Thanks for the heads-up, I'll pay more attention to the user reviews before downloading anything in the future.
-Mike
-Mike
How To Keep Your Android Phone From Being Hacked By Malicious Apps
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Thankfully I didn't have any of this apps installed on my android phone, but I am not feeling safe and I am not comfortable to run a sort of anti virus, anti malware.
I have been out of the windows scene for years now, trusting and using both linux and Mac (so its not quite normal for me to know the mobile OS I use is actually effected from viruses or malware), and I thought this Android would be as safe as any *nix based OS, but fact is that Google doesn't do enough to prevent those malicious apps to be published on the Market. The key feature of the App Store is having devs looking up for ur app code before to take it online, and this is mainly what keeps the platform well controlled and safe. And that's exactly what Google should do with the Market.
They should keep the platform safe first of all, preventing those malicious apps to even get published on the market.
If u go hunting for cracked apps somewhere and u get viruses, well, at this point u should know the risk ur taking by doing it, but for those who pay for apps or even download free apps from the market, we shouldn't have to be worried about getting viruses from apps legally approved from Google on their platform.
I have been out of the windows scene for years now, trusting and using both linux and Mac (so its not quite normal for me to know the mobile OS I use is actually effected from viruses or malware), and I thought this Android would be as safe as any *nix based OS, but fact is that Google doesn't do enough to prevent those malicious apps to be published on the Market. The key feature of the App Store is having devs looking up for ur app code before to take it online, and this is mainly what keeps the platform well controlled and safe. And that's exactly what Google should do with the Market.
They should keep the platform safe first of all, preventing those malicious apps to even get published on the market.
If u go hunting for cracked apps somewhere and u get viruses, well, at this point u should know the risk ur taking by doing it, but for those who pay for apps or even download free apps from the market, we shouldn't have to be worried about getting viruses from apps legally approved from Google on their platform.
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galaxys
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good info, thanks.
Lucky me, no infections! I've been reflashing my phone every week or more with the latest/greatest ROM/kernel, and don't use market much, so wasn't real worried, but it's nice to have a free scanner.
Lucky me, no infections! I've been reflashing my phone every week or more with the latest/greatest ROM/kernel, and don't use market much, so wasn't real worried, but it's nice to have a free scanner.
Yeah I'm enjoying lookout actually, seems like it does a good job so far 
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That sucks that's why I love iPhone but I gave up my iPhone for android
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yes .. just uninstall them from .. settings --> applications --> manage applications
and u can use the antivirus to scan ur phone ..
and u can use the antivirus to scan ur phone ..
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See, that to me is ridiculous on google's part.
Applications need to be vetted, if that slows down the app population growth then so be it.
I'm pretty sure that the MS Marketplace doesn't just let people upload apps to it as when an excellent train timetable app stopped working and needed an update, MS took ages to allow the update onto the marketplace (I would imagine they were somewhat tied up prepping for the release of WP7 which makes sense).
If an app that runs on our phones is able to detect such malware, then why can't google even impliment an auto scan on uploads to the market?
I've always been cautious of the market as I've suspected that apps aren't vetted, the official sources of apps HAVE to be safe no matter what OS
