You are not logged in to Prodigits. Please register or login.

Subject: Anti virus
Replies: 9 Views: 976

say.what 25.10.12 - 08:46pm
Just wondered what a good anti virus app is? And do we need them? I notice that a lot of anti virus apps have been cracked, it doesn't give much conference that anti virus can be hacked? But I might be wrong because I don't really understand how it works * +

say.what 25.10.12 - 08:48pm
At the moment I have Dr Web and lookout installed, is it bad or necessary to have more than 1 av installed? * +

3mel 25.10.12 - 09:11pm
isn't it only malware and webscripts that can execute on the fone???? * +

say.what 25.10.12 - 10:34pm
I recently downloaded a banking app and it said I didn't have a av installed (which I have) it advised that u download the kaspersky av * +

freakman 26.10.12 - 08:19am
avast! * +

mandain 26.10.12 - 12:58pm
Before I owned any android device I read an article that said all antivirus for it is cr*p, I forgot the ones they tested but apparently they all failed to pick up on lots of known viruses, the test was for both free and paid apps * +

mandain 26.10.12 - 01:01pm
And the advice being offered was just plainly check for permissions each app asks for then to apply common sense, if you think a particular app doesn't need to access as much personal data in order to work then it's suspicious * +

mandain 26.10.12 - 01:04pm
Now that might sound all fine but viruses malware spyware can still hide in software even if they don't ask for any permission right? * +

+ go to page 1-2
+ my page
+ functions
3 search
4 submit a reply
7 last page
+ bookmark
8 Android Forum
9 Forum Index

Custom Search