Anti Virus

Can someone please recommend Anti Virus for Windows Mobile (MDA Vario)
preferable free.

Thanks

> Can someone please recommend Anti Virus for Windows Mobile (MDA Vario)
> preferable free.

I don't think they do a free Windows Mobile version, but they do a
windows & mobile bundle for 29.95 euros at...

http://www.avira.com/en/products/ant...n_premium.html

The standard version seems to be very fast and effective, compared to
several others tested regularly at http://www.av-comparatives.org

Check out the online test results, as well as perhaps the retrospective
test - tests the same products 3 months later without any more updates -
Avira comes out strongly again.

It can be a little "keen" at times, detecting things like keygens or WGA
hacks as potentially nasty, but I think its the nature of the app that
gets them flagged, rather than real-world effects.

> Can someone please recommend Anti Virus for Windows Mobile (MDA Vario)
> preferable free.

....and try this out as well perhaps - appears to be free, although I
couldn't see it on BitDefenders' own website !

http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Se...s/BitDefender-
Antivirus-15888.shtml

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:03:46 -0000, "Sim" <sim@saysplsnospam.com>
wrote:

>Can someone please recommend Anti Virus for Windows Mobile (MDA Vario)
>preferable free.

Have you ever seen a virus that infects that platform? I haven't.
Certainly wouldn't want to slow my mobile down to protect it from a
non-existent threat.

And yes, I know there are some viruses for it, but not in the real
world.

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It's a requirement by the company if your going to connect to the company
via VPN and access network resources.

<hairydog@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:03:46 -0000, "Sim" <sim@saysplsnospam.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Can someone please recommend Anti Virus for Windows Mobile (MDA Vario)
>>preferable free.
>
> Have you ever seen a virus that infects that platform? I haven't.
> Certainly wouldn't want to slow my mobile down to protect it from a
> non-existent threat.
>
> And yes, I know there are some viruses for it, but not in the real
> world.
>
> --
>
> Iain
> the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones
> http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html
> Browse now while stocks last!

sim@saysplsnospam.com declared for all the world to hear...
> It's a requirement by the company if your going to connect to the company
> via VPN and access network resources.

Not sure how they would find out if you didn't mind you? Google for
"antivirus windows mobile" reveals 17.2 million hits, first of which
seems to be real.
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Regards
Jon

On Wed, 1 Nov 2006 14:18:37 -0000, "Sim" <sim@saysplsnospam.com>
wrote:

>It's a requirement by the company if your going to connect to the company
>via VPN and access network resources.

Even if there are windows mobile viruses in the wild that you are
likely to catch, are they cross-platform enough to spread to your
company computers?

Do they not run antivirus on their network?

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On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:42:54 GMT, Gavin <gavin@mindless.com> wrote:

>To be honest the main problem isn't they spread to other machines it's
>the network trafic they generate as they try and spread, might not be
>able to move on to another host but the blighters keep trying and
>swamp real traffic on the network / subnet depending on how the
>network is set up.

I don't believe that even if there was a virus on your phone, it could
possibly generate enough traffic to have any impact on a half-decent
network.

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Iain
the out-of-date hairydog guide to mobile phones
http://www.hairydog.co.uk/cell1.html
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