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Antivirus for jam???

Hi all,
what is the best Antivirus for my Jam?
Is it really necessary?
I don't want to install stuff that make my jam too slow...

I wouldn't worry about it yet. I don't think there are too many viruses out there yet as there aren't too many people with pda phones or pdas on the net or constantly receiving MMS messages. Later in the future, yes.

I don't think we are there yet, either. But the latest ROM has eTrust in it, I think...

I'va installed the last WWE ROM and I've not got it... :-(

It comes on the extended rom, so if you did big storage and removed it, then naturally it's not there. Alternatively, grab it as a standalone from Club I-mate (requires an account)
Oh, and the virus database in it doesn't have a single virus so it's pretty useless at the moment. You'll be able to scan but there'll be nothing to look for!!

jimmy-bish said:
I wouldn't worry about it yet. I don't think there are too many viruses out there yet as there aren't too many people with pda phones or pdas on the net or constantly receiving MMS messages. Later in the future, yes.
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*hacker with PDA reads this, rubs hands together eagerly and begins work on a PDA virus due to this comment*

jimmy-bish said:
It comes on the extended rom, so if you did big storage and removed it, then naturally it's not there. Alternatively, grab it as a standalone from Club I-mate (requires an account)
Oh, and the virus database in it doesn't have a single virus so it's pretty useless at the moment. You'll be able to scan but there'll be nothing to look for!!
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PC-Cillin (for Pocket PC)
antivirus.com/wireless
Engine version:5.200-0522
Pattern version: 795
3 files
common 58.2k
Pcciwin 41.5k
slm$vpn 167k
Works great!
Cheers

Markino said:
Hi all,
what is the best Antivirus for my Jam?
Is it really necessary?
I don't want to install stuff that make my jam too slow...
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Another free-for-personal-use antivirus software. Go to: http://www.airscanner.com/downloads/av/av.html to download.

taywilb said:
PC-Cillin (for Pocket PC)
antivirus.com/wireless
Engine version:5.200-0522
Pattern version: 795
3 files
common 58.2k
Pcciwin 41.5k
slm$vpn 167k
Works great!
Cheers
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I stand corrected. I looked on google and found this dated 19th July so it's fairly old. BBC news of first virus.
I also went to F-Secure antivirus site, which has a pocket PC version of it's software. Turns out they have 2 virus definitions. One's the virus mentioned above, the other is called Brador and is a backdoor trojan. Neither of which have been released out in the "wild", just proof of concept viruses.
Sorry to seem misleading. I'm not panicking yet, though.

Well... in your opinion wich antivirus is the best?

And what about spyware? Is there anything for that on ppc's, or aren't there any ppc-spywares out there yet?

Was just doing a search through the forums to see what would be good for my o2 mini.
It appears antivirus isn't that important yet....
Although this thread is a few months old however so are people still of the same opinion or do most has some type of antivirus installed now?
Cheers for some new thoughts
marto

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Hey,
found that on the web:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/wince/index.html
It's a pocket pc portation of a good freeware spyware scanner. Works pretty good on my Magician - although the last database update of the mobile version was in June 2007. I'm interested in what you think about it.
Greetz, Mike.

Which Anti-Virus?

Hi
Anyone any views on whether I should use the bundled anti-virus or stick with AVG?
Cheers

I did not want to use the bundled app.as it was only a trial. Avg works fine. i have not noticed any slowing down as a result.

GeoffC said:
I did not want to use the bundled app.as it was only a trial. Avg works fine. i have not noticed any slowing down as a result.
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I use AVG complete with AVG firewall. I cannot find a way to allow USBTool to work with AVG. The solution is straight forward, in that, as you have to disconnect all wireless connections, it does not matter if you temporarily deactivate the firewall, and it seems to reactivate if you put Vista to sleep. The only other thing with AVG is it seems to muck up wi-fi unless you disable 'detect active area'.

