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Re: Do you all have antivirus?

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On Thu, 21 Jul 2016 23:19:04 -0400, Micky wrote:

> NOthing on the phone yet.    How WOULD I get a virus on the phone? 

Maybe do some reading on the Stagefright vulnerability. Most Android
phones (my Nexus 5X not included :-) are vulnerable to it. I just picked
one of the hits that I got and found an article dated July, 29 2015:

<http://www.securitycurrent.com/en/writers/mark-rasch/stagefright-and-security-fright>

<quote>

A weaponized version of Stagefright could then launch malware onto the
phone and, well, do just about anything, because that’s what malware
does.  It could capture most email (not sure if it could jump into a
virtualized session like Good or other apps, but it might be able to do
screen captures), could take over the microphone and camera, transmit
GPS or other data, and otherwise be a big mess. 

It’s exactly the kind of vulnerability that hackers are looking for.
Easy to execute, ubiquitous, undiscovered and gives the hacker total
control.

</quote>

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s|b

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Do you all have antivirus? Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 13:20 -0400
  Re: Do you all have antivirus? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-20 20:16 +0200
  Re: Do you all have antivirus? Bob Henson <rh547477@gmail.com> - 2016-07-20 19:56 +0100
    Re: Do you all have antivirus? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-21 16:26 +0200
      Re: Do you all have antivirus? Justin Tyme <Justin_Tyme@fakeaddress.com> - 2016-07-21 10:30 -0700
        Re: Do you all have antivirus? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-21 20:02 +0200
          Re: Do you all have antivirus? Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-21 23:19 -0400
            Re: Do you all have antivirus? Anssi Saari <as@sci.fi> - 2016-07-22 10:07 +0300
              Re: Do you all have antivirus? Micky <NONONObobbyburns1111@gmail.com> - 2016-07-22 03:35 -0400
            Re: Do you all have antivirus? "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2016-07-22 20:25 +0200
    Re: Do you all have antivirus? "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.net> - 2016-07-21 14:24 -0400
  Re: Do you all have antivirus? Dave Doe <hard@work.ok> - 2016-07-23 12:52 +1200
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