Notices
Computer & Technology Related Post here for help and discussion of computing and related technology. Internet, TVs, phones, consoles, computers, tablets and any other gadgets.

Get an Android TV they said...

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 28 December 2016, 06:48 PM
  #1  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default Get an Android TV they said...

Old 28 December 2016, 07:36 PM
  #2  
tarmac terror
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (2)
 
tarmac terror's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 2,498
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Is that what Toffee_Pie bought you for Christmas? You'll get a sore neck watching that!
Old 28 December 2016, 07:43 PM
  #3  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

He went full retard, may not return.

This is a very funny story. Android TV with Google Play, quite old. Kids downloaded an app to watch a movie, a few minutes in and this ransomware was staring at them. OK it's a TV, just hard reset it, that's a hidden feature that's not proving easy to get to.
Old 28 December 2016, 07:44 PM
  #4  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

Not me, blatantly stolen from the Internet.
Old 28 December 2016, 09:26 PM
  #5  
bioforger
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
 
bioforger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pig Hill, Wiltsh1te
Posts: 16,995
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
Default

Blatant shop too.
Old 28 December 2016, 10:36 PM
  #6  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by bioforger
Blatant shop too.
It's 100% real.
Old 29 December 2016, 12:04 AM
  #7  
bioforger
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
 
bioforger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pig Hill, Wiltsh1te
Posts: 16,995
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
Default

Source?
Old 29 December 2016, 08:32 AM
  #8  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

https://www.google.co.uk/search?clie...O4OcXEaJKrrJgN
Old 29 December 2016, 09:09 AM
  #9  
dpb
Scooby Regular
 
dpb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: riding the crest of a wave ...
Posts: 46,493
Likes: 0
Received 13 Likes on 12 Posts
Default

Probably downloaded not from the app store
Old 29 December 2016, 09:16 AM
  #10  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by dpb
Probably downloaded not from the app store
It's a TV so I doubt they had access to anything but the Play store.
Old 29 December 2016, 02:55 PM
  #11  
bioforger
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
 
bioforger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pig Hill, Wiltsh1te
Posts: 16,995
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
Default

Easily done TV or not, just install kodi, which is probably what was done, then anything can be side loaded.

That particular one doesn't mention what the idiot family member did, probably something similar to the above. We will never know.

Last edited by bioforger; 29 December 2016 at 02:59 PM.
Old 29 December 2016, 03:00 PM
  #12  
bioforger
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
 
bioforger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pig Hill, Wiltsh1te
Posts: 16,995
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
Default

Also most smart tv's have their own app section, LG may have poor vetting/security on that part and allowed a rogue app into that area. Extremely unlikely to be from the google store as you think.
Old 29 December 2016, 03:44 PM
  #13  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

One of his kids downloaded a dodgy app from the Play store to watch a movie. It's an LG running Google TV all official but not available any more.
Old 29 December 2016, 04:15 PM
  #14  
bioforger
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
 
bioforger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pig Hill, Wiltsh1te
Posts: 16,995
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
Default

Where does it say that in the article?
Old 29 December 2016, 04:25 PM
  #15  
bioforger
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
 
bioforger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pig Hill, Wiltsh1te
Posts: 16,995
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
Default

"It is unclear at this moment if Cauthon's relative downloaded an app from the official Play Store, or from a third-party source."

Jack you are a **** stirrer at best.
Old 29 December 2016, 05:23 PM
  #16  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

Here's his twitter go troll him
Old 29 December 2016, 05:26 PM
  #17  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

And here he is fixing it... finally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WZ4...ature=youtu.be
Old 29 December 2016, 06:02 PM
  #18  
bioforger
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
 
bioforger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pig Hill, Wiltsh1te
Posts: 16,995
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by JackClark
Here's his twitter go troll him
How about you stop trolling anything to do with android as one of your many needed new year resolutions?
Old 29 December 2016, 06:17 PM
  #19  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by bioforger
How about you stop trolling anything to do with android as one of your many needed new year resolutions?
Look fool. This is an important public service announcement, I've done the same for Windows and gasp MacOS/iOS.

Enjoy it while it's rare.
Old 29 December 2016, 06:23 PM
  #20  
neil-h
Scooby Regular
 
neil-h's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Berks
Posts: 4,224
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by bioforger
How about you stop trolling anything to do with android as one of your many needed new year resolutions?
Old 29 December 2016, 08:44 PM
  #21  
bioforger
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (1)
 
bioforger's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Pig Hill, Wiltsh1te
Posts: 16,995
Received 5 Likes on 5 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by JackClark
Look fool. This is an important public service announcement, I've done the same for Windows and gasp MacOS/iOS.

Enjoy it while it's rare.
bollocks.
Old 29 December 2016, 09:08 PM
  #22  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

Old 01 January 2017, 10:16 AM
  #23  
gazzawrx
Scooby Regular
iTrader: (11)
 
gazzawrx's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: everywhere
Posts: 2,059
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

you need to leave the gay **** sites alone jack before you ruin another TV.
Old 01 January 2017, 10:46 AM
  #24  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by gazzawrx
you need to leave the gay **** sites alone jack before you ruin another TV.
Did you know that 89% of homophobes are gay? Fancy a bum?
Old 06 January 2017, 08:19 AM
  #25  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by toffee_pie
The only spaced out retard here is you Jack, most normal people on here have seen this long ago but you clearly are a special specimen on here, one very sad Apple lunatic and people have better things to be doing than having dialogue with retards whose grey matter is irreversibly damaged.
Where did you see a TV infected with ransomware "a long time ago" very interested to see how the entire security industry hadn't seen it but "normal people on here" have.

Good to have you back TP, hope you're receiving enough care.
Old 06 January 2017, 08:25 AM
  #26  
On-the-bog
Scooby Regular
 
On-the-bog's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Pinching one out
Posts: 561
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by JackClark
Where did you see a TV infected with ransomware "a long time ago" very interested to see how the entire security industry hadn't seen it but "normal people on here" have.

Good to have you back TP, hope you're receiving enough care.
I'm presuming you have asked them all? or did you just google it?

other thing is do you really think there going to advertise something like that?

I'm guessing apple doesn't sell any items then since they have stopped releasing ales figures eh jacky boy
Old 06 January 2017, 08:42 AM
  #27  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

I'm not sure why you're trying to swing this to Apple but to answer your question do a search, it was reported as an industry first everywhere, made the BBC news the day after I reported it.
Old 06 January 2017, 09:08 AM
  #28  
On-the-bog
Scooby Regular
 
On-the-bog's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Pinching one out
Posts: 561
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

I'm simply pointing out how your statement is crap.
Old 06 January 2017, 09:24 AM
  #29  
neil-h
Scooby Regular
 
neil-h's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Berks
Posts: 4,224
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by JackClark
Good to have you back TP, hope you're receiving enough care.
Clearly not, they've let him back near a computer.
Old 06 January 2017, 09:35 AM
  #30  
JackClark
Scooby Senior
Thread Starter
 
JackClark's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Overdosed on LCD
Posts: 20,852
Received 51 Likes on 34 Posts
Default

Originally Posted by On-the-bog
I'm simply pointing out how your statement is crap.
Which statement?



All times are GMT +1. The time now is 07:00 AM.