Has anyone had a problem with Trend Micro when upgrading to Vista SP1? My Shift was working fine until i did the upgrade, then i had a note to upgrade the Trend Micro (due to a conflict) and from then on i had a lot of problems. The result was that my Shift was totally unable to connect to the internet over wifi or cable. After a roll back to pre-SP1 it works fine again now and i'm not keen to apply SP1 again.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggested solutions?
AVG doesn't sound that great following what i read above? What other Antivirus apps would work well on a resource limited device?

salmon said:
Has anyone had a problem with Trend Micro when upgrading to Vista SP1? My Shift was working fine until i did the upgrade, then i had a note to upgrade the Trend Micro (due to a conflict) and from then on i had a lot of problems. The result was that my Shift was totally unable to connect to the internet over wifi or cable. After a roll back to pre-SP1 it works fine again now and i'm not keen to apply SP1 again.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggested solutions?
AVG doesn't sound that great following what i read above? What other Antivirus apps would work well on a resource limited device?
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I use NOD32 (from eset). This one works very well on SP1 and doesn't use much resources

I have been using Avast and it seems to work fine on the shift both pre and post SP1. Avast is also free for your personal pc or a home user. You only need to pay for it when it is to used on a business system or system you use for commerical purposes.
AVG may still be slightly better on using less computer resources, but I like the Avast user interface better. Both are many times better than the blotware from norton or mcafee and such.

thanks guys. Is the best thing to...
1. remove Trend
2. install the SP1
3. install Avast or Nod32

salmon said:
thanks guys. Is the best thing to...
1. remove Trend
2. install the SP1
3. install Avast or Nod32
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Yep, that's the correct order. (Altough it's not a problem to have nod32 installed)
Be aware that Nod32 is not free! (But in my opinion the best)

Thanks. I'm happy to pay for a good solution, especially if it works well on a machine that is short on spare resources... I just don't know which the best solution for this kind of PC is. Why do you like Nod32 so much?

salmon said:
..... Why do you like Nod32 so much?
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I'm a computer technician and I manage a lot of networks with computers, servers etc.
I tested these programs:
Symantec antivirus
Symantec Norton Antivirus
Mcaffee
AVG (not on business computers )
Kaspersky
Nod32
My advice: Nod32

thanks... always great to get an informed (and tested) opinion

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thanks... always great to get an informed (and tested) opinion
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No problem. THis is just the program which is not using much resources.
You only see the splash screen and never asks anything. *unless you have a virus or something *

Free anti-virus

I'm looking for a free anti virus program for Rhodium. The only one I found was Flexis Mobile Security. It can be found on 'freeware pocketpc .net' under security. (I tried to post the link, but it's being blocked because of security reasons)
Does anyone have any experience with this program, or can anyone point me to another free anti virus program?
Thanks in advance,
Rob

Www(dot)mylookout(dot)com

Why do you want an antivirus on your Rhodium? Back when I was still a n00b to Windows Mobile (~2 years ago), I bought a one year license for Norton Mobile Antivirus, and it had a feature which let you view the entire virus database. There were about 20 total viruses in the database, and only 3 were for Windows Mobile; the rest were for Symbian. Now, of those three viruses for Windows Mobile, one of them asked you if you wanted to be infected or not, and the other two came from illegal sites nobody should go to anyway. Any mobile antivirus will barely protect you from a virtually nonexistent threat, and it will only slow down your device. No matter how paranoid you are about viruses on your Rhodium, it's just a waste your time to actually use a mobile antivirus.

DaveTheTytnIIGuy said:
Why do you want an antivirus on your Rhodium? Back when I was still a n00b to Windows Mobile (~2 years ago), I bought a one year license for Norton Mobile Antivirus, and it had a feature which let you view the entire virus database. There were about 20 total viruses in the database, and only 3 were for Windows Mobile; the rest were for Symbian. Now, of those three viruses for Windows Mobile, one of them asked you if you wanted to be infected or not, and the other two came from illegal sites nobody should go to anyway. Any mobile antivirus will barely protect you from a virtually nonexistent threat, and it will only slow down your device. No matter how paranoid you are about viruses on your Rhodium, it's just a waste your time to actually use a mobile antivirus.
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I second this, I was running Kaspersky Mobile and all it did was slow down my phone. We may need it in the future but not now.

Last December I found a virus on my flashdrive. It copied itself to the trashbin of Windows XP and infected any flashdrive I plugged in. I removed the virus, but I already had synchronised my phone.
How can I find out if this virus has infected my Rhodium?

