anti-virus for tp2 (& status bar on phone) - Page 4

bionic1ball · #31 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 01:09 PM

I don't think anyone needs a Anti-virus if they just download stuff that's been approved by the community, just read the posts and if anyone says that the program is fishy then reset your phone and get rid of it.. no need for an anti-virus

eyepoker · #32 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 01:50 PM

you need av on your phones... to think that it will never happen to you is kind of foolish. Yes, there is some kind of trojan floating around that you get if you install that anti-terorist 3d game. thats just one that we know of. Just because you never heard of one doesn't mean that they don't exist. you can get infected from a legitimate site through illigitimate ads on top of installing a rogue app on accident.

Just look at the nature of this website... all kinds of apps are being passed around by word-of-mouth... no verification at all - just "trust"... kind of foolish really.

prevention is better than a hard reset, because by the time you hardreset someon may have already gotten into your bank account... mobile banking is a huge malware opportunity.

PC Tools has a beta of a mobile av called Gaurdian. I'm running it... but like all other AV apps... can't really tell if its working unless i try to get myself infected... so...

Anyway, we're all too naive to think that we're all safe simply because we "never heard of a ppc virus before"...

PhyscoAssassinx · #33 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by bionic1ball

I don't think anyone needs a Anti-virus if they just download stuff that's been approved by the community, just read the posts and if anyone says that the program is fishy then reset your phone and get rid of it.. no need for an anti-virus

But that cant be trusted the 3d anti terrorist game was approved by the community, no one said anything about the game being "Fishy", and theres always going to be a need for AV, ppc's are Pockets PC's as we are aware of so anybody can write a virus for them when ever they feel like. and as time moves on the ppc's have gotten way more popular then before i mean compare how many people had ppc in the early 00's and now. so now that its gaining popularity im sure people are going to start writing viruses for ppc's like they have with the iphone virus and the 3D Anti Terrorist Virus.

**MordyT** · #34 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Dragon2

you dont need anti virus..... hard reset would fix anything if ya actually got one.... I used airscanner a while back but realized ya dont need it with phones... im sure there out there but not very likely.......

I use one called flexilis....used to use airscanner back when it was free (4+ years ago) it was free unitl version 3.0

**Mojary** · #35 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 07:40 PM

hey Mordy..does a ppc av take up a lot of storage and memory? how's battery life like with the av running in the background?

**meatgel** · #36 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mojary

hey Mordy..does a ppc av take up a lot of storage and memory? how's battery life like with the av running in the background?

I've been running flexilis -- now called Lookout --- for months, starting with my Diamond, and I don't see any irregular drain on the battery. I get 2 days out of a full charge. It also does automatic backup, not just anti-virus.

**Mojary** · #37 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by meatgel

I've been running flexilis -- now called Lookout --- for months, starting with my Diamond, and I don't see any irregular drain on the battery. I get 2 days out of a full charge. It also does automatic backup, not just anti-virus.

so how does a ppc av work exactly? does it work the same way as a desktop ppc where you have to update virus definition files? and is it a yearly subscription as well?

**MordyT** · #38 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Mojary

hey Mordy..does a ppc av take up a lot of storage and memory? how's battery life like with the av running in the background?

I haven't noticed any real battery difference. I left my phone for 3 days at home, no interaction except that I had push gmail on, weather updating every hours, came home to 20% battery. Of course I had flexilis running...er lookout...

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Originally Posted by meatgel

I've been running flexilis -- now called Lookout --- for months, starting with my Diamond, and I don't see any irregular drain on the battery. I get 2 days out of a full charge. It also does automatic backup, not just anti-virus.

Also been using it for way to long...I think I started with version 6 or something???

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Originally Posted by Mojary

so how does a ppc av work exactly? does it work the same way as a desktop ppc where you have to update virus definition files? and is it a yearly subscription as well?

This has a real time shield and yes, it get updates. It is free...

**Mojary** · #39 (**permalink**) 04-13-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MordyT

I haven't noticed any real battery difference. I left my phone for 3 days at home, no interaction except that I had push gmail on, weather updating every hours, came home to 20% battery. Of course I had flexilis running...er lookout...

Also been using it for way to long...I think I started with version 6 or something???

This has a real time shield and yes, it get updates. It is free...

wow...thats even better. i can work with free. on their website right now. thanks guys for the info about lookout.

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ok ive dl'd lookout av and im liking it. checked memory usage and it didnt increase like i thought. its actually staying the same while running in the background....which surprised me. me likey

PhyscoAssassinx · #40 (**permalink**) 04-14-2010, 08:47 PM

just an update im running lookout and its like it's not running at all, battery life is the same and so is the memory