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Cerberus Controls my phone MALWARE

Evo 5oh

Evo 5oh

Android Enthusiast
OK so I bought this about months ago heard many good things about it but then my phone started to act strange and I factory reset and it continue I couldn't find the app that was causing this and I have Lookout as my antivirus it didn't detect it remember this thread I posted?

http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/758315-s3-shuts-off-itself.html

Well the whole shutting in off started again and I wasn't able to turn my phone on. Well when I finally got it to turn on decided to download a more reliable antivirus bit defender when it finish scanning this is what it found (I screenshot I attached to this thread) well anyways now it stop shutting off and taking over my phone phone

I hate the fact that I payed to have a malware on my phone sucks

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Are you rooted?
Cerberus is probably being falsely flagged as a threat because it (obviously) has the potential to do a lot of things to your phone if its stolen. Its a well respected app. I remember a security exploit was found for it but it was fixed very quickly :thumbup:
 
Presuming you got Cerebrus through a reputable source like the developer directly or the Google Play store I think your looking at a false positive. There has been another thread floating around here about Avast also flagging it wrong.
 
Okay maybe it was a False positive because it Didn't fix it was just a coincidence that it stop right after I removed it. Anyways the Trojan was deleted but I scan wouldn't detect so it makes me wonder why that trojan was on that app.

Anyways I'm not rooted and I did download from play
 
so what makes you think you have/had a trojan? :beer:
P.s, as youre unrooted, a factory reset would have removed any virus. If you still have one then one of your apps that youve reinstalled must contain it
 
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