Nightwing-1 said:
Last December I found a virus on my flashdrive. It copied itself to the trashbin of Windows XP and infected any flashdrive I plugged in. I removed the virus, but I already had synchronised my phone.
How can I find out if this virus has infected my Rhodium?
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Two different Operating Systems. Viruses are written to attack specific OS's. Just make sure you scan the flashdrive under windows for virus. Don't worry about the Win Mobile OS.

I use ESET mobile AV.

Two different Operating Systems. Viruses are written to attack specific OS's. Just make sure you scan the flashdrive under windows for virus. Don't worry about the Win Mobile OS.
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I wasn't sure if Win Mobile would be affected or not. Thanks for the reassurance.
And I'll take a look at ESET AV. Better safe than sorry.

Today I found an article in the paper. Apparently the game '3D anti terrorist action' may be infected with a trojan virus. The smartphone starts dialling expensive international phonenumbers.
Does anyone have any experience with 'Lookout mobile security'?
Please let me know if it's a good application.
Thanks again,
Rob.

Nightwing-1 said:
Today I found an article in the paper. Apparently the game '3D anti terrorist action' may be infected with a trojan virus. The smartphone starts dialling expensive international phonenumbers.
Does anyone have any experience with 'Lookout mobile security'?
Please let me know if it's a good application.
Thanks again,
Rob.
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Yes i was infected by this one

Nightwing-1 said:
Today I found an article in the paper. Apparently the game '3D anti terrorist action' may be infected with a trojan virus. The smartphone starts dialling expensive international phonenumbers.
Does anyone have any experience with 'Lookout mobile security'?
Please let me know if it's a good application.
Thanks again,
Rob.
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I've been using Lookour Mobile Security for 4 or 5 months now, haven't noticed any slowdown in the phone. Nothing has been detected either, but I don't go to risky sites using my phone, and all my spam is filtered by email provider before getting to my inbox, so I can't say anything about the efectiveness of the antivirus.

Thanks for your comment aboute the use of Lookout, Josemald.
Just a few things I'd like to know.
When I go to the Lookout site, I get a screen, asking for my mobile number. Do you get an e-mail link as text message?
Could you tell me what happens after that?
Thanks.
Never mind, figured it out.

I too was infected by '3D anti terrorist action' with Lookout Mobile Security installed and active.

Nightwing-1 said:
Thanks for your comment aboute the use of Lookout, Josemald.
Just a few things I'd like to know.
When I go to the Lookout site, I get a screen, asking for my mobile number. Do you get an e-mail link as text message?
Could you tell me what happens after that?
Thanks.
Never mind, figured it out.
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there is also a description at the end of the same page referring to a mobile page from where you can download the CAB file directly
http://www.mylookout.com/m/windowsmobile

Nightwing-1 said:
Today I found an article in the paper. Apparently the game '3D anti terrorist action' may be infected with a trojan virus. The smartphone starts dialling expensive international phonenumbers.
Does anyone have any experience with 'Lookout mobile security'?
Please let me know if it's a good application.
Thanks again,
Rob.
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I too was infected by '3D anti terrorist action' with Lookout Mobile Security installed and active.
So, after an hard reset, I flash again my HD (with a new rom)... and I'm not installed Lookout again.
I don't know if Lookout is a good application, but I seen that was unuseful in this case.
With spending caused by malware could I buy an effective antivirus ...
Seems that the one of few that detect and remove this malware was f-secure mobile...
You can take a look here: (3w).f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001930.html

BuckleyInDaHouse said:
I use ESET mobile AV.
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ESET Has a mobile antivirus, please link! im not worried about wm viruses just wanna see it I'm a nod32 fan....

I have Trend Micro for my computer and with it comes a virus protection for your mobile..
Protects 3 cps and 3 mobiles great program

Software firewall
I think more important than a AV, is a software firewall for Windows Mobile.
This way we can control our connections and see if any programs are connecting without our knowledge.
Right now we are installing CAB files from everybody but we don't know much about who writes them and they could easily have back-doors to collect out email passwords etc.

fishel said:
I think more important than a AV, is a software firewall for Windows Mobile.
This way we can control our connections and see if any programs are connecting without our knowledge.
Right now we are installing CAB files from everybody but we don't know much about who writes them and they could easily have back-doors to collect out email passwords etc.
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thanks for this commentary....

