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Vitakey is false positive on avast!

Hi,
Just a word of warning: Vitakey files are discovered as a trojan under the latest avast update. Do not quarantine files, or uninstall it. It's Avast antivirus fault. Just wait for a new virus definition.

never use avast as antivirus.....
antivir is the best free antivirus.

Avast is a good antivirus, and I will still recommend it even after this false positive.

I had this with Avast and Vitakey. It caused me a whole day of grief.
Glad to hear it was a false virus.

thaihugo said:
Avast is a good antivirus, and I will still recommend it even after this false positive.
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avast is too slow reacting on virus threats ... like the MSN virus which was detected A MONTH before solved by avast.... A month after antivir

Ok, but antivir is giving you annoying popups everyday. And I don't think you can compare a program because of one virus delay. Can you remove this popups?

I'm currently using Live One Care 2.5.. .but I have never been annoyed by the pop-up.. it tells me that antivir is updating which is not bad.

[Q] Install kaspersky mobile security on HTC Desire Hd ?

hi guys i got the kaspersky mobile security is it compatible with the htc desire hd?
if so how do i install it on the phone itself?
thanks
thedownloader_87

thedownloader_87 said:
hi guys i got the kaspersky mobile security is it compatible with the htc desire hd?
if so how do i install it on the phone itself?
thanks
thedownloader_87
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Can you tell me why? Is there any risk of viruses that you know?

There is only one known virus for Android, it's a media player that sends premium rate SMS's. I don't know what it's called but I'm not worried about viruses on my phone that's for sure.

And I'm pretty sure this "Media Player" is not available on the market. So when you tick the option to allow the installation non market apps, think about what your actually installing. And why its not on the market.

Hey its bout viruses its just i got a licence of the mobile security so i was thinking of using it.but i have no clue how to install in on it. thats all

thedownloader_87 said:
Hey its bout viruses its just i got a licence of the mobile security so i was thinking of using it.but i have no clue how to install in on it. thats all
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Have a Google, but I'd still have reservations about installing it. You'll never need it and it'll sit in the background, no doubt eating all of your battery.

Android is built upon Linux, and as most people know, Linux has almost no viruses. Only the user can run malicious code, and will need to run as root.
Your more at risk from malicious apps than you are from viruses. If you check what permissions an app asks for when installing it you can avoid potential upsets.
E.g. Why does this media player want to use services that cost me money?

Android malware fakeinst ey

Hi,
When i used firefox this morning, avast warned me about a malware... I removed and installed again firefox, but there is still the malware. After a scan, avast is showing me about 20 apps and files infected... Is it some kind of false positive, or is it a real malware ? I don't know what to do... Thanks for help
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If it was me I'd flash the entire phone then re install stock firmware, but all my stuff is backed up I don't know about yours??
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AutruiP said:
Hi,
When i used firefox this morning, avast warned me about a malware... I removed and installed again firefox, but there is still the malware. After a scan, avast is showing me about 20 apps and files infected... Is it some kind of false positive, or is it a real malware ? I don't know what to do... Thanks for help
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I have the same issue as of this morning, Avast reporting Android:FakeInst-EY [Trj] on 10 installed apps. Is it possible it's an avast issue?

AutruiP said:
Hi,
When i used firefox this morning, avast warned me about a malware... I removed and installed again firefox, but there is still the malware. After a scan, avast is showing me about 20 apps and files infected... Is it some kind of false positive, or is it a real malware ? I don't know what to do... Thanks for help
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Its avast problem. I'm on S3 and Avast just showed me 30 malwares "Android:FakeInst-EY"
Avast Blog has this post, I suppose this is related to this:
Block fake apps
avast! Free Mobile Security blocks fake apps and our new signature targeting protects you against
malware distributed with them. Our popular anti-virus/anti-theft app for Android stops downloads of fake apps and games, so you won’t be duped.
“All of these apps use multiple advert services, steal your personal data and they even are hidden under different creators. But don’t worry. Avast detects all of the mentioned applications as Android:FakeInst-DL, and urls of fake searchers are blocked also,” said Chytrý.
Get avast! Free Mobile Security for your Android device from Google Play. Please add a review and share with your friends if you like it!
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Source: http://blog.avast.com/2013/01/24/fake-google-play-apps/
Similar problems in German Forums, but I could understand / translate the webpage.
http://www.computerbase.de/forum/showthread.php?t=1189186
http://www.android-hilfe.de/nexus-1...vast-als-trojaner-erkannt-auf-nexus-10-a.html
This has hit universally I suppose.

pharalia said:
I have the same issue as of this morning, Avast reporting Android:FakeInst-EY [Trj] on 10 installed apps. Is it possible it's an avast issue?
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Having the same issue. Avast posting that gmail is a trojan, which seems unlikely.

