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11/05/12 03:51 PM (13 years ago)

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Hi all,I am very new to this Forum and do not have much experience with creating applications for android. So far I made two applications for my phone in buzztouch version 1.4 and I am still amazed and wonder how I actually managed to put them together. As the applications were meant to be only for my own work use and for some of my colleagues I did no want to go through Google Market,they are in testing module and basically contain our paramedic guidelines. I had no issue with them for many months up to today when my anti virus program(ESET on my computer,AVAST on my samsung smartphone)started to give me warning that Trojan - Android/Agent - AV was detected. Can anyone shed some light on it.Is there anything I can do about it?And if they are really infected how can I clean them.Many thanks.Ivan
 
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11/05/12 06:29 PM (13 years ago)
Have not heard of this before but doubt seriously that it's related to any single application on your device. Could be, not sure. I do know that there have been a tremendous number of articles in the press recently about Android's vulnerabilities. Not sure if this matters but may help you understand that it's not isolated to you and for sure not something related to buzztouch source code (that we know of). Good read? http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-captivate/180638-found-zonerav-trojan-androidos-agent.html
 
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11/05/12 08:01 PM (13 years ago)
Many thanks for quick reply,I will look into it.
 
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11/07/12 02:56 PM (13 years ago)
Hi David, yesterday evening I tried to run a few anti-virus programs available on the Google market just to test the application for the malware infiltration (AVG, Lookout, Norton, Zoner, McAfee, Dr.Web). As I mentioned previously only ESET and AVAST considered it as an Android Trojan. So I don't know what to make out of it. Is it the case of false positive findings or is there really some infiltration which I would not be happy with on my device? I sent the report to Eset but I am not sure I will get any answer from them.Many thanks. Is there any way to look at the source code and see any unwanted changes?I am sure though that would be for experts only )-:
 
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11/08/12 02:26 AM (13 years ago)
I have no idea what ESET, AVAST, AVG, Zoner is. LOL. I'm guessing these are all anit-malware or malware detection software (like McAfee, Norton, and Dr. Web). There isn't anyway for me to know what happened to your device or what you should look for. Looking at the source code for "unwanted changes" - huh? You compiled the source code on your computer then sent a binary (one file) to the Google Play market. Looking at your source code isn't going to tell you anything - it's on your computer, not on your device. Maybe you're referring to reverse engineering the .apk file (the binary) on the device? I have no idea how to do that.
 
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11/08/12 05:29 PM (13 years ago)
Thanks for the answer it helped more than you think.
 

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