Tablet gets compromised?

What Tablet?

Do you have a recent backup? If so wipe it clean and restore

Other thing to do right now is to disable any type of communication from that tablet.... Disable bluetooth, disable wireless etc

george__ wrote: ↑ What Tablet?

Do you have a recent backup? If so wipe it clean and restore

Other thing to do right now is to disable any type of communication from that tablet.... Disable bluetooth, disable wireless etc

I have not backed anything up but again I don't have any photos or music on it, just whatever it came with it. The tablet is currently turned off. Does it help?

althetrainer wrote: ↑ I have not backed anything up but again I don't have any photos or music on it, just whatever it came with it. The tablet is currently turned off. Does it help?

In that case then do a hard reset and wipe the device

Do I take out the data sim and micro SD card before resetting it? How do I hard reset it exactly?

WHAT TABLET?
WHAT WAS THE ATTACHMENT? WORD/EXCEL?

konsensei wrote: ↑ WHAT TABLET?
WHAT WAS THE ATTACHMENT? WORD/EXCEL?

I have no idea. I turned it off immediately and now I am too afraid to turn it back on. Is it possible to do a hard reset before turning it back on?

P.S. It's the LG GIII

althetrainer wrote: ↑ I have no idea. I turned it off immediately and now I am too afraid to turn it back on. Is it possible to do a hard reset before turning it back on?

P.S. It's the LG GIII

Take out the microSD card

Simultaneously press and hold Power + Volume down buttons until the System recovery screen appears then release.
From the System recovery screen, select Factory data reset.
Note Utilize the Volume buttons to highlight and the Power button to select.
Tap Yes to confirm.
Note Allow several minutes for the reboot process to complete.
Note To setup the device after completing the factory data reset, refer to Initial Activation and Setup.

Also don't forget to change the email password.

althetrainer wrote: ↑ I have no idea. I turned it off immediately and now I am too afraid to turn it back on. Is it possible to do a hard reset before turning it back on?

P.S. It's the LG GIII

Most of these attachments target Windows PC as malware/ransomeware in the form of excel/word with macros running at the back. I am not sure how your tablet works, but if you only clicked on it, you most likely only downloaded it, this is how Android works, it doesn't open right away.

I'd say that you are still okay.
But if you want to make sure, google "hard reset" your tablet.
It is probably power button + volume.

george__ wrote: ↑ Take out the microSD card


Also don't forget to change the email password.

Holding down the power and vol down button takes a screen shot?

Most of these UPS thingies are Windows or Adobe exploits. Unless it was an Android program installer file, you're probably safe, but if you have nothing important on the tablet anyway, by all means reset as suggested - should go off without a hitch.

althetrainer wrote: ↑ Holding down the power and vol down button takes a screen shot?

JoDanrfd wrote: ↑Most of these UPS thingies are Windows or Adobe exploits. Unless it was an Android program installer file, you're probably safe, but if you have nothing important on the tablet anyway, by all means reset as suggested - should go off without a hitch.

Yea, I have this tablet for less than 3 months, don't have anything on it. I will feel more comfortable wiping it clean and start over.

george__ wrote: ↑

Thank you! I missed the "press the power button again" part that's why it didn't work the first time. It's wiped now. Time to start over.

Thank you everyong!

Stop and take deep breath.

It's very very unlikely that any malware attached to the message was intended to target Android. It's 99% likely to be intended to target Windows, and has no effect on Android. Unless you see some evidence of a problem, I would assume there is none. At most you might re-install Chrome on Android, since it's the most likely target even though very unlikely.

FYI, our business accounts get several emails a day telling us that we have missed a courier pickup and we need to click on the attachment. They are all malware. Courier services don't send you emails with attachments. Just bad luck that you were expecting a courier delivery and your brain turned off for a moment. Good luck that you did it on your Android tablet.

Faith24 wrote: ↑ Stop and take deep breath.

It's very very unlikely that any malware attached to the message was intended to target Android. It's 99% likely to be intended to target Windows, and has no effect on Android. Unless you see some evidence of a problem, I would assume there is none. At most you might re-install Chrome on Android, since it's the most likely target even though very unlikely.

FYI, our business accounts get several emails a day telling us that we have missed a courier pickup and we need to click on the attachment. They are all malware. Courier services don't send you emails with attachments. Just bad luck that you were expecting a courier delivery and your brain turned off for a moment. Good luck that you did it on your Android tablet.

Thanks for the reassurance. I opened the email with my tablet because my computer was on its way back from Dell (for a second round of repairs). I just didn't want some lowlife to access my email or other accounts that I frequently use on this tablet. I did a hard reset but now it wouldn't let me confirm my Google account for some reasons. It said I could try again after 24 hours. Is that normal?

This is why courier companies leave a sticky note for deliveries, with a tag or ID#.

They don't randomly email you telling you that you missed a delivery and ask you to download an attachment. This should have set off warning bells.

Lesson learned.

JKKim2983 wrote: ↑ This is why courier companies leave a sticky note for deliveries, with a tag or ID#.

They don't randomly email you telling you that you missed a delivery and ask you to download an attachment. This should have set off warning bells.

Lesson learned.

Well, Hindsight is always 20/20. I received an email from Dell, early this morning, telling me that my computer would arrive today. I was sick and I could hardly stay awake so I lied on the couch in the front room, didn't want to miss the delivery. I woke up to an email notification on my tablet, clicked it open and there was the FedEx email telling me that I had missed their delivery just 15 minutes ago. I thought I missed the doorbell so I tried to contact FedEx but got their usual loop of voicemail asking for all sorts of information. I wanted to catch the guy before he left our area so I became desperate and clicked on the attachment for the tag number that FedEx was asking for. Of course, it was then I realized I was downloading something...

I realized no matter how smart you are, there will be times you become careless or desperate and you miss the "obvious" clues. What I got out of this experience is more than how to hard reset the tablet. I received help from other members who were kind and patient. I hadn't seen that in RFD for a long time. It's nice to know that we still have nice people in this community.

If you use this tablet for everything then you should always keep a back up for it. Cause you lost it, everything in it will be lost.

There is a reset option on the settings. You should clean up your SD card as well. But it would be better to put off the SIM card before factory restore.

Faith24 wrote: ↑ FYI, our business accounts get several emails a day telling us that we have missed a courier pickup and we need to click on the attachment. They are all malware.

YUP, and the lastest ones hitting us are like "Who the f*** is [company name] and why is there this outrageous charge from you on my credit card? See my statement attached and reverse it ASAP!" ... needless to say - THOROUGH and ongoing staff education is an absolute MUST.

althetrainer wrote: ↑ Thanks for the reassurance. I opened the email with my tablet because my computer was on its way back from Dell (for a second round of repairs). I just didn't want some lowlife to access my email or other accounts that I frequently use on this tablet. I did a hard reset but now it wouldn't let me confirm my Google account for some reasons. It said I could try again after 24 hours. Is that normal?

Had similar issue with a Lenovo tablet recently. If next time you try it works then great else post back and I may be able to help you do a true reset. Thought this was a Lenovo issue but might be android issue.

A reset IMHO should not ask you for prior email. You should have option to set up new email [like when bought new] or put in prior email if want to. Did you wipe cache? Should also reformat sd card.