Looks like avast is really messing this one up this time!
Getting Android:FakeInst-EY [Trj] on WhatsApp, Ingress, Norton Utilities (lol), + a couple others as well

Thanks for confirming my suspicions, I didn't really want to wipe my device

Just to add, this happened to me this morning as well. 8 apps infected including Gmail. It seems this is on Avast.

Thanks everyone ! I have it on gmail too, and on Ingress. I checked with Lookout, and nothing bad happened ! Avast, u suck...
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It's look like an avast! problem. You need refresh the virus definition to 20130321-01.
Info on: forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=118778.0

It's a problem with Avast virus signature DB
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=118778.0
About Android:FakeInst-EY
« on: Today at 09:30:01 AM »
Hi everyone,
it seems that this false positive detection somehow got through our systems to everyone. I'm sorry for that. Don't worry though, there should be a virus definitions update soon that will remove this detection. I'm going to reroute all topics to this one and lock them so everyone knows what's happening. I'll post here when the update is out so everyone can do a manual update of their definitions to fix this (or you can, of course, wait for the automatic update to happen, but manual will most probably be faster in this case).
Filip

Happening to myself and my wife. Same malware identified in multiple applications (Google Gmail, Amazon Kindle)

Yup, same here. Avast reporting Gmail & Firefox as malware.

Same issue. Whatsapp and avocado are reported. Seems something wrong with avast. Considering to uninstall it
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From the avast forum link:
"the latest update should be version 130320-01. In case of user apps, you can run apps scan which should clear the detections. In case of system apps, running the apps should clear the detections (that applies for user apps as well, but it should be faster to just run the apps scan)."
I just went into avast and updated the app to 130320-01. It took a few times hitting the update button before it actually updated avast, but it finally did. Afterwards, I ran a virus scan on all my apps, and it came back clean. Problem solved.

wvcadle said:
From the avast forum link:
"the latest update should be version 130320-01. In case of user apps, you can run apps scan which should clear the detections. In case of system apps, running the apps should clear the detections (that applies for user apps as well, but it should be faster to just run the apps scan)."
I just went into avast and updated the app to 130320-01. It took a few times hitting the update button before it actually updated avast, but it finally did. Afterwards, I ran a virus scan on all my apps, and it came back clean. Problem solved.
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jelmew said:
Having the same issue. Avast posting that gmail is a trojan, which seems unlikely.
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The thing I find curious is I updated Gmail on both my phone & tablet at the same time. Phone update went fine with no detection. Tablet popped up the FakeInst:EY detection during Gmail install so thought maybe definition file wasn't up to date (or EVO3D had a newer def file). But both devices are running v130321-01 which is supposed to have the fix (?).
Rescanning both devices, EVO3D comes up clean but tablet now detects 4 apps w/malware! Have tried updating but says this is the latest version out there. As said, will wait for the next update after 130321-01 and see if it clears. Just odd that have two devices with same versions of Gmail & Avast (and updates/defs) and two different results!
Update: No new updates to avast, but reran scans a second time on both a second time 5 minutes later and this time both came up clean. How can that be? I guess most importantly, both are clear again though worries me when one "detects" (even w/false positive) while other doesn't with what appears to be same environment!

I got the same warning today for a few apps, i had already deleted Firefox....
I just updated Avast as said in this treat and no warnings anymore Time to reinstall Firefox

Check this link out: http://www.androidcentral.com/popular-mobile-security-app-avast-marking-gmail-malware
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Avast said:
it seems that this false positive detection somehow got through our systems to everyone. I'm sorry for that. Don't worry though, there should be a virus definitions update soon that will remove this detection. I'm going to reroute all topics to this one and lock them so everyone knows what's happening. I'll post here when the update is out so everyone can do a manual update of their definitions to fix this (or you can, of course, wait for the automatic update to happen, but manual will most probably be faster in this case)
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Update your avast antivirus to latest virus definitions and re scan the phone. all problems will be solved

Trojan.Generic in Nexus 4 toolkit ??
this morning trying to run Nexus 4 toolkit, it also reported "Trojan.Generic", and then stopped, even add it to trust file, still will not run, What's wrong.

Random apps being installed?

