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Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29235651 United States 02/20/2015 04:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' Reported by [ link to bgr.com] "After pressing the power button, the phone displays an authentic shutdown animation, and the phone appears off. Although the screen is black, it is still on." [ link to now.avg.com] Before you get off your rocker, the malware requires the phone to be pre Lollipop (or before Android 5.0), and the user must have a rooted device. Since Android recently upgraded to the new OS, it is possible that you are still running this malware! You can check to see if you are at risk for having this malware by performing the following steps: Apps > Settings > About phone(or) About Tablet > System updatesBoth places should indicate which operating system you are using. But otherwise, you'd never know it was there. AVG, a pretty sizable corporate entity, analyzed the code for the Android operating system, and discovered it to be infected with malware. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 29235651 United States 02/20/2015 04:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' BAMP |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68220678 United States 02/20/2015 05:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' This means we should avoid smart phones with Android, correct?? |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 29235651 United States 02/20/2015 05:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF'
My recommendations: 1. Update the devices operating system to the latest version of Android, is this is possible. 2. Install some kind of anti-malware application for your device, if you are running a version that is less than 5.0 (Avg, who caught the infection, might be a good place to start, but there are lots of good, free, options). This is not to say that Android is unacceptable, or that it somehow needs to be avoided. Knowledge is key, specially if your device is acting abnormally. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68220678 United States 02/20/2015 05:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' My recommendations: 1. Update the devices operating system to the latest version of Android, is this is possible. 2. Install some kind of anti-malware application for your device, if you are running a version that is less than 5.0 (Avg, who caught the infection, might be a good place to start, but there are lots of good, free, options).
This is not to say that Android is unacceptable, or that it somehow needs to be avoided. Knowledge is key, specially if your device is acting abnormally.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 29235651 Thanks for the information. I'm about to order my first smart-phone, and it is not gonna be an expensive IPhone; - it is gonna be either Android or Windows OS. I'll be sure to get a 5.0 version or higher then. Thanks. Any other ideas would be appreciated! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 46126048 United States 02/20/2015 05:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' This means we should avoid smart phones with Android, correct??
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68220678 Most Android users don't have a rooted device or even have a clue what that means. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 63795054 United States 02/20/2015 05:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' I read the links, but did not see any way to get rid of this, or intercept the action. Any ideas on how to do that? |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 63795054 United States 02/20/2015 05:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' This means we should avoid smart phones with Android, correct??
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68220678 Most Android users don't have a rooted device or even have a clue what that means. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 46126048 actually, I don't. what does that mean? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68220678 United States 02/20/2015 05:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' This means we should avoid smart phones with Android, correct??
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68220678 Most Android users don't have a rooted device or even have a clue what that means. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 46126048 I don't know what that means. Fill us in please? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68084569 United States 02/20/2015 05:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF'
The big news is that the phone is powered off. So there is the clue, to be secure you must stash your phone in a thick box wHen you've turned it off if you don't want hackers to listen in and see what you are doing. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 15550466 Australia 02/20/2015 06:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' This happened about a week ago
ME: TURN THE PHONE COMPLETELY OFF
ME: AFTER THREE DAYS GOES TO TURN PHONE ON
ME: IMMEDIATELY FINDS THE PHONE IS ALREADY ON!!
ME: EXCLAIMS OUT LOUD "WHY THE FUCK IS THIS POS ON???
PHONE VIA SIRI SAYS TO ME: THERE IS NO NEED FOR THAT...
HOLY ...... |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68220678 United States 02/20/2015 06:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' All this shit just might prompt me to keep my flip phone. |
Anonoman User ID: 8295039 United States 02/20/2015 09:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' When the phone is not in use keep it in a faraday cage... |
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Don't Chip Me Bro!! User ID: 67980018 United States 02/20/2015 09:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' Rooting = bad |
Don't Chip Me Bro!! User ID: 67980018 United States 02/20/2015 09:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: Android Malware STILL can make phone calls, listen, take pictures, when your phone is 'OFF' Sim Card = bad too... |
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