The mobile device security firm iVerify has been offering a tool since May that makes spyware scanning accessible to anyone—and it's already turning up victims.
The actual software to scan your phone has been around for a while, you can use it entirely for free and as often as you want: mvt.
I’m guessing whatever this ziffdavis trash is, its probably using the same thing just with a nice coat of paint and and interface that the sort of mouth breather who’d pay for security theater apps can use.
There’s a section near the bottom about how to install and you’ll also want to read through the documentation on how to use it.
What’s not in the instructions: First, you’ll need to have Python installed, then you’ll be able to execute that command to download/install the module.
At a quick glance, this is some software that you install on a computer, then you connect your phone to it and execute the command to perform a scan.
You’ll want to get comfortable with using a terminal window or PowerShell/CMD prompt, etc.
You may need to look up some commands on how to change your directory to the root directory of the phone before executing any scans.
The actual software to scan your phone has been around for a while, you can use it entirely for free and as often as you want: mvt.
I’m guessing whatever this ziffdavis trash is, its probably using the same thing just with a nice coat of paint and and interface that the sort of mouth breather who’d pay for security theater apps can use.
I may be asking stupid question but how do you install from this link?
Not a stupid question.
There’s a section near the bottom about how to install and you’ll also want to read through the documentation on how to use it.
What’s not in the instructions: First, you’ll need to have Python installed, then you’ll be able to execute that command to download/install the module.
At a quick glance, this is some software that you install on a computer, then you connect your phone to it and execute the command to perform a scan.
You’ll want to get comfortable with using a terminal window or PowerShell/CMD prompt, etc.
You may need to look up some commands on how to change your directory to the root directory of the phone before executing any scans.