Budza
Executive Member
tsk tsk tsk. You need to be proactive man!
And that 18 does not include the mybb peeps in the Tgay group. Cant take credit for those
Ag, I'll wait for someone to evangelise me. Stroke their epeen by signing up again..
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New Android adware is almost impossible to get rid of
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Ag, I'll wait for someone to evangelise me. Stroke their epeen by signing up again..
Ockie
Resident Lead Bender
AfricanTech
Honorary Master
Oh dear,
Two telegram contacts, and :wtf: one of the them is fanie!
Two telegram contacts, and :wtf: one of the them is fanie!
DA-LION-619
Honorary Master
Easiest way to uninstall is factory reset.
Budza
Executive Member
Ockie
Resident Lead Bender
rofl
Telegram
Right on time. That train is never late.
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Deleted member 83147
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By default, installation of apps from "unknown sources" are not allowed on Android.
So even if that link downloaded the virus, it would be impossible for it to install without any input from the user.
Ockie
Resident Lead Bender
Good point. A user has to go through extraordinary measures and click through warnings before exposing the device to malicious software. I'm always suspicious when hearing someone managed to become a victim of something like this.
cr@zydude
Honorary Master
Absolutely. It's a damn silly thing to do, but there are many people like this out there.
koeksGHT
Dealer
What if the whole internet is actually just a social experiment for people.
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Deleted member 83147
Guest
What if it's just a giant pyramid scheme?
One of the problems IMO is older people that are not as tech-savvy, yes. My father almost clicked on the WhatsApp download, luckily he asked me first.
However, if you look around forums (even this one), you often get advice akin to "First thing, root your phone. You will never look back" or "Install a new ROM as soon as you get a phone, you will never regret it", without properly explaining to the (potentially non-savvy) user WHY he is doing that. It's not a big jump from that advice to changing a single setting that allows access from 3rd-party sources, which is also something I've seen on advice columns on the Internet before, though usually given in a different context than the issue the user is experiencing.
However, if you look around forums (even this one), you often get advice akin to "First thing, root your phone. You will never look back" or "Install a new ROM as soon as you get a phone, you will never regret it", without properly explaining to the (potentially non-savvy) user WHY he is doing that. It's not a big jump from that advice to changing a single setting that allows access from 3rd-party sources, which is also something I've seen on advice columns on the Internet before, though usually given in a different context than the issue the user is experiencing.
iBackDoor: High-Risk Code Hits iOS Apps
Apple are not immune, either - everyone on that ecosystem thinks they're safe ; I listened to this insert on Security Now (TWiT Network) today, from yesterday's show :
Watch from 1(hr):56(mins):46(secs.), and speed it up to about 1.5x normal as he speaks very slowly :
The segment starts a bit earlier - according to them, Apple's Objective C code is a (security) failure, and that is why they've quietly switched to Swift.
Articles here :
Apple are not immune, either - everyone on that ecosystem thinks they're safe ; I listened to this insert on Security Now (TWiT Network) today, from yesterday's show :
Watch from 1(hr):56(mins):46(secs.), and speed it up to about 1.5x normal as he speaks very slowly :
The segment starts a bit earlier - according to them, Apple's Objective C code is a (security) failure, and that is why they've quietly switched to Swift.
Articles here :
Adware goes to Android/Admin folders on SD cards, so even if you do a factory reset it will just load itself up again. Without root access the adware can't install itself as a system app. If you know how to root a phone then you are clever enough to know what risks you are exposing your phone to. if your phone is rooted and adware is installed as a system app and you unroot your phone again, OUCH. Alternative to fixing this is to get a official rom, install a custom bootloader and wipe the delvic, cache partition etc..., install rom from zip and you should be good to go.
I still don't agree with that statement. If I want whatsapp on a tablet I will install it, but I know where to look for clean apk's. It's like telling someone on xda-dev Android phones are not meant to have custom firmware, a windows tablet is not meant to have Ubuntu running on it etc.... Screw that lol.