anti virus 51v

thefiredude · 12-06-06, 08:51 PM

Just got a new 51v. It will be used for some internet work and email. What type of anti virus is recommened?? Thanks in advance! It's gonna take me a while to get through the forumhere. Great site.

Tony

12-06-06, 09:00 PM

Well you really dont need any form of antivirius yet. there have not been any know release of anything that would do you harm like there is on teh standard pc. just backup at least once a week and you should be fine.

aedmunds7 · 12-06-06, 10:12 PM

I used to use AirScanner AntiVirus program for several years but found out really don't need it at this time.

Tankman · 12-06-06, 10:23 PM

PDA's haven't, yet, been hit with virus or trojan, programs.

I wouldn't waste storage or memory for any anti virus programming.

Desktop or laptop, you better have an anti virus program running,
all the time!

Mobile1 · 12-06-06, 11:11 PM

F-Secure do a non intrusive range of Anti Virus, Mobile version too

12-06-06, 11:45 PM

Looks like you got some good advice.Welcome to Aximsite.

12-06-06, 11:49 PM

I just remembered: there is also Spybot Search and Destroy for PPC.

thefiredude · 12-07-06, 09:46 AM

Thanks for the info gang! I just wasn't sure since I haven't really ran a PDA on the internet and email. Now to cruise the site and try ansd take all this good stuff in.

Tony

made_in_pr · 12-09-06, 06:42 PM

I know your concern, I have it too. My question is; if there is no known virus "yet" for handhelds then why Symantec has... http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoff...=pf&pvid=savhh

Eric12341 · 12-09-06, 07:41 PM

Originally Posted by made_in_pr

I know your concern, I have it too. My question is; if there is no known virus "yet" for handhelds then why Symantec has... http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoff...=pf&pvid=savhh

they wanna make more money thats why

NeoGrandizer · 12-10-06, 06:40 PM

From my understanding, there are no viruses due to the fact that you could always do a hard reset on any PDA. Which then leaves you with a 'clean slate'. Run a restore from your backup program and voila, everything's back to normal.

Of course, I could be wrong. At any rate, I am more interested in security than antivirus on a PDA.

control · 12-10-06, 08:23 PM

My take on PDA AV is that it's more being marketed toward corporate IT departments to protect desktop systems that are used for synching with PDAs. You could theoretically pick up a PC virus on your PDA (where it would be benign) but then inadvertently pass it to your PC when you synch.