Recent content by MissLou

If I had a virus / spyware on my old phone will I be OK to get a new phone and install all my apps from scratch? I know not to transfer from one phone to the other. Will my apps been infected anyway? Like, if I have backed-up photos to Google - will that spyware have made it's way into my...

OK thanks. I've found it on system apps, it says there has been 13.74mb mobile data used since Feb. I only ever use the tablet on wifi. I thought I had disabled it, ran another scan, its still showing and now I can't force stop/disable?

Absolutely no way I can extract anything! It's not in my apps list as far as I can see. When I click on the app info via Norton it says "disable" or "trust".

It's a Samsung... A7 I think. I'm the least techy person I know so your last sentence means nothing to me.

Just run a scan with Norton 360 and it's showing "unusual behaviours" on a Auto Hotspot PUA. Clicking on the app info it says installed on 31/12/08. I haven't had the tablet that long! I've had Norton for nearly 2 years and it's never shown up before. Is this spyware? Should I disable?

Thanks. My socials are locked down. Always have been and I am cautious with what I reveal. I know how easy it is to snoop on socials – mainly because I’m usually the one snooping! It was more of an “in the moment” thing rather than something they could have figured out by my socials anyway...

I’m probably just being stupid. It’s really coincidence more than anything – it’s just something they said made me think “oooh, can they see me or have access to my camera?”. I’m probably reading too much into things. I talked to them via the KIK app on my tablet and haven’t really had any...

I'm not technically savvy at all but is it possible for someone to add spyware on my android without physically accessing it? Like, if I'd been chatting to someone purely online could they install something on my phone? Thanks