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KingoRoot is software intended to provideroot access onsmartphones,tablet computers, etc. running all versions of theAndroid operating system from 4.1.2,[1] available since 2013.[2] There is another very similar Android Application[3] with the same purpose,KingRoot[4] launched at about the same time; the two very similarly-named applications are often confused.
KingoRoot was used in an exploit byZNIU along with the DirtyCow exploit in September 2017 to gain root access.[5][6]
KingoRoot was banned from theXDA Developers forum along withvRoot in November 2013 due to concerns with the information collected by the app during the rooting process.[7]
CNET gave Kingo Android Root 3.5 out of 5 stars,[8] and Rick Broida, aCNET editor, says the KingoRoot app "makes rooting a one-click affair", while noting that it does not work for all devices.[9]
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.[10]
A long thread on the respected xda-developers Web site concluded, with detailed information and links, that the similarly named app KingRoot should be consideredadware andmalware, although it is often successful in gaining root access.[11]
