Android advises you of the permissions needed to run an app before you install it.
My advice? Don't skip through those, and you will be fine.
I mean, if a flashlight app needs access to your messaging, and contacts....I wouldn't install it. Would you?
What you are describing is a trojan, or keylogger, and not a virus. These are the least detected malicious software. Many antivirus apps do not find them. They do not spread, they do not clone themselves, or destroy the system like a typical virus would. As such, they do not set off alarms to an av app.
Chances are, even an antivirus app will not save your butt from there. Common sense on the other hand....
My advice? Don't skip through those, and you will be fine.
I mean, if a flashlight app needs access to your messaging, and contacts....I wouldn't install it. Would you?
What you are describing is a trojan, or keylogger, and not a virus. These are the least detected malicious software. Many antivirus apps do not find them. They do not spread, they do not clone themselves, or destroy the system like a typical virus would. As such, they do not set off alarms to an av app.
Chances are, even an antivirus app will not save your butt from there. Common sense on the other hand....
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