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Built-in Trojan?

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So I bought this tablet from a little-known company called iGet. The tablet was brand new and all the apps you see on the following screen came with the tablet or were installed from the Play store (Camera, Clock, FM Radio, and Sound Recorder are built-in). apps on the tablet The model of the tablet is Smart W103. It runs Android 9 Pie. The problem is that ESET finds a trojan as part of the OS. Or could it be a false positive? AVG was not able to detect it. **TrojanDropper.Agent.DHC** is the culprit in question. It's in **MtkSettings.apk** as part of settings. ESET scan Some other info: When you press **Build number** in settings several times, you get developer as usual. However, pressing **Custom build version** several times reveals the **Device info** option. Custom build version There it's possible to get to several advanced features: - pressing **ProductName info** several times opens **MTKLogger** - pressing **LCM info** several times opens **EngineerMode** - pressing **TP driver** opens **Hardware Check** Device info MTKLogger EM HC Also "spam" links open in Chrome randomly on their own from time to time. What's up with that? See attached screenshot for reference. spam
Asked by IJK_Principle (1 rep)
Nov 28, 2021, 08:11 PM
Last activity: Nov 29, 2021, 04:04 AM