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What's the general view of the need or use of anti virus software? DO you use it - is it becoming more necessary and if you do - what sort do you use?
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Posted: 2005-05-24 22:02:26
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I donīt use any antivirus on my P910i, itīs completely useless!
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Posted: 2005-05-24 23:06:05
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@gardar, having recently acquired a p900 myself, im curious as to why you say so..i would also like to add that i have no doubts about you being sure bout what you post
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Posted: 2005-05-24 23:10:00
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@mrao
be sure he says true things!
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Posted: 2005-05-24 23:31:05
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i am...thats why i asked
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Posted: 2005-05-24 23:36:00
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the only thing who could work as virus on your UIQ phone is a .sis file who installs corrupted font on your phone...
...no viruses can be put on your phone without you install some .sis file... so allways do a backup before you install anything, and just install apps that you know who are safe...
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Posted: 2005-05-25 00:16:11
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On 2005-05-24 22:02:26, d8raider wrote:
What's the general view of the need or use of anti virus software? DO you use it - is it becoming more necessary and if you do - what sort do you use?
Here is an interesting article about viruses and Symbian:
http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/viruses.htm
It's by Steve Litchfield, one of the Gurus of the Psion.
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Posted: 2005-05-25 00:17:13
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There are no UIQ virus as such, the only symbian virus out there are for.. you guessed it.. Series 60 phones.
As none of the
P series phones run series 60, it's not a problem. Well not yet anyhow.
So your p series phone is safe
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Posted: 2005-05-25 01:04:30
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haha, Steve is the man. all so true. Make sure you read his article.
Basically, you can only get a virus if somone writes one, makes it an install and you like an idiot install it.
You have to remember EVERY virus is nothing more than a program somones written to do somthing you dont want it to. Its not some magic being that floats around and does damage, it does exactly what its programmed to.
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Posted: 2005-05-25 10:02:51
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Having now read the article - thanks for the link and comments guys, I'll sleep safer now knowing my p910i is impervious to attack
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Posted: 2005-05-25 13:15:36
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