Kingo Root

KingoRoot is software intended to provide root access on smartphones, tablet computers, etc. running all versions of the Android operating system from 4.1.2,[1] available since 2013.[2] There is another very similar Android application with the same purpose, KingRoot[3] launched at about the same time; the two very similarly-named applications are often confused.

Kingo Root
Type of site
Tools
Available inEnglish, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Turkish, Italian, Serbian
URLhttps://www.kingoroot.net

Many major virus engines detect both KingoRoot and KingRoot[4] as malicious, with many users also reporting unwanted behaviour.[5]

KingoRoot was used in an exploit by ZNIU along with the DirtyCow exploit in September 2017 to gain root access.[6][7]

KingoRoot was banned from the XDA Developers forum along with vRoot in November 2013 due to concerns with the information collected by the app during the rooting process.[8]

Reviews

CNET gave Kingo Android Root 3.5 out of 5 stars, [9] and Rick Broida, a CNET editor, says the KingoRoot app "makes rooting a one-click affair", while noting that it does not work for all devices.[10]

Digital Trends said that using an app is "one of the easiest ways to root your Android device", and included KingoRoot in its list of most reliable rooting apps.[11]

A long thread on the respected xda-developers Web site concluded, with detailed information and links, that the similarly named app KingRoot should be considered adware and malware, although it is often successful in gaining root access.[5]

See also

References
  1. "KingoRoot for Android, the best One Click Root Tool/APK for free". KingoRoot. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. "Root Android phone, flash custom ROM and manage your Android devices, Rooting Freeware Download". Kingo, archived on 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-24.
  3. "KingRoot Apk v5.3.7 Download For Android". MineRev. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. "VirusTotal". www.virustotal.com. Retrieved 2020-03-08.
  5. "KingRoot Malware / Adware root !!". xda-developers. 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  6. "Dirty COW Now Being Abused on Android by ZNIU". xda-developers. 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  7. Osborne, Charlie. "Dirty Cow vulnerability discovered in Android malware campaign for the first time". ZDNet. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  8. "KingoApp". XDA Developers. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
  9. "Review from CNET".
  10. Rick Broida (June 3, 2016). "How to easily root an Android device". CNET.
  11. "How to Root Your Android Phone". Digital Trends.
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