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AntiVirus Apps on Satio |
Milan188
Joined: Feb 24, 2008
Posts: 89
From: South Africa Gauteng
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Hello fellow satio users...
Has anyone got a decent antivirus working on the satio. I've tried Nod32 and kaspersky but they dont work...i used the unsigned ones for my hacked satio |
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hammera
Joined: Oct 21, 2007
Posts: 87
From: Wolverhampton
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No Symbian phone needs anti-virus. Common sense application management, i.e. don't install cracked software, and you'll never have a problem (read all the anti-virus stuff at AllAboutSymbian if you need any further convincing).
If you're installing cracked software (not advocating this but let's get real for a minute) make sure you get it from trusted sources, i.e. not from a torrent, not from a pop-up, not from some dodgy looking porn site (enjoy the porn by all means but leave everything else well alone ;o>) and you're extremely unlikely to ever need to worry about malicious software. |
se80
Joined: Nov 22, 2008
Posts: 191
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Best sticking to the SE app store?
Or does it just apply to browsing? |
Milan188
Joined: Feb 24, 2008
Posts: 89
From: South Africa Gauteng
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thanks for your reponses...i've installed some unigned apps to my phone but they have been popular apps. So can a virus infect the phone?
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hammera
Joined: Oct 21, 2007
Posts: 87
From: Wolverhampton
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Any connected smart device, be it a smartphone, pda or pc, is potentially open to malicious software. A virus is a piece of malicious software that can automatically spread itself to other devices and infect them but because of the way symbian is designed there has not (at least none that I have found) been any true viruses. Symbian malware certainly exists (e.g. cabir) but they need user input to allow them to spread.
If you install cracked or unsigned software and it asks to be allowed to automatically connect to the outside world then you should start being suspicious. Of course a lot of software has a legitimate need for automatic access so you need to make an educated assessment before accepting. If in doubt, Google (other search engines are available) is always worth checking as it's unlikely you'll be the first person to have installed a particular file and been at risk of potential infection. |
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Posted: 2010-02-04 19:17
