Security Alert: Geinimi, Sophisticated New Android Trojan Found in Wild
FWIW....just be careful, it's only a matter of time I guess.
Yep just a matter of time. Android is quickly gaining popularity and so the evil hackers are paying attention.
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The less talented always want to knock down the ones on top.
Whats the top rated anti-virus on the market?
Why cant it be like Linux, left alone.
BenHolliday said:
Whats the top rated anti-virus on the market?
Why cant it be like Linux, left alone.
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Uh, someone lied to you playa. Linux is definitely not left alone.
BenHolliday said:
Why cant it be like Linux, left alone.
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Windows just has a larger, and more inexperienced, user base than Linux. The malware are proportionately larger, and untreated ones even more so.
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Man that's crazy.
So what's a good antivirus??
Also is there one that wont give 468293739 in danger warninga just because I'm rooted
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isn't lookout pretty good?
Gahh Its Lee said:
So what's a good antivirus??
Also is there one that wont give 468293739 in danger warninga just because I'm rooted
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The best one is you. Not downloading pirated apps from China is the most effective defense, Barring that, Lookout claims in the article that they effectively protect against it.
Lookout has already delivered an update for its Android users to protect them against known instances of the Trojan. If you are already a Lookout user (free or premium), you are protected and no action is needed.
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Also read the article. The virus was caught by using a bull**** app that wasn't in the android market.
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Android phones are going to be the new Windows OS lol. Watch how many idiots get this virus now, and the sudden influx of people asking why and how it happened to them, on this forum.
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The BB Playbook will run android apps.... I'm so getting one that thing is sexy
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...k-to-run-Android-apps/articleshow/7473802.cms
RIM plans to integrate the technology with the PlayBook operating system, giving customers access to Android's more than 130,000 apps, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the effort isn't public. RIM, after looking outside the company, is developing the software internally and may have it ready in the second half, two people said.
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old, and retarded.
Why waste thousands of dollars on trying to figure out how to run apk files, when you can simply install AOSP honeycomb, and have it look 1000x better.
1 day old news is old a retarded? lol. Let me not feed
I think this is great. I'm curious to see if it actually follows through and how they will put the Android market on it... that's my biggest question. Seems unlikely to have a device with two market places.
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davenukem said:
I think this is great. I'm curious to see if it actually follows through and how they will put the Android market on it... that's my biggest question. Seems unlikely to have a device with two market places.
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If they follow through I'd buy one, always wanted a tablet that wasn't a Tab or an iPad. Having two markets isn't that ridiculous. Isn't there a way for people with rooted phones/jailbroken iPhones that can install the other's market on them?
It'll still rely on RIMs horrible OS. No thanks. Now if only WebOs could run our apks...
akarol said:
It'll still rely on RIMs horrible OS. No thanks. Now if only WebOs could run our apks...
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What makes you say RIMs OS is horrible? The new QNX based OS looks great. It's funny that you are a WebOS fan, and wouldn't be interested in the PlayBook. They are extremely similar in terms of UI.
I've only read great things about their new OS. If you have some articles saying otherwise, I'd be very interested to see it.
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1 day old news is old a retarded? lol. Let me not feed
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i didnt say you were retarded. I said the idea was.
and no its not 1 days old. already has been mentioned in a few threads before.
wow, just went to that site and got a pop up for about 30 cookies
Last-Chance said:
i didnt say you were retarded. I said the idea was.
and no its not 1 days old. already has been mentioned in a few threads before.
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Hmm didnt see those, care to point in their direction?
Last-Chance said:
old, and retarded.
Why waste thousands of dollars on trying to figure out how to run apk files, when you can simply install AOSP honeycomb, and have it look 1000x better.
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i thought you got an iphone
awesome! ha @ blackberry
Question...how did sprint do something right?
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david279 said:
Question...how did sprint do something right?
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This is a Sprint device. First 4G tablet
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david279 said:
Question...how did sprint do something right?
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You still browse the evo forums? Lol that's funny
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I still have the evo. Just no service. I like popping my head in here to see what's going on. The vision forum is so civilized its boring.
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xHausx said:
wow, just went to that site and got a pop up for about 30 cookies
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Thin mints or walkabouts?
Sprint didn't do this, RIM did.
If/When the BB playbook goes to Verizon, should we thank them as well for a software feature which they had no involvement in?
I thought I heard that this device was going to be on verizon first. Guess I was right.
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Its going to Sprint haven't heard anything about it going to Verizon but rumors.
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So how does everyone feel that apple has stolen the things that set android apart? Such as the drag down notifications! I think that for a company that loves sueing people, its a bit funny that they'd steal something so obvious as this...? It actually angers me!
