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Old 10-19-03, 07:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How many of you use anti-virus software?

Please cast your vote; yea or na.
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Old 10-19-03, 10:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I've yet to hear much about Virii but the app is free and small. lives on my SD card so it's no inconvenience to have it.
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Old 10-20-03, 04:41 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Yea. I use Airscanner.
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Old 10-20-03, 01:49 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Everything that I use on the Axim goes through my desktop which has virus software running on it.
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No. Too easy to restore a backup, so why take up space...
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nope - don't use it. not sure there are any "nasties" out there for the ppc anyway.
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Old 10-22-03, 07:07 PM   #7 (permalink)
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ahhh crap im an idiot i thought u ment pc. :bang: but ya if im bored enough ill use some antivirus software on ppc, ive got airscanner and the other one, duno iz nam
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Old 10-22-03, 10:59 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Nope don't use one.
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Old 10-23-03, 02:02 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Nope, don't use one either. I don't really see a risk, I'm not opening e-mail attachments on my PPC and I'm not swaping files on a daily basis with other PPC users.

Are there even any viruses out there that can attack the PPC? I'd imagine a virus writer would rather go after a desktop PC or a server.
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Old 10-25-03, 02:13 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I don't use one.
Do you really think someone is going to try and put a virus on a PDA?
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Old 10-25-03, 07:06 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Sure someone would try to put a virus on a PDA. Especially now that so many have wireless connectivity, you don't need to go through a sync and desktop to get files. So you can't just depend of the virus scan on the dekstop any more to protect your system.

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