Mobile phone antivirus protection

bigsis · 05-04-2008, 12:50

Hi

My N81 has F-Secure anti-virus software on it which is due to expire in a few days time. With Windows you can get free versions of antivirus software, is the same available for mobiles? Is it important that you have some sort of software on your mobile to protect against viruses?

Sorry if I sound thick.

Many thanks.

prking · 05-04-2008, 17:36

As far as I know, no Symbian virus has ever been found in the wild. Simply because you have to give the phone explicit permission to install something. All the anti-virus programs do is protect against you stupidly installing software from a dodgy source. (ie cracked software or from an unknown company)

The only exception to this is if you are using the phone as a web server, but I doubt many people do.

05-04-2008, 12:50	#1
bigsis Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: My home... Posts: 1,206	Mobile phone antivirus protection Hi My N81 has F-Secure anti-virus software on it which is due to expire in a few days time. With Windows you can get free versions of antivirus software, is the same available for mobiles? Is it important that you have some sort of software on your mobile to protect against viruses? Sorry if I sound thick. Many thanks.

05-04-2008, 17:36	#2
prking Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Weston-super-Mare Posts: 9,167	As far as I know, no Symbian virus has ever been found in the wild. Simply because you have to give the phone explicit permission to install something. All the anti-virus programs do is protect against you stupidly installing software from a dodgy source. (ie cracked software or from an unknown company) The only exception to this is if you are using the phone as a web server, but I doubt many people do.

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