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Nhialor said:
So how does everyone feel that apple has stolen the things that set android apart? Such as the drag down notifications! I think that for a company that loves sueing people, its a bit funny that they'd steal something so obvious as this...? It actually angers me!
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it's just more proof that the apple fan boys are wrong when they think the sun shines out of steve jobs ass
Steal something? What they have done is a stroke of engineering genius that's accessible to the common user. Android's version is much more geeky and could never get mainstream usage.
/sarcasm
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Nhialor said:
So how does everyone feel that apple has stolen the things that set android apart? Such as the drag down notifications! I think that for a company that loves sueing people, its a bit funny that they'd steal something so obvious as this...? It actually angers me!
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Swings and round abouts, it was actually the jailbreak community they stole everything from. Lots of pee'd of dev's now with redundant apps.
Hell they even employed a dev after already sticking his notification app into iOS 5 - way to avoid any legal issues.
on another note it actually looks more advanced that the android notification system.
without Apple and ios most phones would still be stuck on symbian with Nokia sitting in its hands milking the same crappy and outdated OS for years to come.
Let Apple copy and play catch-up , not a big deal imo.
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Steal something? What they have done is a stroke of engineering genius that's accessible to the common user. Android's version is much more geeky and could never get mainstream usage.
/sarcasm
Don't understand this post tbh...?
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it was a sarcastic pop at what apple would say about it, as they claim everything they do is mechanical genius and android is full of geeks in labcoats
Well they are sore losers 1st they sue htc then sammy and now they coppy them and Google I mean they are so FAKE they dont have there own ideas so they copy others ideas? :S ios 5 is a complete android ripoff anyway who cares we still top the charts in sales dev community apps better hardware etc the sgs 2 beat the iphone 4 sales by 10 million even though its not released everywhere
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I don't see the point of this thread. Oir the point of XDA keeping a separate domain for iPhone developers. Don't we all have smartphones in the end? Wouldn't it be better if we all had a common hub for developers to influence each other? I'd love a Blackberry section as well...
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I have the xperia play, ipod touch, iphone 3GS and Ipad 2. I am enjoying both OS's and am glad that the best features are making it to both.
Think of it this way android is linux open source. Almost all innovation from linux is stolen without credit where it due.
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All in all, I'm glad iOS is getting new features. It actually benefits us when manufacturers add these things because it brings competition. I just don't like how Jobs and all of the tech magazines/websites will tout this and other features as groundbreaking additions pioneered by Apple.
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like the iCloud which I had on the PS3 for months.
i love being an Anti APPLE
Yeah I suppose you guys are right. I just cant stand the people that will look at ios and say down when android has had these features for years.
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I agree, I think iPhones (and Blackberrys to some extent) are waaaaaaay over rated, they just have alot of hype.
Take BBM for example, it is almost exactly the same as WhatsApp, yet everyone is going nuts about it. The only feature it has over WhatsApp, is that is has a notification system where it tells you when the recipient has read the message. On the other hand, WhatsApp imo, is alot better because it supports Android, Nokia handsets, IPhone and I think, although not sure, BlackBerry too.
Besides, whats so much better about the iPhone/iPads? Except the fact that everyone glorifies them for no justified reason
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whatsapp has nearly the same. 1 green mark next to a message says it's safely off your phone on the interwebs
2 green marks next to each other say it has landed on the device of the receiver.
just thinking open source projects always get s**t on. KHTML by Apple, KDE candy by Windows, LibreOffice by OpenOffice and mySQL in general.
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whatsapp has nearly the same. 1 green mark next to a message says it's safely off your phone on the interwebs
2 green marks next to each other say it has landed on the device of the receiver.
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+1 exactly my point
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Redmondpie report here which is self explanatory....
Now thats what im talking about...
And both of these require users to download and install crap on their phones. The solution still seems to be to only download reputable apps from reputable devs.
Oh well,,time to install AVG!!!
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naimmkassim said:
Oh well,,time to install AVG!!!
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You could, but you might be better off installing something that will actually protect your device.......
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Malware in android market??
What can i do to protect my SGT?
Next flash new
Rottenapple says that android is rubbish and not to be used, also is copy of iOS because apple invented the world and they have a patent to prove i
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You could, but you might be better off installing something that will actually protect your device.......
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Or you could do neither and just not install pirated apps and only install apps from legit devs.
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Or you could do neither and just not install pirated apps and only install apps from legit devs.
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Thats some good advice right there...
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conantroutman said:
You could, but you might be better off installing something that will actually protect your device.......
