Webroot detects one of the ad SDKs bundled with the app as a Potentially Unwanted Application (PUA) and labels it .Īlthough it does download Adobe Flash for Android after agreeing to their License Agreement it does come with the cost of a bunch of other non-flash related stuff. The additional 22 permissions are for the ad SDKs. This app requests 24 Android OS and device-specific permissions when, at most, it would need the INTERNET and WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permissions. It doesn’t charge for anything but will install a bunch of aggressive advertising SDKs that are known to create ad-related notifications, shortcuts and bookmarks. Our next example is another scam of sorts. Webroot detects them as Android.FakeInst and has been tracking these type of fake installer for over a year here, here and here. This has appeared many times as Flash Player 11, Flash Payer 10, FlashPlayer, etc. The charges vary depending on the user’s location but range around $8-12. These messages go to a premium service setup by the malware author and will appear as charges on you phone bill. The scam works when the user agrees to their ‘Terms’ and the app will send out three SMS messages containing SMS short codes that come with a fee. What they really do is charge for what may or may not be a download of an already free app. This first app we’ll look at is one of hundreds of premium SMS Trojans being distributed on third party markets that are fake installers for legitimate applications. This is just a small sampling there are too many to highlight them all. Let’s look at some of the fake Flash apps for Android that we have seen and what they do. The reason Adobe is switching to AIR is to allow app developers to write one program for use on iOS and Android devices. Now to be fair to Adobe, they are not taking flash away from the Android platform but are focusing on the Adobe AIR cross platform runtime environment. Adobe will be removing Flash from the Android Marketplace and users should be wary of fake Flash apps for their Android Devices. With this name there are a multitude of applications in the Google app store, some of dubious reputation, and unreliable, yet here I leave you one of the best valued in the Google Play Store.Last week Adobe announced that they would no longer be supporting Flash for Android. In any case, you can try them at your choice, and despite the aforementioned drawbacks we can mention the two best known, such as FlashFox and Flash Player. There are several alternatives, and although you see that their evaluations are good this is quite misleading, They may have been good in the past, but today they are either saturated with advertising, or they don't work making the use tedious, and let's finish by throwing the mobile against the wall. Third-party Flash applicationsįocusing now on specific applications that are not browsers, or that the flash function is not integrated into them, I have to say that these applications are quite useless, since they do not fulfill what was promised, or are saturated with advertising, with what they end up being Instantly uninstalled. The worst thing it has is the advertising, which without being very intrusive does not bother too much, depending on the websites you browse. Dolphin Browser Web BrowserįlashFox - Flash Browser is an Internet browser that allows us the option of viewing flash content on our smartphone, in addition to browsing any web page that we want, it is free, and we do not have to configure anything in its settings, which contributes to its simplicity. Therefore we are going to start talking about the multiple browsers in which you can have it activated or they bring it by default in your configuration. These options are valid if you have no choice but to resort to this technology, in a way almost forgotten. There are several possibilities such as resorting to browsers that still have Flash under their belt, or use third-party applications from the Play Store. That your mobile phone is higher than version 4.0, so it will not recognize the software.Įven if we can install it when we run it, it will open us to a non-existent domain for five years, therefore we will not be able to configure it.įor all this, it is not really going to be necessary to install the application on your smartphone, or have to resort to tricks to deceive your green android. Once the APK is chosen (you must have previously activated in security options the apps of unknown origins, we proceed to install and it will be ready? It is an Android maintenance-free application since 2013. The older the operating system, the more vulnerable it will be. In fact if you are still using Android 4.0, you should update immediately for safety. If our phone is superior, which is easy, it is unlikely to work successfully.
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