There is no way for a standard application to escape the sandbox and view other application data, whether it is a virus or a so-called virus scanner.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Sveta <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all, > > recently I was trying out some free Android Antivirus Application and > I have got several questions about that. > > First of all, what is the architecture of such an application? Is it > actually able to scan data of all installed applications (and if it > is, doesn't is has to have root access or smth?) on the device or it > just checks general system settings against some pattern? > > Secondly, what kind of information does it use in order to block > malicious/dangerous apps during installation (firewall option)? > > > Thanks in advance, > > Sveta > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-security-discuss+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-security-discuss+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
