The mobile device security firm iVerify has been offering a tool since May that makes spyware scanning accessible to anyone—and it's already turning up victims.
  • EleventhHourEnglish
    56•18 days ago

    But the company also offers a free version of the feature for anyone who downloads the iVerify Basics app for $1.

    If it’s $1, then it’s not free. is whoever wrote this article an idiot, or are they just being paid by iVerify to lie?

    • @[email protected]English
      5•18 days ago

      Turns out you can only use it once a month on the app anyways. It’s not what you think normally it’s a paid subscription service but they added it to the basics app for “free”. But I agree they should choose those words more carefully.

      • EleventhHourEnglish
        7•18 days ago

        Yeah, they should choose words that are not intentionally misleading or outright false.

  • @[email protected]English
    26•18 days ago

    The actual software to scan your phone has been around for a while, you can use it entirely for free and as often as you want: mvt.

    I’m guessing whatever this ziffdavis trash is, its probably using the same thing just with a nice coat of paint and and interface that the sort of mouth breather who’d pay for security theater apps can use.

    • @FelixCress
      7•18 days ago

      I may be asking stupid question but how do you install from this link?

      • @QuadratureSurferEnglish
        9•18 days ago

        Not a stupid question.

        There’s a section near the bottom about how to install and you’ll also want to read through the documentation on how to use it.

        What’s not in the instructions: First, you’ll need to have Python installed, then you’ll be able to execute that command to download/install the module.

        At a quick glance, this is some software that you install on a computer, then you connect your phone to it and execute the command to perform a scan.

        You’ll want to get comfortable with using a terminal window or PowerShell/CMD prompt, etc.

        You may need to look up some commands on how to change your directory to the root directory of the phone before executing any scans.

  • shoulderoforion
    16•18 days ago

    ok, interesting. went ahead for giggles did a search for the app, the android search page shows 2.4 stars out of 5, which is not what you want to see in security apps, but the ratings and any reviews are mysteriously absent from it’s google play store entry. im gonna pass.

    • @[email protected]
      1•17 days ago

      Esentially the business model of most malware and virus scanner software.

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