| August 9, 2012 17:13 |
Suspicious Text Message
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NeilB1984
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My most recent AVG scan on my Android found a suspicious text message that it said could potentially be part of a phishing scheme. It wouldn't say which message it was, however, it only offered to mark it with a warning (presumably if the message was resent?). I looked through my text messages and there wasn't anything out of the ordinary. Most of them are from people I know and google's system for two-step verification. I did recently sign-up for banking alerts on my phone, and the activation texts were still in my message list. I deleted all of those messages, restarted the phone and ran the scan again - it found nothing. The AVG people I called said it was probably clean, but couldn't elaborate on whether it was a true "false positive" or not. Has anyone had any experience with mobile alerts being mistakenly marked as spam or suspicious?
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| August 15, 2012 10:44 |
Re: Suspicious Text Message
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Pokornyz
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Hello NeilB1984,
I would like to inform you that currently these types of sms/texts will be marked as "Suspicious" - as they do contain suspect phrases such as "credit" and a phone number - and that we are currently working on improving the detection engines.
Thank you
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| February 7, 2013 11:43 |
Re: Suspicious Text Message
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_malchys_
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Hi georgija,
It is possible to add sender to the trusted list. To do so please open AVG AntiVirus -> Privacy -> Call and Message Blocker -> Messages -> select incorrectly marked message -> Add sender to trusted list -> Ok.
Note that the version 3.1 was released recently and its installation is strongly recommended.
Let me know the results.
Thanks.
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| March 20, 2013 12:05 |
Re: Suspicious Text Message
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Pol666
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I got a text at 3:50 AM saying "--Suspicious---Suspicious Text Message-- Please Use Code [number] To Confirm Access To Your Phone For Login Approvals. -- Checked By AVG Antivirus avgmobile.com"
Do I reply to this message or ignore it? - PS: I don't seem to have any suspicious messages on my phone.
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| March 29, 2013 09:51 |
Re: Suspicious Text Message
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Pokornyz
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Hello Pol666,
If this message is not from a trusted source (your bank etc) then it is most likely some kind of phishing message.
Please note that it is not a message from AVG.Original text of the message was just
Please Use Code [number] To Confirm Access To Your Phone For Login Approvals.
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