FYI the video you linked to is pretty offensive... Kris
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Terry <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of the past two months I have spent trying to get various publishers of > antivirus software and apps to remove my app from their lists of malware. > Which was much harder than I thought it would be. Execpt for a few apps, the > lists of malware seem to be more based on hear-say than facts. And when an > antivirus software had got a “malicious” app on its list in the first place, > it would not let it go without a fight. It seemed as if some publishers of > antivirus apps were saying that ”we have made up out mind, so don’t confuse > us with facts”. As a representative of AVG wrote to me: ”In any case we are > not removing the detection for this app“. > > Anyway; I finally got most of the antivirus apps that once had listed my app > as malware to remove it from their list of malware. > > Of the antivirus apps/softwares that once listed my app as a threat on > VirusTotal, the following have now removed it from their list of threats: > > - AhnLab > > - AntiVir > > - Baidu-International > > - BitDefender > > - Eset > > - ForeSafe (removed it from their Android App, is not included on > VirusTotal) > > - Ikarus > > - Qihuu-360 > > - QuickHeal (removed it from their Android App, is not included on > VirusTotal) > > - Trustlook (removed it from their “Antivurs Security” Android App, not > included on VirusTotal) > > - Vipre > > > Please see: > > https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/6346c6f089551b8d3de3ef80d44134dcbc1fb3dc5e7d1df44a0b19a6bba490cc/analysis/1400573103/ > > > Of those AntiVirus softwares that still list my app on VirusTotal; > > - Avast has changed its characterization from a Trojan to a PUP > > - Kaspersky lists it as a PUP (“not-a-virus”) > > - Sophos say they “cannot remove it, as it is a PUA” > > - Gdata does not list it as a threat in their Android “Internet Security” > app, but still does on VirusTotal > > - Avast and McAfee have still not responded to my removal requests > > - McAfee does currently not list in on their Android antivirus app > > So; Currently no antivirus app lists it as a VIRUS, but THREE (of 53) show > an unclear characterization. > > If the listings of my app being a PUP/PUA refers to the possibility to abuse > such an Anti-Theft app to get to location of the user of the phone, ALL > Anti-Theft have the same features – and much more. Inclusive most of the > antivirus apps themselves. E.g. see > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXUO0-lhbY > > And all of those apps have NOT been removed. > > With this documentation, I wrote an email to Google Play Support., with an > appeal to reinstate my app. I also went through all of its features in > detail, showing that it must be the most innocent of all anti-theft apps. > > As my app is neither a virus nor a spy app, I assumed that it was removed by > a mistake, and so I hoped that it would be reinstated. > > But Google did not even bother to send me a reply. > > A few years back I was very enthusiastic about Android apps and Google. Not > any more. I am extremely disappointed with Google. They seem to handle us > app developers extremely haphazard, badly, and unfairly. Regarding their > Policies for developers, Google is both acting as lawmaker, police, > prosecuting authority, judge and executioner. > > Needless to say, I am not very fond of Google any more. > > I hope that someone within Google is reading this, and who is willing to > look into this case. I can provide all info required, including the source > code of the app in question. > > Terry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 7:24:58 AM UTC+1, Terry wrote: >> >> Google has removed my app from the Play Store. >> >> Now I would like to know WHY. >> >> The Reason for Removal was "Dangerous Product". >> >> The app is the free "Theif Face Trap Mini", or TFTM, with >> id=com.terboel.tftm >> >> For those who would have a look at it, it can still be found at various >> places, e.g. at the 1Mobile Market. >> >> Regards, Terry >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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