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[โ€“] guyrocket@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Serious question: is there a way to scan an Android phone to clear it of malware? My phone seems pretty jacked, tbh.

[โ€“] ackzsel@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Not really. Because of androids sandboxed nature "anti-virus" apps are not very effective and are mainly there to give you a false sense of security in exchange of some money.

Just assume every closed source application to be adversarial and don't bother installing it on a personal device.

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