Antivirus for Android

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[Sandman]

That's interesting. Did you figure out in what way it did interfere with your app, causing the white screen?

And on a sidenote: Do antivirus apps have special privileges from Google that gives them power to interfere?

 

[Sandman]

Well, that didn't really answer any of my questions. But it's interesting to see their permissions. They do have some fairly brutal ones that I imagine would be helpful if you're making an antivirus.

But they both also had some that makes me feel like they themselves are bad actors. Just to pick a few that doesn't seem to relate at all to doing antivirus things:

• read your Web bookmarks and history
• take pictures and videos
• record audio
• add or remove accounts
• add or modify calendar events and send email to guests without owners' knowledge
• read your contacts
• modify your contacts
• directly call phone numbers

 

[Sandman]

That's interesting. And knowing that, I suppose we should all code extra defensively so we can handle situations like this. Just because a previous check verified that we do have access to Internet, obviously doesn't mean we actually can access resources out there.

 

[LucaMs]

It does not seem to me that I have read what in your app can detect it as if it were a virus.

Furthermore, Google is very meticulous with regard to really irrelevant things but, evidently, it doesn't run tests with antiviruses!

 

[Erel]

Can an app remove another app after it has been granted permission from User?

Yes. Its similar to the way that one app can install another one: Version safe APK installation

You just need to change the intent action: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...atically-by-packagemanager.19277/#post-111037