View Full Version : do you guys install anti virus or firewall on ur PDA?
ov2rey
19-04-2008, 01:21 PM
do you guys using any firewall or anti virus on ur pda?
^^rac
19-04-2008, 01:48 PM
Naah,
I tried almost all of them, it just take space on your device. And i never caught any virus or something like that before......
I think its a precaution, that no one actually uses....
My opinion:)
johanromijn
19-04-2008, 01:58 PM
Some people use a call firewall! :D
Rudegar
19-04-2008, 02:18 PM
pc virus's dont work so virus's have to be spc made for wm
and PIE which most people use is soo useless it dont have features which could have
holes so website virus's could get in :P
and i generaly dont click on files people mail to me
ov2rey
20-04-2008, 12:25 PM
Some people use a call firewall! :D
haha me too
call firewall great..
when u have another gf.. 2 gf
when u go out with 1gb on call firewal block the another gf
hahaha
Cavey.co.uk
20-04-2008, 02:21 PM
Also good to block people who disable caller ID. I find these are usually people trying to sell something, so it is not a bad idea to block them... and I only know one private person who disables caller ID and they are friends of my parents so never call me.
...or if you are in another country and will only want close friends and family to be able to ring you (roaming charges and all that).
I have SPB Phone Suite installed for the notifications, but there's a call firewall installed by default. I don't use it normally (advertising phone callers are currently not a problem), but I would probably use it when roaming.
As for viruses etc..., I am not really that worried yet. There is no particular market leader which makes device specific problems hard to exploit. Even if my phone caught a virus, I don't know anyone else with a WM phone in my address book, so it wouldn't propagate from me and I doubt it would reach me in the first place.
So I am not worried yet, hard a hard reset is quicker than a windows re-install, especially with backup software :s
edywanwan
20-04-2008, 08:34 PM
I used once almost 4 months. Never detect a single virus around,so I just remove and now running with anti-virusfree.
Sina™
21-04-2008, 03:58 PM
LOL...
A Trojan call...:D
mchapman007
21-04-2008, 04:03 PM
Until I see objective evidence to warrant it, is when I'll start using it.
mugglesquop
21-04-2008, 04:43 PM
used to have F-Secure antivirus and spyware, but it never did much, so never bothered re-installing after a hard reset.
benmyers2941
21-04-2008, 09:48 PM
I think this falls under the same reasoning why Apples "don't have virus problems" like PCs. If you're some malicious jerk ass the creates viruses who do you want to target? 90% of the world (pc), 5% of the world (Apple), or less than 1% (WM).
All numbers are completely made up.
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