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How many here have a Antivirus App installed
And is it highly necessary please discuss
Because after installing 2x after months appart
I feel I don't need them on myphone
Never gained any issues as trogans, viruses
Not so ever
Anybody experienced any issues they wanna share?
Write below!
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Posted: 2011-11-10 23:18:20
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It's more likely to get a mobile virus if you spend time surfing suspicious sites. If you download apps from the Market you are in the bright side.
I have no antivirus.
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Posted: 2011-11-11 03:59:07
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I have installed
Lookout on my phone. Not so much for the malware scanning of newly installed apps, but because I thought I had lost my phone one late night and was looking for a way to locate the phone online the next time. If you loose your phone, visit the Lookout web site and view your device on a map.
The security scan feature is just a bonus for me. Lookout is scanning every app you install and every time you restart your phone. From the app log, I can see that it has scanned 218 apps today and found zero "dangerous" apps
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Posted: 2011-11-11 04:19:12
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Bear in mind there have been multiple cases of malware found in the Marketplace - although Google clears them out when it finds out about them, it does nothing to prevent them being there in the first place - so relying on the "trusted source" principle doesn't always work.
[ This Message was edited by: Boinng on 2011-11-11 07:14 ]
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Posted: 2011-11-11 08:13:12
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I use lookout for my mobile too, highly recommend it, i dont think it uses much memory or battery life either.. Plus as Laffen said, it helps you locate your phone too..
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Posted: 2011-11-11 09:23:09
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I don't use any anti virus but I do have the free "find my iphone" configured on the whole families iphones/ipads in case they get lost/stolen (also helps keep track of my daughter!)
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Posted: 2011-11-11 09:31:02
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hi.... if you connect your mobile to your system then you can go for Antivirus to your mobile.....
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Posted: 2011-11-11 10:30:16
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Ive had both Lookout and AVG, currently using AVG and I haven't come across any viruses/malware despite going all out and loading my X10 with a ton of apps and games some of which are just stupid things like the lighter app, so I'd say no.
Speaking of malware in Android Market has anybody read actual complaints from people getting malware on their Androids other than the press releases done by the anti-malware app devs?
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Posted: 2011-11-11 11:16:42
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On 2011-11-11 09:23:09, djin wrote:
I use lookout for my mobile too, highly recommend it, i dont think it uses much memory or battery life either.. Plus as Laffen said, it helps you locate your phone too..
Yep I use Lookout too, it needs just 12MB of RAM.
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Posted: 2011-11-11 12:57:19
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I had both those aswell @ Tsepz_GP
they never found any problems on myphone even at the amount of mis-unfortunate sites I go on via google
btw I use task Killer its already installed on the HTC I have so wasn't sure to install it again considering myphone is 100%
clean
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Posted: 2011-11-11 16:42:22
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