• guyrocket@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Serious question: is there a way to scan an Android phone to clear it of malware? My phone seems pretty jacked, tbh.

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      1 year ago

      Malware bytes, great and the only feature that’s locked behind premium is automated scanning( at least what I care about)

      EDIT: just checked, it seems they are premium only now? I haven’t used it in awhile as I haven’t needed to, but on mobile at least you have to go premium, sucks I’ll see if I can find something else

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        1 year ago

        Yup, premium only with a 7 day trial. Worth it for one scan then immediately canceling, I suppose. That’s what I just did.

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          Okay, I checked again, according to their description, after the free trial, you keep the free version, you just have to sign up for the premium trial and cancel, I just made a new account, I’ll get back to you in 7 days

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      Not really. Because of androids sandboxed nature “anti-virus” apps are not very effective and are mainly there to give you a false sense of security in exchange of some money.

      Just assume every closed source application to be adversarial and don’t bother installing it on a personal device.