What are people using for anti virus software. I downloaded the free Norton app but there unless you go for the paid upgrade. Is there something free such as AVG. Suitable for android. Ta
What are people using for anti virus software. I downloaded the free Norton app but there unless you go for the paid upgrade. Is there something free such as AVG. Suitable for android. Ta
For each named entry, Symantec includes the date when that entry was first added to its definitions list. Out of the total of 213 new named entries on the list, more than 85% were from 2010 or earlier. Only 31 entries were discovered in 2011 or 2012. And one-third of those were from non-Windows platforms.
Two of the recent samples were for OS X?the original OSX.Flashback, from last fall, and the newer OSX.Flashback.K, which wreaked havoc on Mac owners over the past month.
Most interestingly, eight entries on the list?more than 25%?were for Android-related malware. Given the size of the Android installed base and the lack of any central control over Android app markets, that shouldn?t be surprising. On its Latest Threats and Risks list, Symantec includes writeups for more than 80 Android-related programs, most classified as Trojans or Spyware. That's 11% of the total of 720 items on the list.
To make sure those numbers were representative, I looked at the Symantec definitions database for the entire month of March. In all, 66 new named entries were added to the list, or about two per day. Of that total, 36 represented new, named Trojans, viruses, and worms. Five of them were aimed at Android devices, one targeted OS X (no, it wasn?t a Flashback variant), and there was one new entry each for Symbian OS, Linux, and an Adobe Flash Player exploit.
Opinions vary on using an anti virus app or not. I look at it from a battery standpoint, another app running constantly in the background eating my battery.
Thats cool I have no problem with anyone's decision on using them. In my couple years experience with Android I have yet to come across something that infected my device. I know virus do exist although nothing like Window's environment but up to this point in time they have been kept under control very well.My thought is better safe than sorry. I often hear the battery argument, but in reality, Lookout never even registers on my battery stat information, which implies to me, that of all the things running on my N7, Lookout impact on my battery should be extremely low on my list of concerns. Obviously, it's using some battery, but it seems almost negligible compared to everything else.
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I use and really like Lookout. NO ill effects on the battery at all.
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I am using Appriva antivirus application on my Samsung Galaxy Note II used to get lots of Spam calls and text from other people it helped me block them i realy like this software and recommend itWhat are people using for anti virus software. I downloaded the free Norton app but there unless you go for the paid upgrade. Is there something free such as AVG. Suitable for android. Ta
Yes you are right if you only download from google store or trusted parties you wont get any virus/malware on your machine but i will still recommend using antivirus cos according to Kaspersky Lab, a maker of antivirus software, there were 14,923 new smartphone malware programs detected between April and June 2012 this is old news and i m sure there are lot more then 14923 malwares out there so you should use Appriva cloud cos it provide total protection against them.I don't use an antivirus app because imo it isn't necessary unless you are sideloading apk's. Anything you download from google play *shouldn't* contain any malware. Not a blanket statement, but I'd say that anything from a legit developer is perfectly safe and I'd be *very* cautious before downlading any app on a whim from a random developer anyway. Beyond that any malware/whatever that may be on files you might copy from a windows computer is likely designed for windows and can't effect android if it wanted to.
If I was sideloading apk's I'd probably run an on demand scan on them when I do, and I've downloaded lookout to run a scan on occasion just to be sure, but I see no need to have one installed and running on a regular basis.
Using an android device is largely the same as using Windows. I run a malware scan every 6 months or so and never have anything on my machine. If you practice safe use/browsing the device it is actually really hard to get any kind of malware now, it is the same with Android.
Yes you are right if you only download from google store or trusted parties you wont get any virus/malware on your machine but i will still recommend using antivirus cos according to Kaspersky Lab, a maker of antivirus software, there were 14,923 new smartphone malware programs detected between April and June 2012 this is old news and i m sure there are lot more then 14923 malwares out there so you should use Appriva cloud cos it provide total protection against them.