LookOut Mobile Security (AntiVirus, BackUp, Remote Phone Lockdown)

[rdcook01]

Windows has always been the low hanging fruit, the most popular and available O/S. Linux has been a smaller player, used by techies and therefore less attractive to hackers. Droid appears to be growing by leaps and bounds. It is not restricted to techies. It will become attractive and receive more attention.

[Varking]

1) Install Lookout
2) Back up your information, data, contacts, and texts.
3) Uninstall Lookout.

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1) Install Lookout
2) Back up your information, data, contacts, and texts.
3) Uninstall Lookout.

Why uninstall? I installed this app simply for it's ability to find my phone. I am a mobile me subscriber pretty much for this reason alone and now that I've switched, having the ability is good. I didn't install it for the anti-virus BS but I don't see why one would uninstall it. The app will scan your phone but it doesn't do it constantly without provocation as far as I know.

[PulsonicVoid]

I installed Lookout as it has been the most reliable app to track, lockdown, and find (via alarm) my phone. So, I keep it for that reason.

It doesn't hurt that it scans for [who knows what] when I install a new app.

The backup feature is nice; but, seeing as everything is already backed-up to my Google account, I don't see any reason to use except for redundancy.

My phone doesn't seem any slower without it running, either.

I have it rooted, optimized, odexed Stock FRG22D OCd to 800MHz which is plenty of power for a Droid1. After obsessing over getting every bit of power/speed out of my D1, I took it back to these settings and just installed all the apps I want to use to make my phone work the way I want it...even if it makes the battery not last quite as long or makes it lag one extra second on unlock.

[Squadalah_man]

What I can tell you is the best deffense against the faces of evil and gannon, is to root, have Titanium Backup, DroidWall, Remote Wipe, Google Voice and some kind of antivirus app like antivirus pro, as well as OS monitor and photo vault

Always look at the permissions espesialy for root and apps from outside US. Some apps don't need internet access except for updates in the market. Photo vault can encrypt your photos and I know there is a video one. You can freeze apps with TB, monitor their net loctations with the OS monitor, block incoming and outgoing packets with droidwall, google voice can send free text messeges using your google number and avoids complications of fees, remote wipe..well that's it it comes to the worst.

MyVerizon app has tons of permissions that give it near big brother capabilities, beware of big business apps with lots of permissions. Now I'm paranoid so you don't have to do all this but I recomend it highly and I hope others can add to this

[PulsonicVoid]

MyVerizon app has tons of permissions that give it near big brother capabilities, beware of big business apps with lots of permissions. Now I'm paranoid so you don't have to do all this but I recomend it highly and I hope others can add to this

Just uninstalled MyVerizon just in case...

BTW, it asks for the following permissions on install:
- YOUR LOCATION (coarse, fine, mock location sources)*
- NETWORK COMM. (full internet)**
- PHONE CALLS (intercept outgoing calls, read phone state & id)
* access extra location provider commands
** view network state, view Wi-Fi state

Doesn't look TOO intrusive, but definitely needs more permissions than other apps. Some of my essentials, like Google Voice, though, need way more (but at least it makes sense). The MyVerizon app looks like it just pulls data from your account and displays it so I'm not sure why it needs anything besides Internet and Phone Info (to read your minutes used, etc).

I'll check out Remote Wipe and OS Monitor, too.

[Squadalah_man]

I uninstalled it too, I don't trust verizon. They just have this unfriendly big brother complex going on and they charge a lot for plans while other cariers are getting softer in this economy. I wish I had milestone

Squadala we are off!