs here...new kernels, themes, whatever. I love my phone...this is also the first one I have rooted...which has made my phone obsession even more intense.
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Yeah my wife hates my phone too, before she though I was texting another girl or something, now she knows about rooting and all the time I'm on recovery mode she ask me"what are you doing to your phone again", really trying to stop tho
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I'm on mine all day too. I have music playing on it though and browsing. I hate flashing phones now though as the hd2 burned me out.

Hello my name is JayVee and I am also addicted to my phone. I have not gotten rid of that just new feeling you get with a gadget. There's no slowing down with this one. I listen to music, browse the Web, watch YouTube vids, and play games on this thing all day. I even refresh my twitter feeds 1000x per day on here. I use it more than my 2 computers. The first thing I do when I wake up is say good morning to my phone to wake it up and it feels so sweet when it listens. Makes me smile. My friends now call me antisocial because I'm on my phone more than I talk to them when we hang out. Idc tho.
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I am addicted to my phone too, but i am neither married nor have a girl friend. Should i be happy or sad? You tell me.
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rakeshchn said:
I am addicted to my phone too, but i am neither married nor have a girl friend. Should i be happy or sad? You tell me.
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Lmao either or one thing for sure is she will never complain to you ever. On the other hand the wife/gf will.
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Im addicted to everything about this phone. Flashing, customizing the home screen and buying accessories. MUST STOP. lol

Lol jeez guys some of you are bad... I'm moderately addicted to it.. not crazy tho.
I still haven't started flashing and etc. Only rooted so far to take off all the junk bloatware but it sure is an awesome phone !!!
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Crisisx1 said:
Lol jeez guys some of you are bad... I'm moderately addicted to it.. not crazy tho.
I still haven't started flashing and etc. Only rooted so far to take off all the junk bloatware but it sure is an awesome phone !!!
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Oh man watch when you start flashing roms and kernels lol.
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This should be submitted to Samsung for a commercial.
I got my first whiff of addiction with MTG3G and it never left me, android in general, now S3 specifically. Android shall rule the world. Oh wait, it already does!
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Bronyr said:
This should be submitted to Samsung for a commercial.
I got my first whiff of addiction with MTG3G and it never left me, android in general, now S3 specifically. Android shall rule the world. Oh wait, it already does!
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Yeah but is not a good thing tho, i been reading articles of how people have a hard time getting of their phones, spent less times with their family,just to stay "up to day", just like the world is coming to an end, and is hard to admit but is true, I hate it sometimes and I really try not to use it 0_o
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I used to be addicted to running speed tests until you realize it uses up a lot of data and results didn't change that much when you keep running the tests repeatedly lol.
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neotoky said:
I used to be addicted to running speed tests until you realize it uses up a lot of data and results didn't change that much when you keep running the tests repeatedly lol.
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LMAO same here!! i ran two speed tests on my 4g via the app.. next thing i know it used like 100 mb of my data.. UNINSTALL! lol

Snook321 said:
Is anyone addicted to running speed test? I sure am lol
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Haha nonstop
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I know this is from wp7 but is funny but thurth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdpQir1sqiQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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jgalan14 said:
I know this is from wp7 but is funny but thurth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdpQir1sqiQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Funny. Not because the addiction but because after they showed it was Windows phone, people seemed to not care as much..

So my name is Joseph and I am also an addict lol. Thanks for your honesty. I started with an HD2. I didn't even know about rooting or flashing and thought Winmo 6.5 was great lol. Then my buddy Wilfred turned me to the XDA site and it's been full on every since. My wife and I have always had the same phone HD2 and now Galaxy SII. When I wasn't fooling around with mine I was trying to doctor up her phone. I can't tell you how many times I have been up all night trying to fix something I broke on her HD2. oops lol. She would get so mad because I would accidentally erase all her apps and have to start over. ( During my noob phase ) But the only thing to do is sometimes just TURN IT OFF! I can hardly do it but sometimes thats the only way. I will leave it upstairs while we hang out downstairs so she does't get mad. I just got a great deal on the SSGSII and now I wish I had've waited on the SIII. lol. Oh well. :silly:

ADDICTED! you bet, I do my HTC-Hd2, mytouch4g, SamNote i717, and this one. Checking for anything to do on any of them, lucky for me the wife is all into it with, also a manager, so I am on them all day also...it's a DRUG...hehe
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Lookout false positive?

Anyone else getting the fandango movie ticket app reported as malware by lookout?
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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

Facebook Home is Live

Facebook Home is now live in the Google Play Store.
Let's see what people think about this concept.
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Just got the update here. Though I thought it was being release on the 13th. Haven't played with it much so can't really say much.
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radrian92 said:
Just got the update here. Though I thought it was being release on the 13th. Haven't played with it much so can't really say much.
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The update is separate from the actual launcher replacement:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.home

Not for me
I downloaded Facebook Home from Google Play. Took about 5 minutes to play with it.
I bought my Note II as smartphone not a "Facebook phone". It take over way too much.

I think its ugly as hell :thumbdown:
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Its sucks as much as I thought it would.

I don't like it.

The only thing that is actually good is the chat heads and the way it can be your text app. multi tasking with texting. Like texting with your girl while you use another app to find a place for dinner without having to back out of either.
Fortunately you dont have to have FB home for this functionality and only need to install FB messenger and update the fb app...

Ya I'm right there with you guys, Facebook Home is not simple and is pretty dang ugly, I think Facebook wasted their time on this when they could just make the android app much for stable
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I agree with you all. This is for Facebook addicts that are constantly posting and checking.
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radrian92 said:
I agree with you all. This is for Facebook addicts that are constantly posting and checking.
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Ya u hit it right on the nose, all that interface is for people whi can't be away from Facebook for a second haha, ill stick to the app for my uses
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Ok so I tried this out with an open mind. I installed before I went to work today and played with it for about 2 minutes and headed to the sweat shop. 3 hours later I am on my lunch break and pull out my phone to find my battery at 68 percent. It was at 100 when I left the house and I haven't touched it since I got here. Uninstalled. That battery drain is a killer for me.

bobprobert said:
Ok so I tried this out with an open mind. I installed before I went to work today and played with it for about 2 minutes and headed to the sweat shop. 3 hours later I am on my lunch break and pull out my phone to find my battery at 68 percent. It was at 100 when I left the house and I haven't touched it since I got here. Uninstalled. That battery drain is a killer for me.
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I didn't have it installed long enough to even notice that, Facebook has somethings to iron out still
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You guys are all right lol. It is for Facebook freaks. Im sure aint one
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I actually use Facebook a lot and this does not interest me at all.. Loaded it up and got rid of it in about 10 minutes.. It lacks so much.. It's really just a big waste of a home screen.
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Facebook home with the device check patched out http://www.modaco.com/topic/361924-facebook-home-download/
ENJOY!!

Anything dealing with Spacebook is downright idiotic. Nothing but trash airing out their dirty laundry, kids being tough guys behind their screens, gold diggers bragging, iphone clowns taking pictures of their food, and Jerry springer guests telling the world about their business. It's great not having Facebook.
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Can't bring myself to download it. It HAS to be a battery hog downloading all of those updates so often. Seems like something that Facebook fans would love but techies hate
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I hardly use Facebook anymore nowadays, and it seems like my friends are using it a lot less too. Maybe will download it just to check it out.

I've been running it since launch and i havent noticed much excessive battery loss. But im thinking of getting rid of home and just leaving the chat heads primarily because it isn't a seat to operate as I thought it would be.
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