Android: "Settings has been reported as malware (Android:SMFNow-Al[Trj])."

Viruses and worms
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I have an Android mimi-PC with Avast Free antivirus on. Since yesterday evening, Avast displays virus found message when the pc starts (as well as when doing a scan) as following: “Settings has been reported as malware (Android:SMFNow-Al[Trj]).”
Of course Settings cannot be uninstalled as Avast proposes, I can only chose “Allow for 15 minutes” but this is annoying and maybe not safe assuming there is really a virus.
Also choosing “Allow for 15 min” is now the only way to access android Settings on the box.

My only choice seems to be resetting the box to factory default then re-flashing the firmware and ire-nstalling all the apps.

Does anyone already seen this? Is it maybe a false positive to be be corrected in Avast?

Thanks,
gom

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Hello, We deal with PC viruses here…

Can you post your issue here? They may be able to help you. Once there follow their directions :slight_smile:

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?board=37.0

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I just saw a post regarding this. Unless, it seems to be a False Positive