Author Topic: Avast Mobile detects Phone as malware (Read 4101 times)

pieren · « **on:** February 16, 2021, 12:56:14 PM »

Hello to everybody!

Avast Mobile Security has detected the app 'Phone' as malware. Obviously I cannot uninstall this app.

Could it be a false positive?

Thanks for your help.

JanK · « **Reply #1 on:** February 16, 2021, 02:30:30 PM »

Detection will be fixed in next update

lipgloss89 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 16, 2021, 07:33:02 PM »

Hi,

can somebody at Avast please confirm if this is currently a known issue? I have had the same message come up after a scan today. However every scan i have completed after that scan has had "no threats detected" so I am concerned if this is an actual threat or if it is a false positive.

Appreciate any help!

Asyn · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2021, 07:24:08 AM »

Hi, it was a FP.

lipgloss89 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2021, 01:16:45 PM »

Okay, thank you for your response!

Is this a known/common issue with Avast? I've only been using it about a month and found it quite alarming/worrying to have it tell me there was malware on my phone!

Asyn · « **Reply #5 on:** February 17, 2021, 02:19:13 PM »

You're welcome. (No, it isn't.)

lipgloss89 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 17, 2021, 03:18:48 PM »

Thank you Asyn for answering.

One more question if that's okay... how can you tell this was a FP? Is it because JanK replied saying "detection will be fixed in next update"? Just so I know what to look out for in case anything like this appears on a scan in the future.

Thanks, i really appreciate it!

Asyn · « **Reply #7 on:** February 18, 2021, 07:53:07 AM »

Quote from: lipgloss89 on February 17, 2021, 03:18:48 PM

One more question if that's okay... how can you tell this was a FP? Is it because JanK replied saying "detection will be fixed in next update"?

Yes.

lipgloss89 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 18, 2021, 04:22:48 PM »

Thank you, appreciate the response!

Asyn · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2021, 04:48:48 PM »

You're welcome.

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