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I was surfing the net last night and download some movies when my uc browser pop up an apk file for download, i was wondering why cauas i never click any link for any apk file to download so i just take a look at the name "mp4tubeplayer.apk" i said okay since it was a video player let me download it and see its features, i click on download and within 5sec download was complete cause it was a little sized apk.

I install it and when installation was complete i navigate to my list of apps and saw the newly installed app, to my surprise it was having a pornographic icon i said okay cause sometimes i watch porns.

I launch the app and i saw a black screen i waited some secs and it take me to another screen asking me to activate the app i tap on activate and it took me to another screen but this time it was white, after some secs it is still displaying white screen i quickly minimise so i could continue my surfing and downloading.

I open my uc browser and i was on a website where ip is been checked, so i was just playing around to make my phone timezone match my ip address, i swipe down my notification panel and tap on the settings icon, i was suprised to see that my phone did not open up the settings but instead another thing showing my real ip address, phone name and version, my network provide ans so on, i quickly scroll to see more and i saw somthing saying my phone has been block by the U.S F.B.I and telling me to pay so 1000$ to a paypal account.

i though it was because of the U.S ip i was using that caused it so i change it to nigeria ip and yet that message still showed up and that was when i realised that the app i recently installed was a malicious softwarw (malware).

Now what went through my mind is to uninstall the app but how? cauae i dont have access to my phone settings no more.
but bang LUCKY PATCHER was the second thing on my mind and i quickly launch it so i could uninstall it but no way cause it will still take me to the phone settings and it will say uninstall was unsuccessful. I was confused and i decide to use lp to freeze the app, freezing the app disable it but i cant still access my phone setting that msg still show. I also decide to use es file explorer to uninstall it but no prevail and the only way is to hard reset the phone


I cant just reset it, all my apps, data and tweaks will be gone cause i dont have a backup of my rom. Since the app is a malware i decided to see its permission.
I re-launch lp navigate to the malicious app select and click on info to see its permissions, and i saw these
1. It has the permission to use the internef
2. It can read my phone state
3. It can write on my sdcard
4. It can interfer with my call (both incoming and outgoing calls)
5. It can control my phone screen. Thats why i cant enter the phone settings.
6. And lot more

So i was just tapping anything i saw on lp and i notice lp can change the app's permission and i quick tap on it and i disable all the permission, rebuild the apk and lp install it.

I quickly go to settings and i was able to access it, i quickly rush down to app manager and uninstall the app and it was successful. My heart was filled with joy i delect every trace of the malicious app from my phone.


So guys mind the kind of app you download from an unknown source so u wont have the same issue like mine or worst.

And lucky patcher is a most have app.

SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH OR WRITE UP una know say i no finish kg3

jworos:
i mainly base on puzzles n arcade games, just tot I'd try ds 1.if i want good graphics XboxOne dey my place.

i dont care abt grapgics i play games as long as it has what i want which is action e.g mc4 and asphalt 8 my fav

jworos:
oh really, i just started, seems to b going well sha.

maybe u will love it.

I think u guys here play games base on graphics.

jworos:
Tight game with great graphics.

the game iz nt that good, nt enough action.

Blame manufacturers that dont release update for their phone nt even their source code. Especially tecno.

A better security

Wetin concern me

Speaking of security, hackers tend to attack android because of its popularity and they always find a way to hack it. Security is just am illusion.

Cus s6 iz out

google has fix iy and send the patch to android manufacturers. so be xpecting updates

Android is the most popular mobile
operating system on Earth: About
80 percent of smartphones run on
it. And, according to mobile
security experts at the firm
Zimperium, there's a gaping hole in
the software — one that would let
hackers break into someone's
phone and take over, just by
knowing the phone's number

Just A Text
In this attack, the target would not
need to goof up — open an
attachment or download a file
that's corrupt. The malicious code
would take over instantly, the
moment you receive a text
message.

"This happens even before the
sound that you've received a
message has even occurred," says
Joshua Drake, security researcher
with Zimperium and co-author of
Android Hacker's Handbook .
"That's what makes it so dangerous.
[It] could be absolutely silent. You
may not even see anything."

Here's how the attack would work:
The bad guy creates a short video,
hides the malware inside it and
texts it to your number. As soon as
it's received by the phone, Drake
says, "it does its initial processing,
which triggers the vulnerability."

The messaging app Hangouts
instantly processes videos, to keep
them ready in the phone's gallery.
That way the user doesn't have to
waste time looking. But, Drake says,
this setup invites the malware right
in.

If you're using the phone's default
messaging app, he explains, it's "a
tiny bit less dangerous." You would
have to view the text message
before it processes the attachment.
But, to be clear, "it does not require
in either case for the targeted user
to have to play back the media at
all," Drake says.

Once the attackers get in, Drake
says, they'd be able do anything —
copy data, delete it, take over your
microphone and camera to monitor
your every word and move. "It's
really up to their imagination what
they do once they get in," he says.

There's A Solution, In Theory
According to Zimperium, this set of
vulnerabilities affects just about
every active Android phone in use.
Drake says he discovered it in his
lab, and he does not believe that
hackers out in the wild are
exploiting it — at least not yet.
In correspondence in April and
May, he shared his findings with
Google, which makes the Android
operating system. He even sent
along patches to fix the bugs.

