Help Spyware on my friend's S3?

[kendermouse]

Silent Logger - spyware, Y/N?

I found it on a friend's phone while I was trying to help him out by clearing the cache on his apps to make some room, and poking at a few other things for him, and the level of permissions on this app are just... positively frightening. Should I suggest he try to find a way to get rid of it, or am I worrying over a benign app that won't do him any harm?

 

[girolez]

Hi

I cant find an android app called silent logger. Could you give a few more details (name of the .apk etc). Is it a client app? ie for spying with or to allow spying on?

Roger

 

[kendermouse]

It's called SilentLogging Version 1.0.1, (sorry about that, I thought I had the name right when I made the post...) it's got the little green android next to the name, and it's got pretty much every possible permission you can think of.

 

[codesplice]

Hi kendermouse,

SilentLogging looks like it is a built-in application related to the modem settings. Its package name is "com.sec.modem.settings" and seems to appear on a lot of Samsung devices.

I don't know exactly what it does, but it doesn't sound like spyware or anything malicious. :thumbup:

 

[Stephanie77]

It's on my new Galaxy S5 too under apps and I don't know but I got on this site because "silent logging" looks like someone spying to me...I can say I got this phone yesterday and I KNOW it has not been tampered with

 

[BobbyRemington]

I noticed a lot of stuff being updated and one that popped up was this "Silent Logger Surveillance Software" . I do not see it as an app on my phone. I looked it up on line and it looks like it is for computers and not for cell phones. I hope I am right. The software is $49.00 and has to be downloaded into a computer. I guess then you spy on your kids , wife etc. I do hope this is not downloaded into my Sam G5. At&t said that some of the apps that are on the phone have 3rd party companies pimpin out their goods. Anyone with any info on this it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Madbat]

Its a normal function of your phone. Part of kernel management. Its logging itself. You can relax.

 

[Renee Roach]

I'm glad to hear it's a function of my phone but I have had this phone for over a year. Just discovered it and when I looked in my settings it has used over 50 MB of data since June 8th of this year. Absolutely NONE before that. So it seems to have been inactive until then. Why??