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Didn't know there's an Anti-Virus App for Android

Any time a platform is opened up to the public, there is a risk for viruses. Fortunately for Android users, more good is done then harm from opening it up to the developers.

We get to have our apps filtered out by Apple so parents who buy their 10 year old kid's iPhones won't get upset with vulgar content.

Which would you rather have?
 
Yes, but the article states that the need for such an app is unwarranted. So, basically, it's about as useful as the 100 fart apps in the App Store. You can't stop developers from making apps people won't use, unfortunately.
 
DaveSW said:
just saw this..it's old but im kinda shocked theres an anti-virus App for Android.


The fact that the Android NEEDS an anti-virus app is absolutely hilarious. :D

http://gizmodo.com/5078158/oh-thank-goodness-someone-made-an-antivirus-app-for-android
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If you take the time to read it the AV software is protecting not the phone but the computers the phone connects to.

Here is a news flash for you the same thing problem would infect both the iPhone and the android. The malware rest in the autoplay area of the flash memory so the computer starts it up as soon as it is plug in if autoplay is not disabled. The iPhone has a flash memory section that the computer can access.

These "viruses" on the android are ones that infect all flash memory and cause problems on the computers they connect to.

Hell the android at least as some defense against spreading them. the Iphone has none.
 
Rodimus Prime said:
If you take the time to read it the AV software is protecting not the phone but the computers the phone connects to.

Here is a news flash for you the same thing problem would infect both the iPhone and the android. The malware rest in the autoplay area of the flash memory so the computer starts it up as soon as it is plug in if autoplay is not disabled. The iPhone has a flash memory section that the computer can access.

These "viruses" on the android are ones that infect all flash memory and cause problems on the computers they connect to.

Hell the android at least as some defense against spreading them. the Iphone has none.
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this types of things are more likely to happen on Android Phones than on iPhones due to the Android's "open" platform. not saying it's a bad thing...all i'm saying is with the good comes the bad.
 
DaveSW said:
this types of things are more likely to happen on Android Phones than on iPhones due to the Android's "open" platform. not saying it's a bad thing...all i'm saying is with the good comes the bad.
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But your entire point is there is AV software on the Android and completely passes over the fact that the software is to protect the computers it is plugged into.

Over all this argument means the Android is safer then the iPhone because the iPhone can and will still be hit by the malware this protects against. it is not protecting the phone but the computers the phone connects to.
 
you can get antivirus for mac os now though it doesn't really need it yet , its just like on symbian phones malware has to have specific user input to install and run but there are still antivirus apps for it, and if/when the iphone gets multitasking there will be a type of antivirus program for that too,
if anything can be predicted in this world it is the increase of computer malware
 
DaveSW said:
all i'm saying is with the good comes the bad.
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Then what is the point of this thread? You can say that with everything. The iPhone is a closed, approval-based market. The good is you're not exposed to malware, the bad is that you won't be able to use any app you want.
 
You can't get a virus on Android from installing an app. End of thread.
 
Eso said:
You can't get a virus on Android from installing an app. End of thread.
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Wrong.

Banking malware found on Android Marketplace

An application for smartphones running the Google Android operating system has been reported to steal users' banking information.

According to a blog post from the First Tech Credit Union, an app developer called 09Droid created applications which posed as a shell for mobile banking applications, and in the process phished personal information about the users's bank accounts. The information would, presumably, have been usen for the purposes of identity theft.
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http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2010/01/11/banking-malware-android-marketplace/
 
STEVESKI07 said:
Any time a platform is opened up to the public, there is a risk for viruses. Fortunately for Android users, more good is done then harm from opening it up to the developers.

We get to have our apps filtered out by Apple so parents who buy their 10 year old kid's iPhones won't get upset with vulgar content.

Which would you rather have?
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I'd rather the phone not be crippled, and run simple antivirus software. It's just like how everyone says PC's are more prone to viruses (true, I agree), but you arent going to get a virus unless your a complete idiot. (going to sites you know you will get something, downloading something you know is risky, downloading random torrents, etc.)
 
bozzykid said:
That isn't a virus. iPhone apps have done similar things although not as severe in terms of the severity of the data they took without the users permission.
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virus, malware, trojan, etc. sheesh.
 
Deadman64 said:
I'd rather the phone not be crippled, and run simple antivirus software. It's just like how everyone says PC's are more prone to viruses (true, I agree), but you arent going to get a virus unless your a complete idiot. (going to sites you know you will get something, downloading something you know is risky, downloading random torrents, etc.)
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well, there are a lot of "complete idiots" (your term) with phones.
 
DaveSW said:
well, there are a lot of "complete idiots" (your term) with phones.
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Very true. I'm glad I don't have a phone that appeals to the lowest common denominator. The iPhone out of the box does just that. Apple tells you what applications you can install. Apple tells you that you can only use one at a time. Apple limits how the applications interacts with other applications or the phone itself.
 
Ironically, Apple wouldn't approve an anti-virus app for the iPhone because:

1) That would make it seem like the iPhone is vulnerable

2) An anti-virus app would need access to scan the entire device and App Store apps can't do that.
 
DaveSW said:
just saw this..it's old but im kinda shocked theres an anti-virus App for Android.
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Perhaps you don't remember that the first Apple update for the iPhone came about because of a hole in its browser that allowed anyone to install their own code.

As for anti-virus software, people make it for the iPhone as well. And it's probably just as unneeded.

July 2008 - First iPhone anti-virus app released for OSX

May 2009 McAfee working on iPhone anti-virus software.

Free Antivirus browser for iPhone

The fact that the Android NEEDS an anti-virus app is absolutely hilarious. :D

http://gizmodo.com/5078158/oh-thank-goodness-someone-made-an-antivirus-app-for-android
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Did you even read that article you posted? It said an Android anti-virus was an "absurd" idea:

"Linux really doesn't need antivirus software. Android, with a smaller market share and simpler guts than most common Linux distros, has even less to worry about — which is why it's completely absurd for SMobile systems to release VirusGuard, the first antivirus software for the mobile platform."
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