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Can you get a virus?
- Thread starter cosmonaut
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Hardly believable but I guess possible. I haven't read one story of anyone from DF having a virus on their Droid.
Nicely Toasted
Member
I doubt (hopefully) you really need it, but you can get free antivirus software from the market.. I do run "lookout", just to be safe...
I would put money on it that it was user error.
There is no need for any anti-virus on the Droid, Lookout is also not needed.
There is no need for any anti-virus on the Droid, Lookout is also not needed.
Look at it this way. There are tons of iPhones compared to Droids. And there are tons of PC's compared to Macs. Who always gets attacked? PC's. Because the people that make these malicious things want to go after the largest group they possibly can.
Macs haven't had a virus in years. iPhone has had one worm that I know of and it was more or less a joke. Droid just doesn't seem like a likely candidate.
Macs haven't had a virus in years. iPhone has had one worm that I know of and it was more or less a joke. Droid just doesn't seem like a likely candidate.
Now that is a more likely, and plausable conclusion!
One phone, perhaps, but only the lemmings out there would claim two of them, in the same period, etc. Of course that said, if they went to the same malicious site, but really, there isn't anything out there yet (notice the yet).
One phone, perhaps, but only the lemmings out there would claim two of them, in the same period, etc. Of course that said, if they went to the same malicious site, but really, there isn't anything out there yet (notice the yet).
I ask him did he surf some porn sites or something and he said no, but I really think he just wanted out of the contract. He might have even done something to make them quit working. I am sure Verizon tech department give them a good look at. My guess is they will be in the refurb shop before long and resold.
You can get a virus if you're root user. You can also install malware (trojan horse).
I don't know of either in the wild, though. Even if there were, Linux kernal viruses don't propagate well because few users are root. I'm not saying your friend is a liar - just that I don't believe him.
Not to be snarky (too late), but if there was an Android virus it would be front page news of Gizmodo and Engadget for weeks (along with commentary on how iPhones are better because they don't multitask or use Flash or allow you to install unapproved applications).
I don't know of either in the wild, though. Even if there were, Linux kernal viruses don't propagate well because few users are root. I'm not saying your friend is a liar - just that I don't believe him.
Not to be snarky (too late), but if there was an Android virus it would be front page news of Gizmodo and Engadget for weeks (along with commentary on how iPhones are better because they don't multitask or use Flash or allow you to install unapproved applications).
The smart phone market ia growing. There is a thread right here on this
forum that warns you of the soon to be growing number of WORMS that
will infiltrate the smart phone poulation.
So it will be PCs, Macs, Smart Phones. Let's make wager on it right here and now. ( resistance is futile)
Moondonkey
Member
Show me a single documented case of this. Viruses are not on Droids.
Malware found on HTC Android phone from Vodafone | InSecurity Complex - CNET News
"A quick look into the phone quickly revealed it was infected and spreading the infection to any and all PCs that the phone would be plugged into."
I guess it is plausible.
"A quick look into the phone quickly revealed it was infected and spreading the infection to any and all PCs that the phone would be plugged into."
I guess it is plausible.