"Basically, within 48 hours I had an
email telling me that they had
accepted all of the patches I sent
them, which was great," he says.
"You know, that's a very good
feeling."

But it goes away very quickly, he
says, when you look at how long it'll
take his Nexus, my Samsung Galaxy
and your LG or ZTE to get those
patches. Drake says that as few as
20 percent will get fixed, though
the figure may be higher than that,
"potentially up to the optimistic
number of 50 percent."

Android Partnerships Are
Complicated
Just half of affected smartphones is
not a very optimistic estimate. And
Google agrees with it.
The company declined a recorded
interview. But Adrian Ludwig, the
lead engineer for Android security,
told NPR the flaw ranks as "high" in
the team's hierarchy of severity ;
and they've notified partners and
already sent a fix to the
smartphone makers that use
Android.
Whether it gets put into people's
phones is not in Google's hands.
"In this case Google is not the actual
one to blame," says Collin Mulliner,
a senior research scientist at
Northeastern University. "It's
ultimately the manufacturer of
your phone, in combination
possibly with your carrier."
Android phones are very different
from iPhones, for example. Apple
runs a closed system: It controls the
hardware and software, and it's
fairly easy to ship out a major
revamp. The company says 85
percent of iPhone users have the
latest operating system, iOS 8.
According to security firm F-
Secure, 99 percent of mobile
malware threats in the first quarter
of 2014 were designed to run on
Android devices.
Google gives its latest version of
Android to manufacturers, and
they then tweak it as they please.
Carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile
do more tweaking. The blog
Android Central has described the
challenge of updating the operating
system as an "impossible problem ."
Earlier this year, a hole discovered
in the Android Web-browsing app
was left largely unpatched too.
Often, Mulliner says,
manufacturers don't have a
financial incentive to fix phones
already sold.
"If you can save money by not
producing updates, you're not
going to do that," he says. "Since
the market is moving that fast, it
sometimes doesn't make sense for
the manufacturer to provide an
update."
NPR has asked leading phone
makers and wireless service
providers whether they'll fix the
bug. We're waiting for responses
and will post them to this page.

Updated 2:47 p.m. ET July 27:
Companies Respond
Here are the responses we've
received so far from smartphone
manufacturers and wireless
carriers:
Smartphone Manufacturers
HTC: "Google informed HTC of the
issue and provided the necessary
patches, which HTC began rolling
into projects in early July. All
projects going forward contain the
required fix."
Silent Circle ( on Twitter): "We
patched Blackphone weeks ago!"
Wireless Carriers
T-Mobile: "These kinds of security
fixes are usually released by our
third-party device partners, so
we're working with them to ensure
those security updates have been
deployed." Also, the company says,
"You may wish to contact the device
manufacturers directly, as they can
tell you more about their specific
plans for these security update
releases."


http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/07/27/426613020/major-flaw-in-android-phones-would-let-hackers-in-with-just-a-text

pes 13 and all call of duty series on pc.

Youngpo413:
Samsung galaxy S6 EDGE,tecno and infinix are cheap crap,LENOVO products are manageable sha

my guy if u hold the s6 edge u fit take am run.

WIZGUY69:
lol why did you say so

like seriously u use ur open eyes download that game.

WIZGUY69:
Who have played this game?
As for the first one, I will rate it 45%
Reason : the game is kinda slow and The graphic is not that perfect. I think is an indigenous game.

The 2nd a..k.a hard time. I never understand am first.

seriously u guys know how to waste data.

jworos:
Bro r u seriously comparing syphon filter to Battlefield n COD?? Menhh u dey F*up,i loved syphon filter back then, in sec school, but as things dey improve COD n Battlefield took over.even sword games r going FPS now. FPS remains d best wen it cums to Guns!

i dnt think the guy has seen cod advance warfare or even play cod series or battlefield.

Karmanaut:
For the love of all that is holy don't ask her to sing....

lol

Mustiboy:
ur choose, have u played syphon filter on console? can u compare it with call of duty

thats hillarious, u cant compare that game to cod or battlefield.

isaiah9:
unfortunately they are the most interesting android games

nt jst on android bt on pc and console

henrixx:
Oga he is saying the truth... How can an android fone not minimize... That means it is Java....



Just do as he say... They are arresting pple who use injoo now so pls be careful how u make ur case public :POga he is saying the truth... How can an android fone not minimize... That means it is Java....


Just do as he say... They are arresting pple who use injoo now so pls be careful how u make ur case public

na too much china phone wey u dey use na make u knw nothing

augster:
he knows what he's saying. It was even in the newspaper

wht newspaper says differ wht op iz saying. So wetin concern switchin the recent app key and NCC shuting down their office?

Na mtn they are jst too $tup!d.

spaceboy:
If u dnt have anything gud to say then shut up.Stop displaying ur ignorance

he want 2 create awareness.

lordseb:
they should remove some boxes

thats wht make it different from android and ios. Too much live boxes.

Elxandre:
"ALMOST" always

maybe its ported rom, cus 99% of miui and cm rom are good.

lordseb:
To be sincere all i see are boxes, the only good thing about windows is cortana

lol, bt i love their UI.

indigene:
These codes are for BB10 device BB data plan on other BB device like BB 9800 *216*7#@70naira is a mere 15MB

the jst show u that 15MB its more than that.