Comments on: Lookout Updates Security App, Looks to Squash Fears of Android Dialer Attacks

By: havrin

havrin — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:27:00 +0000

I’ve seen a couple posts on here about Lookout draining your battery. I’ve been using it for about a year now (started with the free version and now have the paid version). I don’t have any problems with it at all eating my battery time (i’m on AOKP JB build 1 on a Galaxy Nexus). I guess YMMV, but I just wanted to throw that out there.

By: Lady Di

Lady Di — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:36:00 +0000

UPDATE – Tested it using the link on AndroidCentral.com as well and ‘Lookout’ is the BEST!!

By: Lady Di

Lady Di — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 22:40:00 +0000

I have to test if their update works or not as my phone is “vulnerable”.

By: jdrch

jdrch — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:22:00 +0000

This app eats battery like crazy.

By: jdrch

jdrch — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:20:00 +0000

Most recent independent test I’ve seen says Avast is the best.

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 07:25:00 +0000

Does lookout still destroy battery life and cause lag? Those two reasons is why I got rid of it on my previous phone.

By: Ken

Ken — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 03:19:00 +0000

I’m really liking Avast. It has an amazing security suite with all the features you need in app protection. It also has a very nice rootable/stealth anti-theft element.

By: Spider210

Spider210 — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:38:00 +0000

wait…. people run anti virus on their phones?

By: PhoneGod

PhoneGod — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:15:00 +0000

what’s the best anti virus for android?

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:07:00 +0000

I still use Avast, is there any real reason I should switch to lookout? This seems like something that can be prevented with common sense…

By: Bobby Phoenix

Bobby Phoenix — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:01:00 +0000

Same here. I tested the site on androidcental where they gave a link to test the dialer. I failed the first time as it went right through, and if it was real would have reset my phone. Lookout now scanned it, said it was a bad link, and suggested I cancel it. Thank you Lookout for the quick action!

By: Jim McClain

Jim McClain — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:00:00 +0000

come on folks help me out here

By: fallsgable

fallsgable — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:39:00 +0000

question….on the OFF chance that I happen to be one of the unlucky minority that happen to fall prey to this….
If I am rooted, and HAVE backups made, and saved on my desktop….and as long as my contacts and E-mails are backed up (like they are at Google)….
What’s the real risk here??? Yeah, granted it’d be a pain in the ass….but couldn’t I simply re-root the phone (assuming I had to), and just restore my backup, and everything falls back into place???

By: fallsgable

fallsgable — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:27:00 +0000

Huh?!? Oh, wait….between your EARS……nevermind….

By: Jim McClain

Jim McClain — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:14:00 +0000

need a little help here, just updated my paradigm rom and it wiped my play link out,cant get back to it to reload apps and cant sync gmail, CRAP