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Is it really necessary to use Antivirus on your Mobile? |
Miss UK
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
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As title ...
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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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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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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laffen
Joined: Aug 07, 2001
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From: Oslo, Norway
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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 |
anonymuser
Joined: Dec 17, 2002
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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.
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djin
Joined: Jun 13, 2007
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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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masseur
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Sydney, London
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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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luckyg
Joined: Nov 11, 2011
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hi.... if you connect your mobile to your system then you can go for Antivirus to your mobile..... |
Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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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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argiriano
Joined: Jun 16, 2004
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From: Bulgaria
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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. |
Miss UK
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
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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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Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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Never bothered myself am careful what I download. I used to AVG on my pc but it slowed it down alot. God knows what it would do my phone  Also,make sure you un click the option "unknown sources" in settings as this stops any non Market apps downloading.
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-11-11 18:50 ] Phone?? What phone?? |
daviep
Joined: Apr 04, 2005
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From: bonnie scotland
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got avg on my phone,flagged up a few suspicious texts.
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Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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Trouble with AVG is it leaves too much junk in quarantine & slows things down. Not sure how different it is to pc version.
Phone?? What phone?? |
Miss UK
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I tested Mcaffee earlier really havent got the time for that one tbh
bad enuff with the PC version lol
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Hobbs
Joined: Oct 07, 2006
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From: Cape Town,South Africa
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ive never bothered either.most of my apps are from sources outside the market and I've never encountered a virus.
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Posted: 2011-11-10 23:18
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