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Bitdefender USSD Wipe Stopper

Bitdefender USSD Wipe Stopper

Bitdefender

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USSD Wipe Stopper - by Bitdefender. Once installed, your device is safe from running unauthorized USSD commands even if your Android version is vulnerable

The operating system your smartphone is running may be vulnerable to USSD commands that could wipe your entire phone.
Tapping on a link to a cleverly coded web page could order you phone to reset itself to factory settings and disintegrate all your private data with it.

Any Android phone running Phone.apk v 4.1 or lower is at risk and that's the broader base of them. Install Bitdefender's USSD Wipe Stopper to protect against such attacks. Now, once you would tap on a exploiting link, Bitdefender will intercept the wipe command and ask you to decide what to do next. You may, if unsure, dismiss the USSD command.

Find out more about this security vulnerability at http://www.hotforsecurity.com/blog/bitdefender-wipe-stopper-prevents-remote-ussd-attack-on-androids-3657.html

or in prestigious press outlets:
http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/none/303097-dirty-ussd-hack-wipes-samsung-phones-is-yours-vulnerable
http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/26/3412432/samsung-touchwiz-remote-wipe-vulnerability-android-dialer

Tags: ussd, ussd code, ussd check, android ussd, url, security

Tags: tel stop per android, telstop notelurl czy auto reset blocker.

Recently changed in this version:

- usability improvements. Added support for permanent protection (without affecting the user experience)
- Fix for some false vulnerability reports on patched SGS3 devices
- Fix for a minor typo


Comments and ratings for Bitdefender USSD Wipe Stopper

  • (75 stars)

    by Aqina Odry on 28/04/2013

    good job,thanks

  • (75 stars)

    by john felix sante on 25/04/2013

    bitdefended

  • (75 stars)

    by Aung Myo Myint on 16/04/2013

    Before this app, my phone was attacked by Factory Reset ussds 7 times! Thanks BD. But I am using BD Mobile Security too. Is it includes this feature?

  • (75 stars)

    by vibhor dubey on 08/04/2013

    did'nt work on my phone..

  • (75 stars)

    by A Google User on 01/01/2013

    I was vulnerable, now fixed.

  • (75 stars)

    by Kelly Bezz on 17/12/2012

    Thanks for this app you devs made purely to save our phones & you gave it out for FREE. I believe you will be truly blessed by helping so many for so little. True Christian principles. GET THIS APP & RUN IT.

  • (75 stars)

    by Leslie L. on 15/12/2012

    Thank you, kindly for making this available! Best wishes.