Security flaw?

Odpad Issues
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Hello. My name is Mihai.I have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2 and I installed Avast with root permissions.

The problem is : with Avast installed and running and Anti-theft on,everything works great. But if I go in the Task Manager and kill the app,no anti-theft command is working anymore. So,someone steals my phone and,before I can issue a sms text or web command, the thief kills the app from the task manager. Until the thief changes the SIM,he/she can use my phone,have access to my data,etc.

How can I solve this ? Are my Avast settings wrong ?
Thank you.

2

can you please describe exactly how you killed the process?

3

I killed it using the build in Task Manager. Long press on the physical middle button,Task Manager/Exit (Avast app)
Doing that the remote commands no longer work until I start again the Avast app.

4

seems the OS freezes the killed app. we can not avoid that. please choose a good hidden name for it!

5

I think I am missing something (or maybe you are). The MAIN application will always appear as “Avast” in the task manager, plus there is the notification icon (which can be disabled,I know).
So,is there a way to install Avast main app under a different name (not the anti theft/device administrator part,which I already installed under a different name) ?

6

I don’t think so.

7

So,is there a way to fix this problem or should I keep the Avast top bar notification off and hope the thief doesn’t open the Tank Manager and kills the app ?

PS: The second choice takes control from my hand and puts into the bad guy’s hand. And control is the main reason I installed Avast !

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I don’t think so. It’s an OS limitation: Android kills apps in the background from time to time to save battery. The icon is a way to prevent this.

I don’t know if it is possible but, maybe, the user could select a personal icon for avast! Who knows…

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I don’t understand why a launcher (eg : Nova launcher) is not present on Task Manager and it is not affected by “clear RAM” or “end all tasks” but Avast is. If it is possible for a launcher then it must be possible to do it for Avast,too !!

10

If the launcher is killed, the phone reboots… At least it occurs when I try to kill Apex Launcher.

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Try with Nova launcher. It doesn’t appear in SGS2 ICS 4.0.4 stock Task Manager and either “clear ram” or “end all tasks” have no effect on it.
If they (the ones that made Nova) can do it,then it can be done. What I mean is : if they found a way for the Task Manager not to show and to have no effect on Nova launcher,then there is a way and Avast team should find it. Because, in the present state, this is a big security flaw that makes Avast (almost) useless in anti-theft situations.

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i think its because launchers are handled a bit differently than apps.

13

This makes no sense. A launcher is an app.

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No, it’s not a simple app…