Root and Malware?

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Do we have to police our own apps to make sure no one is doing Keylogging or using our phones as zombies?

Originally Posted by Treefallingquietly

Do we have to police our own apps to make sure no one is doing Keylogging or using our phones as zombies?

By "our own apps" what do you mean exactly? For the most part the people in this community are trustworthy. There have been some who were not so trustworthy but they are weeded out quickly. I say there is no need to worry about that.

"our own Apps" = The apps we install to our phones from the various sources.

Originally Posted by Treefallingquietly

Do we have to police our own apps to make sure no one is doing Keylogging or using our phones as zombies?

It's a good practice to do anyways...check your sources and such (regardless of whether or not you had root). There's been more than enough stories of even legitimate apps on the iPhone App Store that were doing less than savory things.

Just be safe, make sure it's from a reputable source and if you don't have a need to be on the bleeding edge, stick with things tried and true and reviewed by a large number of people. (It's just an OS like any OS...it has it's vulnerabilities, just gotta be careful ^_^)

is there any type of Anti Virus or Firewall that we should run if we have root? Not familiar enough with android to answer this myself.

Thanks in advance!

i think there is, but why? theres no replacement for just being careful. I hate that people think they NEED an antivirus... keep current on updates, and dont be retarded, problem solved. (oh yeah, the program "Superuser Permissions" will prompt you when something needs root access, this will prevent unauthorized apps from unintentionally running)

The app on MoDaCo's 1.1 rom, "Superuser Permissions" helps with this (EDIT, just saw jmhalder beat me to this.) It asks you each time root access is requested, and you can choose to allow/deny or always allow/always deny. This is a firewall of sorts if you think about it. I most certainly would NOT choose to always allow, unless of course, I wrote the app myself.

It's good practice to police your own stuff. Be careful, because there ARE bad people out there, that would like nothing better than to screw up your stuff just for the fun of it.

Bottom line, as a previous poster mentioned, do your homework!