Hi can i know the best way to search and destry malware ,spyware and others stuff on android phones? i have installed Anti Spy & Spyware Scanner and bitdefeder trial (free version ) they have found nothing a friend of mine suggest me to connect to my pc via usb and use kaspersky or other av to scann a non rooted mobile the phone is not mine ,it's my girlfriend's phone , there is something because there is a strange behavior the facebook messanger password are changed frequently and another application does not work correctly she has installed a player sended by an her friend via whatsapp I stopped this application , cleaned cache and uninstalled ,checked the insalled application , uninstalled cleaned and reinstalled but the issie is still here can you give me some adivise? android v9 thanks
I would be tempted too, but even that can't assure it is 100% clean. Whole firmware reflashing is the only way to be sure it is clean. However this is not-so-old Android version, so I don't think it is very probable that malware penetrated OS that deep. Factory refresh should be enough in this case. @mantra if you don't want to factory reset at least check which apps have these permissions: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/do-apps-need-all-the-permissions.421685/#post-2936785
hi but there are antimalware software to scan it ? i factory reset will delete all my settings by the way is android v6 so vulnerable ? before an hard reset , i will try to clean it thanks
Android 9 was released 2 years ago. Android 6 is very old and certainly vulnerable. There were malware developed for Android 6 that can persist even between factory reset.
Hi so for android 5 and 6 the best way to flash it again, even the device it's pretty old by the way i have installed and scanned avira , kaspersky ,malwarebyte and 360 Security all for android i guess they have cleaned it , but connect via usb to pc and scan from pc ,is a bad idea (seeing windows can't scan all the android folders) ? I was able to isolate this player *.apk , scanned with virus total , for all the scanners is 100% clean I did not know it they are so aggressive thanks