What do you mean by saying thet "the video you linked to is pretty offensive."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MXUO0-lhbY - are *you *offended by the video? - is the video offensive because someone may call the app that is shown a "PUA"? - is the video offensive because someone may NOT call it a "PUA"? - is the video offensive because it shows that e.g. a Sophos antivirus app may be used for spying purposes? (I guess that you know that *anti-spy* apps list it - and most other anti-virus apps with anti-theft features - as a potential spy app?) Terry On Tuesday, May 27, 2014 4:04:50 PM UTC+2, Kristopher Micinski wrote: > > FYI the video you linked to is pretty offensive... > > Kris > > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Terry <[email protected] <javascript:>> > 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]<javascript:> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] <javascript:> > > 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] <javascript:>. > > 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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