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  • Antimalware-uninstalling malware

    A couple of months ago, some ransomware was discovered actually attempting to uninstall a user's antimalware program before delivering its payload. Malware is getting scary these days...

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...r-av-software/
    ~ Russell ("MelMak")

    "[Sing] and [make] melody in your heart to the Lord." -- Ephesians 5:19b

    Fight spam!

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    You think that is bad? Some android phones are shipping with malware built into the OS.

    Android devices ship with pre-installed malware

    When you get a brand new phone, you expect it to be clean from any malware and adware. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. The Avast Threat Labs has found adware pre-installed on several hundred different Android device models and versions, including devices from manufacturers like ZTE, Archos, and myPhone
    https://blog.avast.com/android-devic...talled-malware

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    • #3
      Hmmm I may be speaking with them then...
      Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette

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      • #4
        I keep seeing this as animal uninstalling malware...
        "I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Sparko View Post
          You think that is bad? Some android phones are shipping with malware built into the OS.

          Android devices ship with pre-installed malware

          When you get a brand new phone, you expect it to be clean from any malware and adware. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. The Avast Threat Labs has found adware pre-installed on several hundred different Android device models and versions, including devices from manufacturers like ZTE, Archos, and myPhone
          https://blog.avast.com/android-devic...talled-malware
          This is why I never plan to use a mobile device.
          ~ Russell ("MelMak")

          "[Sing] and [make] melody in your heart to the Lord." -- Ephesians 5:19b

          Fight spam!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by The Melody Maker View Post
            This is why I never plan to use a mobile device.
            Just don't buy some cheap knock-off that is not google certified. I have never had any malware on my iphone.

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