Virus Protection for the Imagio?

[Nicaragüense]

After all this has been said though, don't get comfortable about your device not getting infected and forget that you may download a file on your device which may infect your PC. So make sure you have your virus protection on your pc up to date. Just in case you transfer something malicious... !!

[teh]

I think a phone would be a very attractive way (to a hacker/cracker) to introduce a virus/worm/trojan to a pc or corporate network: send malware to an unprotected phone, phone then infects network as it's a trusted source from within the network. That being said, no one's bothered writing a virus for a WinMo phone--yet. If you think about it: banking by phone, corporate/government documents on phones, large contact lists on phones...all tempting bits of information a hacker/cracker might be interested in, sitting out in plain sight, reachable by wifi or internet. To not consider malware on a phone is a bit like the blindered Apple fanbois who claim their toys are too niche-product to be a target for a virus-writer, that "only Windows users have virus problems." All that being said, I'm currently beta testing Kaspersky Mobile Security 9.0, a very nice suite of firewall, antivirus, anti-spam (both sms and phone calls), parental control settings, encryption, privacy protection, anti-theft (gps location, remote erasure of phone and microSD card, phone blocking if SIM card is replaced without authorization) and so on. It seems to have very little memory overhead and has been running beautifully on my phone for two months now. Should be released for sale in the next month or so. Highly recommended. Just my two cents.

[dlvillard]

When I bought my XV6800, I purchased and downloaded a virus protection program called "Trend Micro Mobile Security". I believe a large ISP uses a virus protection program from the same maker.

Now that I have my Imagio, I have the same program for this phone. However, there is a yearly renewal fee and I am in my third year with this program. I have never had a problem on my phones since using it. It does automatic updates on a regular basis.

[AMTG]

I went with the same company as my computer, Kaspersky. Figured a little protection couldn't hurt especially when Bluetooth photos, documents, etc. Updates every day. Also has a firewall, anti-theft, remote wipe capabilities, sim card switching capabilities, and in reality, I feel some what more comfortable with it there rather than not there on my Imagio.

[mastergadgets]

A while back, there was a Trojan dialer that was inserted into a game offered for free. It would dial satellite numbers in order to cause excess charges on the phone late at night or early in the morning.
Don't be fooled, as long as there are idiots making viruses/Trojans out there, they will be trying to attack your phone. Maybe not so much now, but it will get worse.
Kaspersky is a good product.