Help Virus?

[kevin625]

Is it possible to get a virus on your phone? A few days ago I downloaded this Pokemon app and there was a notification on the top that says something about "Virus found click to remove" or something...

I clicked it because I thought our phones have some kind of built-in virus protection program, but I doubt that now.

I clicked it and nothing happened, so I tried downloading that AVC virus scanner to see if there was any real virus, the results came out clean and it was all good.

Today I just left my phone on the table and went away, I just checked it now and updates were all running (I enabled this)

But what I found odd was that Tetris was running in the background... Is it possible for a game to update itself and autorun?

TL;DR: I think I have a virus, I went away, turned on my phone, and Tetris was running in the background...

 

[ironass]

You don't have a virus.

Go to... Settings > Applications > Manage applications > All > scroll down until you come to the Tetris game and uninstall it.

If for any reason you cannot find the Tetris game listed, then go down and uninstall the Pokemon game. You can, if you so desire, reinstall it from the Market but this time, read very carefully the permissions it is requesting.

I'm assuming you did not install Tetris in the first place. If you did then check the permissions and settings for it.

This will prove a very useful read for you...

http://androidforums.com/android-ap...ps-avoid-viruses-guide-those-new-android.html

 

[kevin625]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I installed Tetris. Also, thanks for the link!