About a month ago I randomly got a Final Fantasy app and a flashlight app installed. The only apps I installed that weren't from the play store were Amazon underground, the official pornhub app (for kicks), and a PSX emulator from a 3rd party website (would cost money in Play Store). That PSX emulator is what I suspect. I didn't like the UI and uninstalled it a week ago, yet today I see the same Final Fantasy and flashlight app installed again. I fear some type of trojan adware is stuck on my phone. How would I see what is installing these apps?
edit: it also installed a Solitaire app I forgot to mention

Try malwarebytes in the play store. Their PC version is solid. I have kaspersky for my android devices and it is very good. Gotta pay though! Third party sites won't work ; )

Ive heard of this before... I can't remember the name of the app doing it but some service providers include this somewhat hidden app that installs apps like this. The other case even included Final Fantasy. Look in the Apps settings panel (include system apps) and look for anything sketchy. I wish I could remember the name of it!

GShocked said:
About a month ago I randomly got a Final Fantasy app and a flashlight app installed. The only apps I installed that weren't from the play store were Amazon underground, the official pornhub app (for kicks), and a PSX emulator from a 3rd party website (would cost money in Play Store). That PSX emulator is what I suspect. I didn't like the UI and uninstalled it a week ago, yet today I see the same Final Fantasy and flashlight app installed again. I fear some type of trojan adware is stuck on my phone. How would I see what is installing these apps?
edit: it also installed a Solitaire app I forgot to mention
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People make fun of antivirus apps. Saying they don't work and blah blah blah. I side load apps alot and I mean alot of apps. I use an antivirus for the anti theft and malware and I suggest you get avg ASAP if you plan on side loading apps. But that's in my opinion.
BTW can you share the pornhub app, I would like it for research purposes ?

You have Verizon to thank for this.
The app is called DT Ignite. Its crapware that installs apps when your phone sets up or randomly. Its a system app so make sure its the first thing you freeze.
I did notice that when I set up my phone recently when it updated it changed the name to "Mobile Services Manager" or something similar.

bond32 said:
You have Verizon to thank for this.
The app is called DT Ignite. Its crapware that installs apps when your phone sets up or randomly. Its a system app so make sure its the first thing you freeze.
I did notice that when I set up my phone recently when it updated it changed the name to "Mobile Services Manager" or something similar.
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Thanks! I bought my phone off eBay unlocked from U.S. Cellular to use on Verizon, and I didn't think that'd be the culprit given the network change. I've disabled the app now.

bond32 said:
You have Verizon to thank for this.
The app is called DT Ignite. Its crapware that installs apps when your phone sets up or randomly. Its a system app so make sure its the first thing you freeze.
I did notice that when I set up my phone recently when it updated it changed the name to "Mobile Services Manager" or something similar.
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Ugh, same thing just happened to me. "Mobile Services Manager" was the culprit
A TitaniumBackup freeze on that trojan VZW app should do the trick and prevent further assaults.

aka_bigred said:
Ugh, same thing just happened to me. "Mobile Services Manager" was the culprit
A TitaniumBackup freeze on that trojan VZW app should do the trick and prevent further assaults.
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They throw it on a LOT of variants, it was on my us996.

Rooting bases question

Hi Xda !
I will receive my op6t on tuesday.
I already like the phone for his specs, and the os seems to be near to a pure os (light and fast).
The only thing is irritating me is all the apps you can't uninstall as the google suit (duo, chrome, youtube and so on).
What is the best solution to remove or completly disable those apps ? (i mean uninstall or at least disable apps icon/hidde it from the app list)
If root is the only one solution which method is the most simple one ? and the less risky from brick ?
Last one, after doing this am i able to do roms updates from official source without any problem ?
I'm under linux (debian) or can have a mac but no windows
Thanks for your time and answers.

You can simply disable the apps with no problem (no root required), and you will still receive updates.

rickysidhu_ said:
You can simply disable the apps with no problem (no root required), and you will still receive updates.
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So if i undesrtand you well all google apps and bloatware can be fully disable ? And no more icons on app list ?
I used to have an honor 9 where you were not able to disable some apps like chrome

You can disable but not uninstall without root.

wangdak said:
You can disable but not uninstall without root.
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Thank you fo your answer.
Does apps keep access to data, contacts, GPS... whatever they are allowed to do after being disabled ?

AqwelF said:
So if i undesrtand you well all google apps and bloatware can be fully disable ? And no more icons on app list ?
I used to have an honor 9 where you were not able to disable some apps like chrome
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You should be able to disable most apps without any issue. I've disabled Google Play Music, Movies and Gmail without any problems.
I think disabling is not only safer than uninstalling, but easier as as well!