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Root Superuser question?!?!

hey everyone, been gone for awhile cuz i moved....took forever to get internet in BFE lol...but i finally got it and i went to update a bunch of my apps on my phone...now my Anti-virus is showing the SuperUser as a virus?? it NEVER did that before....any ideas??

which version su do you have? what rom are you on?

edit:glad to see you back.
 
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hey everyone, been gone for awhile cuz i moved....took forever to get internet in BFE lol...but i finally got it and i went to update a bunch of my apps on my phone...now my Anti-virus is showing the SuperUser as a virus?? it NEVER did that before....any ideas??

I saw this happen to someone else a few weeks ago. Couple questions to help narrow it down.....

Are we talking about antivirus sofware on the phone itself or on the computer?

If its the phone antivirus that is being set off..what information is it giving you?

What antivirus do you have?



I think its most likely gonna be a false positive. The program realizes that superuser is able to control root access to the phone and doesnt like it. I will dig up the last thread and find out what antivirus that person was using.
 
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I saw this happen to someone else a few weeks ago. Couple questions to help narrow it down.....

Are we talking about antivirus sofware on the phone itself or on the computer?

If its the phone antivirus that is being set off..what information is it giving you?

What antivirus do you have?



I think its most likely gonna be a false positive. The program realizes that superuser is able to control root access to the phone and doesnt like it. I will dig up the last thread and find out what antivirus that person was using.


the thing is it has NEVER been detected before....and just like a couple days ago, its being detected by Zoner, AVG, and Lookout....i tried different ones just to see if it was the antivirus....

the file it detects is this: Exploit.Android.Ratc.A
 
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