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Can my phone got infected if visit my mail inbox without opening any mail attachments?

I've found some articles saying some viruses/malware can attack your device by just opening an email without downloading or opening any attachments. Is this true? If yes, how risky for ordinary mail ...
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Can flash drive infect Android and then the Android infect Windows PC?

I found a flash drive outside my home. Thinking one of my neighbors might have dropped it and wanting to return to them (but still wanting to be cautious), I (stupidly) plugged it into an old Android ...
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Malware from Android text?

Lots of questions! I clicked a scam USPS link on my phone while half asleep. The website loaded and a small window popped up immediately and I quickly backed out of my browser but briefly saw the site ...
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Can two antivirus softwares work on one android phone?

Scenario: You have one antivirus installed on your phone. You suspect that your phone might have malware on it so you do a system scan and your AV doesn't find anything. So you decide to download ...
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How can I know if phone is already infected?

Last year, my friend who is learning hacking for nearly 3 years hacked my phone using social engineering by installing some malware in my phone. (After researching on Google, I think it might be a ...
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Can spyware be downloaded and installed on Android phone in a minute or less?

Following Scenario: You unlock your phone and you give it to someone so they can promply check it out (since it's a new phone). Now let's presume that the very exact person has intentions to install ...
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Can malware go from a computer to an android phone

My computer (probably) had malware, and during that time I connected my phone to it (via USB) for transferring files, using as midi, etc. Is there a chance the malware could've spread from the ...
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Android 10 downloaded suspicious files without my permission

This is my first question on this forum so please let me know if I need to clarify anything. My Android 10 Pixel 2 just downloaded 2 files without my permission today, both named something to the ...
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Disinfecting Android device

If an unrooted Android device is infected with a virus, rootkit or malware, would resetting the device disinfect it?
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Upload malware to F-Droid repo?

What's the auditing/vetting process like to get an Android app into the F-Droid repository? To ask it another way, what's to stop an evil developer from uploading a backdoored Android app to the F-...
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How can I recover my exploited android phone? [closed]

I have a Samsung S9 phone that has been exploited by my neighbor, however I am unsure as to how to prove/verify it, how in depth the access is to my phone, or how I can re-secure my phone. It seems ...
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How to find what files in a zip are malware using Virustotal

I have a malware infected android phone and I am suspicious that some of the binaries in system/bin/ and system/xbin/ are malware so I decided to dump the system and zipped the contents of bin and ...
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Is it possible to get virus/malware by just connecting to an Android phone acting as a WiFi hotspot? [duplicate]

Is it possible that my Windows 8.1 computer gets infected by virus or malware by just connecting to an Android phone acting as a WiFi hotspot? I didn't do anything else. I didn't surf the internet, ...
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Can malware be transferred from an Android device to a Desktop computer?

I am curious if it's possible for Malware to be transferred from an Android device to a Desktop Computer. In my situation I had detected malware on my android device via Lookout, and promptly deleted ...
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What kind of damage does the HummingBad Android malware do when it fails to gain root access?

There is this Android virus out there called HummingBad, and it seems the first thing it tries to do is try to get root access. There are so many device models out there, and the rooting process is ...
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How exactly does the HummingBad Android malware gain root access?

I've read a little bit in the last few days about HummingBad, an Android virus which tries to gain root access. It seems to use the root access to display ads and install apps. Varying estimates put ...
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What to do with an APK file containing Swf.Exploit.CVE_2015_0323-1 and ELF File?

I received an APK file from a source. Prior to installation, I ran a virus scan on it. The result had following main features: The file contained Swf.Exploit.CVE_2015_0323-1 It required android....
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My cellphone is infected, and it keeps coming back

My Android smartphone downloads apps automatically without any interaction. Generally, the apps are known but some are unknown apps. I can only assume this is a virus/malware. So I decided to format ...
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How to protect against the new malware Mazar Bot?

Mazar Bot is new Android malware that spreads via SMS. Its capabilities: It can read incoming SMS and send itself, make calls to directory contacts, contaminate Chrome, access to the Network, read the ...
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Does Android have sufficient app sandboxing?

In a previous question in InfoSec, I asked about how to determine the safety of a sideloaded Android app that requires root permissions. Now I would like to ask a related, but different question: Is ...
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Determining safety of Android APK executable that requires root

On my request, a developer gave me a new version of his Android app to test. The app requires root permissions. I do not know the developer personally. I have no specific reasons to trust or ...
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Virus (or Trojan) in Android

Definition of virus is (from Wikipedia): A computer virus is a malware program that, when executed, replicates by inserting copies of itself (possibly modified) into other computer programs, data ...
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Detecting Malware in the android App [closed]

I've been given an APK file, and before re-distributing to the "market" I want to make sure the given android app does not contain the malware. How can I do that ? Business use case is similar like : ...
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Strange android app … possibly a mass malware?

I started receiving on my android Samsung Galaxy note strange notifications in Mandarin (the language of the people of china). Once I click on the notification it opens my browser with a blank page ...
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