AntiVirus software

Hi all
Need any good AntiVirus Software for my HTC MEGA.

Hi again ganesh.htc,
I can point you towards some anti-viruses for WinMo but in my opinion they arent really necessary, I've never had a virus on my Mega yet, and the AV's I've used restrict what you do with your phone, ESET and Dr Web both prevented me from transfering files between my pc and phone.
Hows MyScript working out for you btw?

You could use lookout mobile protection.......https://www.mylookout.com/
Have installed it for a couple of weeks. No side effects but I wonder if you need it.......

thanks a lot for ur valuable suggestion
Ur MyStylus i working great.
Thanks Frank for mobile protection. I just wanted a Antivirus software as i browse a lot in my mobile.

windows8 virus affected.

I installed windows8 developer edition in the C drive. No other operating systems. I have updated the windows defender from windows update.
Then i made some browsing and downloaded some exe's and installed them. But now i think my pc is infected with virus. Windows defender detected few viruses and quarantined them. I deleted them. Now my pc is having few issues. It is taking a lot of time to restart. Also the recycle bin icon on the desktop is now changed to bluetooth icon. I guess my pc is virus infected.
I heard windows defender is a full fledged antivirus solution for windows8. IS it not?
Do you recommend any antivirus solutions for windows8. What should i do now.
Actually i purchased KASPERSKY ANTIVIRUS 2011 which is compatible with windows7. My subscription is upto march 2012. But my bad it is not compatible with windows8. Any solution for this one too..

Windows Defender is not AntiVirus... You want Microsoft Security Essentials or whatever their calling it now

It's all incorporated into Defender now.

We will never get Professional Security from M$.We must depend on Professional AV Providers like norton,Kaspersky.

Why were you installing random executables? If you can't use Windows without F8cking up so badly then you shouldn't be using Developer Preview. GO back to Windows 7, most AV software doesn't work with W8 anyway.

netham45 said:
It's all incorporated into Defender now.
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I have Microsoft Security Essentials installed on my W8.

mr.harsh said:
We will never get Professional Security from M$.We must depend on Professional AV Providers like norton,Kaspersky.
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Well those "professionals" are the most expencive AV in the market.. dont know if you get a % of it.. but there are some out there completly free.
The AV industry is like politics.. there are AV to Mac OSX and there is no virus there..
there is AV in Windows Phone and there is no virus there.. is just business
MS changed many things with time. you go instal something, and you have to confirm it and alow it to acess previleges if asked for that program.
that is just the problem.
people install everything even if dont know what is it .. MS cant do mutch unless start cuting some fingers to dont alow install even after warnings.

Core2pt said:
Well those "professionals" are the most expencive AV in the market.. dont know if you get a % of it.. but there are some out there completly free.
The AV industry is like politics.. there are AV to Mac OSX and there is no virus there..
there is AV in Windows Phone and there is no virus there.. is just business
MS changed many things with time. you go instal something, and you have to confirm it and alow it to acess previleges if asked for that program.
that is just the problem.
people install everything even if dont know what is it .. MS cant do mutch unless start cuting some fingers to dont alow install even after warnings.
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Agree With that..

Core2pt said:
Well those "professionals" are the most expencive AV in the market.. dont know if you get a % of it.. but there are some out there completly free.
The AV industry is like politics.. there are AV to Mac OSX and there is no virus there..
there is AV in Windows Phone and there is no virus there.. is just business
MS changed many things with time. you go instal something, and you have to confirm it and alow it to acess previleges if asked for that program.
that is just the problem.
people install everything even if dont know what is it .. MS cant do mutch unless start cuting some fingers to dont alow install even after warnings.
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Agree with that so much, people fail at things so hard mostly because they don't read...

SuperAntiSpyware and MalwareBytes should clean the infection up for ya, if not, try ComboFix.

i've never gone wrong with panda cloud av...and its free. i currently use it on my windows 8 m3 build 8102 x86, and it works just fine. as the tech of my friends and family...im always cleaning viruses from peoples computers, even though they have nortons, mcafee, sophos, etc...but when i uninstall them and use panda it almostr instantly finds viruses and malware the others didnt detect. i think av's are much better cloud based as you dont need to update definitions...just connect and you are protected in real time.