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I downloaded a N64 emulator a week or two ago, and the spam on my phone has been relentless. I'm literally getting a dozen notifications a day and more worrying
by geoffw8 14y ago
I downloaded a N64 emulator a week or two ago, and the spam on my phone has been relentless. I'm literally getting a dozen notifications a day and more worryingly its actually installing apps, "Offer of the day!" and such.
I didn't mind it for a day or two if I'm honest, was happy to have the emulator. But now its just plain annoying.
Was going to look into reformatting my phone. Samsung Nexus ICE. Its a shame really, you'd hope for a level of protection.
- rplnt 14y agoAlways look what permissions app asks for and don't accept anything that seems unusual for that type of app. Even apps on market can be malicious so having antivirus shouldn't hurt either. I have one primarily because of a "phone recovery" feature as my Defy didn't have it built in.. but who knows what I'll try to install one day.
- nodata 14y agoDid you download this through the market? If yes, did you leave a comment warning others about this, and did you report the app?
- huggyface 14y agoYour device is rooted, I presume? That is the only way an app could install other apps. Honestly in this case you have no one to blame but yourself. Root your phone and all bets are off.
- eigenvector 14y agoRoot your phone and grant superuser permissions to untrusted apps, and yes, all bets are off. Most root user ROMs won't, by default, grant root access to apps unless you manually white-list them.
- geoffw8 14y agoErr, haven't rooted my phone actually.