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Privacy Scanner (AntiSpy)

PrivacyScanner Antispy scans your phone for stalker apps.

Steganos Software GmbH · net.hobbyapplications.privacyscanner

5.0 out of 5 (1 rating) 500K+ downloads v1.8.168.250305 752.9 KB Android 2.2+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

  • Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked Details

At a glance

Latest version
v1.8.168.250305 (167)
Updated
Mar 11, 2025 (1 year ago)
APK size
752.9 KB
Requires
Android 2.2+ (API 8)
CPU support
Any (no native code)
Category
Tools (app)
Listed since
Sep 15, 2021 (at least)
Permissions
2 (1 sensitive)
Developer contact
[email protected]
Privacy
Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Privacy Scanner (AntiSpy) is an app by Steganos Software GmbH in the Tools category, listed since at least September 2021. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 2 permissions, 1 of them sensitive: see all installed apps. It asks for the same permissions as version 1.8.165.250209.

What's new in v1.8.168.250305

+ Spy signatures updated

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Privacy Scanner Antispy Free: A free mobile anti spy app Are you being spied by your boss, (boy/girl) friend, spouse or friends? Privacy Scanner Anti Spy was created to check your smartphone whether you are being spied on. It detects parental control apps and surveillance apps that are mostly called stalkerware, which might be misused to spy on spouses or friends, using GPS-Track technologies, receive and send sms, read your contacts, read your call history, reads your calendar and so on... Features: + Detects some variants of SpyBubble, eBlaster Mobile, UonMap Spy, variants of Skygofree, many parental control apps and many more surveillance apps (stalkerware) + Scans for apps using suspicious permissions (like access audio, access your location and so on) + Optionally scan using heuristics + Scans for anti-theft apps which might be misused to spy on you + Detailed description of found spy/spyware/stalker app + Detect apps listed as Device Administrator + Customize if you want to include popular apps + Add apps to your personal whitelist and remove apps from your whitelist + Free protection against spy apps + Simple design + Updates using Playstore + Please activate automatic updating for Privacy Scanner AntiSpy Free What is the difference between the Pro version and the Free version? The following features are included in the Pro version only: + Daily background scheduled scanning (if activated) (Pro version only) + Detects newly installed apps (if activated) (Pro version only) + Advanced heuristic engine v2.0, to detect more new and unknown spy apps and stalker apps (if activated) (Pro version only) + Advanced heuristic engine v2.0, to detect malicious apps pretending to be a system service (if activated) (Pro version only) + Search for potentially unwanted (PU) phone settings (if activated) (Pro version only) + Search for apps not installed through Playstore (if activated) (Pro version only) + Check whether your device is rooted (if activated) (Pro version only) + Priority updates (Pro version only) + Shows date and time of the last scan. (Pro version only) + Support the ongoing development (Pro version only) Help/FAQ: http://lighthouse-antispy.blogspot.com/2014/10/faq.html Trust in more than 12 years of experience in creating anti-stalker software (we started 2012). This app is not an anti virus program, but it intents to detect stalker apps which might also be known as spyapps or parental control apps.

Version history

3 versions are listed, going back to v1.8.162.250126.

All 3 versions

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

  • Certificate issued to “HobbyApplications” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.
  • Same certificate as the 2 other versions checked

Store checks and file details

  • Developer signature not checked yet Mar 11, 2025
  • Signed byO=HobbyApplications
  • Signing certificate (SHA-1)F2:C4:86:B9:5C:99:FD:DC:B8:55:37:F4:93:7B:A8:A1:20:A7:23:73
  • File MD575baccc41ecd63a1f1781698c6c766cc
  • Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (2)

Privacy Scanner (AntiSpy) requests 2 permissions, 1 of them sensitive.

Required hardware & features

Privacy Scanner (AntiSpy) APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Only if it is signed with the same certificate as the copy on your phone and isn't an older version. If Android says “App not installed”, the certificates differ; uninstalling your copy first works but deletes its data unless it is backed up.

Is the Privacy Scanner (AntiSpy) APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. It is signed with the same certificate as the 2 other versions checked. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is 75baccc41ecd63a1f1781698c6c766cc.

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