Kaspersky Android flags Samsung Internet as trojan

[K0908]

All of sudden, it flags Samsung Internet as Trojan as in the picture.

It only asked me to block it, then navigate me to the app setting. You CANT block Samsung Internet if you want to browse internet. Right? Then the report says no threats found.

I tried Avast and Bitdefender, none of them detected anything.

Another false positive?

 

[AlexeyK]

10 минут назад, K0908 сказал:

Another false positive?

Didn't you read the answers in your previous thread? Then read, it might be useful. 

[K0908]

It picked up the same alert twice with two different full scans. After scans with Avast and Bitdefender for no alerts, I cleared data and cache of Samsung Internet app, then I no longer picks up alert anymore with kaspersky.

I will bookmark the opentip website for the future reference. Thanks for the info.

[K0908]

I reanalyzed the totalvirus link in my previous post, and it no longer detected by Kaspersky. So that was a false positive. This one is probably the same. 

I heard Kaspersky started using AI detection now. Is this one of the side affect? I never had any false positive issue in my last decade of using Kaspersky. But it started to happen quite often now. 

[Flood and Flood's wife]

29 minutes ago, K0908 said:

1. Samsung Internet base.apk

All of sudden, it flags Samsung Internet as Trojan as in the picture.

It only asked me to block it, then navigate me to the app setting. You CANT block Samsung Internet if you want to browse internet. Right? Then the report says no threats found.

I tried Avast and Bitdefender, none of them detected anything.

Another false positive?

 

Hello @K0908, 

Welcome again!

1. Also, where is that Samsung Internet base.apk from? 

Thank you🙏
Flood🐳+🐋

[AlexeyK]

7 минут назад, K0908 сказал:

I heard Kaspersky started using AI detection now. Is this one of the side affect?

Some technologies are described in this article. It has been used for quite a long time. But I didn't notice that there are more false detections. And I don't think it's possible to make such conclusions based on a couple of detections.

[K0908]

9 hours ago, Flood and Flood's wife said:

Hello @K0908, 

Welcome again!

1. Also, where is that Samsung Internet base.apk from? 

Thank you🙏
Flood🐳+🐋

I have no idea. I have never used Samsung Internet App. When I tried to open the app instead of chrome, it asked me to accept terms and such. I have always been using chrome and brave on this phone since purchase.

9 hours ago, AlexeyK said:

Some technologies are described in this article. It has been used for quite a long time. But I didn't notice that there are more false detections. And I don't think it's possible to make such conclusions based on a couple of detections.

Let's hope no more false positives in near future. Kind of scary when a random alert pops up. 

[Flood and Flood's wife]

3 hours ago, K0908 said:

I have no idea. I have never used Samsung Internet App. When I tried to open the app instead of chrome, it asked me to accept terms and such. I have always been using chrome and brave on this phone since purchase.

Let's hope no more false positives in near future. Kind of scary when a random alert pops up. 

Hello @K0908, 

Thank you for posting back & the information! 

An .apk would've required *you* to grant install permissions. 

IF (you've) no idea where it's from & IF (you) don't use it - uninstall it. 

The *genuine* Samsung Internet App is available from Google Play Store & (Samsung) Galaxy Store, see image below. 

For future help, it is scary😨 when random-alerts pop-up, but, there are actions *you* can take for *unknown* OR even *known* apps, get the exe OR .apk, upload it to VirusTotal & Kaspersky Threat Intelligence portal & scan; with the results  either come to Community OR log a case directly with Kaspersky Customer Service:  https://support.kaspersky.com/b2c#contacts -> request the Kaspersky Virus Lab to analyse the issue, always provide a *detailed-history* = full device OS & build, software version, problem start date, new problem, ongoing problem, actions taken to remediate, etc.

Thank you🙏
Flood🐳+🐋

Edited 1 minute ago by Flood and Flood's wife
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