(lookout)
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Ohh,,any good suggestion conantroutman? Something that will actually protect my device?
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Grr Google ...
So that is probably how my twitter account got hacked.
If the mallware can do all that mentioned in the article then I guess it will have no problem reading saved passwords like Gmail and others
Twitter account got hacked a while after starting to use Galaxy Tab, I am thinking the pass from Android was read by some mallware.
A Skype update mentioned a similar thing and asked to update.
If I remember correctly Android was supposed to allow each application to read/write its in its own area in the device, I guess that only applies to the ... "good-ware" applications, the mall-ware can read all the other data.
On the other hand Google can do a great job when it comes to not letting us see/install all applications because we are from some X country.
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My mama once told me always use protection son!
As Mulder on the X-Files used to say, “Trust No One”. Not even this site. Use your common sense and check the sources. Can you verify the information? Does the information sound balance and reasonable? Where else can you research this before you do something that cannot be fixed? At the end of the day, you are the last barrier of protection for yourself.
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Ohh,,any good suggestion conantroutman? Something that will actually protect my device?
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Read my last post!
In other news
Cupertino Tart report that Android is bad and will eat your babies
Here: www.rottenapples.troll
In the other hand the chaps at Redmond knows a lot about malware and viruses, after all they suffered every single infection known to man and computer
naimmkassim said:
Ohh,,any good suggestion conantroutman? Something that will actually protect my device?
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Lookout and wavesecure were reccomended to me...
conantroutman said:
Lookout and wavesecure were reccomended to me...
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Wow. Nice one, i will try it. Thanks. They should upgrade this tapatalk so that i can hit the thanks button for you
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IM IMPRESED WITH THIS APP. im sure with later updates will be better.
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revol.epic said:
Not bad but now flash is dead on new Android devices, will Android die. People.switched.for.flash...
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I don't think so; I think you may be overstating things a bit. What do you really use flash for on your phone anyway?
I certainly didn't switch TO android because it could do flash.
And I sold phones for a long time and no customer ever told me they chose android because of flash compatibility.
Also, I don't see how your flash comment has anything to do with the Skyvi app.
revol.epic said:
Not bad but now flash is dead on new Android devices, will Android die. People.switched.for.flash...
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Some did, but they switched for the wrong reason. I'm sure google has a planned HTML5 or something along the lines better than flash for the impending future. To remove something 'crucial' and NOT have a plan to replace it, is asinine. I'm not worried at all.
revol.epic said:
Not bad but now flash is dead on new Android devices, will Android die. People.switched.for.flash...
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Flash is dead/dying because HTML5 can do it better
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websites man, websites like www.philhendrieshow.com www.xnxx.com www.foxnews.com www.rushlimbaugh.com www.news.google.com www.gminsidenews.com and many more....
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xnxx
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nicholaaaas said:
Flash is dead/dying because HTML5 can do it better
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Yup out with the old in with the new.
Edit : I'ma go take a look at this app.
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Not working with cm7. Says device can not recognize voices.
Edit: must have google voice search installed on phone.
trying now.
I like Vlingo better
Other than asking my phone dumb stuff like "what is the meaning of life?" I do have any real need for Siri-like apps. Maybe if I used my phone while driving or something. What these apps need is an uncanny ability to answer any meaningless question I could come up with. That will sell me.
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Not working with cm7. Says device can not recognize voices.
Edit: must have google voice search installed on phone.
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Skyvi works fine on my HTC Desire HD running CM7. In fact it runs so well that I can't remove it from the notifications bar!
Tried Iris, not so good, know Vlingo don't like them (the company)
"Security Researchers Find Privacy Leaks in Fundamental Pre-Installed Android Apps"
http://gizmodo.com/5864456/security...aks-in-fundamental-pre+installed-android-apps
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...d-big-leaks-in-pre-installed-android-apps.ars
Thanks OP. Starting to get heated with all this security and privacy leak stuff. These companies (including Apple) think they ruled the world and we are the ones to blame for their power. As much as these devices cost there's no excuse for this. They are totally raping the consumer right before their eyes.
via EVO.
It's no wonder they don't want them rooted and flashed.
Bump to the top. Anyone smell a conspiracy? Where's my tin foil hat?
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No mention of which particular apps?
desertegl said:
Bump to the top. Anyone smell a conspiracy? Where's my tin foil hat?
Lmfao
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dbonbass said:
No mention of which particular apps?
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not that i saw, but they said they are required for the basic functioning of the phone, so my guess is simple apps like e-mail., messaging and the like, perhaps even more of the services running in the background making the phone work.