android anti-virus
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I am looking for a recommendation on a good anti virus for my Samsung Galaxy S4. I looked at the AVG Antivirus Security app in the Google play store. Is it any good? Any other recommendations for what you have used or are currently using? Thanks.
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AVG should do the job. I've been having the S4 for over a year now and used Avast and Lookout also but AVG is still my favorite. Especially the remote admin feature that allows you to locate or lock your device when its lost. I tested it just to see how it works and its great. Location more precise than Lookout. Avast just looks too busy for me :laugh:
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I use avast and so far I have had no problems with viruses or malware on my phone Sent from my Android Galaxy S4 [you have won the lottery, click here to claim your prize]
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I use none. I am very careful with what I do with the phone and have not faced any trouble yet. I used AVG on S3 I had earlier. Never felt like I needed it.
Same here. BUT I once was very close to have a problem : I was lost in a crowd at some event, and was texting with my wife so that we could locate. In the middle of the ping-pong texting came a SMS that I opened without looking at it, and it opened my contact list, a facebook app, my browser and tried to connect to some website. Phone was also blocked. All this triggered by just opening that one SMS. I could then regain access to the phone by removing the battery (on/off-button did not work anymore), and had the luck that I had disabled the data connection (so the website access failed, and possibly a lot of other nasty things in the background). Phone was a Galaxy S1. Anyway, my wife was mad at me because it took me about 10 minutes to understand what was happening and find a way to restart my phone,and she had been waiting for my answers all along. I have deleted the SMS, so I don't know what it contained exactly.
~RaGE();
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Other than installing potential infected applications, what is the Galaxy susceptible to? (Honest question as I am going to be looking for a new phone tomorrow).
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
They disabled the "Phoning" functionality, since nobody was using it, but everything else (browsing, texting, using apps, taking pictures, ...) work like a charm.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
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AVG should do the job. I've been having the S4 for over a year now and used Avast and Lookout also but AVG is still my favorite. Especially the remote admin feature that allows you to locate or lock your device when its lost. I tested it just to see how it works and its great. Location more precise than Lookout. Avast just looks too busy for me :laugh:
Dumisani Nkosi wrote:
I tested it just to see how it works and its great
You did not mention the $499 fee for unlocking it.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
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I simply replaced my Galaxy with a Blackberry z10. I'm sure it is also hackable, but to date it has never been used as a vector to get into my Linux desktops. Unlike the Galaxy.
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I use none. I am very careful with what I do with the phone and have not faced any trouble yet. I used AVG on S3 I had earlier. Never felt like I needed it.
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Dumisani Nkosi wrote:
I tested it just to see how it works and its great
You did not mention the $499 fee for unlocking it.
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
I don't have the Pro Version installed but I'm able to remotely lock my device from the AVG site. Absolutely free :) No fees whatsoever
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That is a good choice, hackers seldom target obsolete technology. ;P
~RaGE();
I think words like 'destiny' are a way of trying to find order where none exists. - Christian Graus Entropy isn't what it used to.
It's a 4G touchscreen phone with 128G expansion via SDhC. Galaxy must be amazing!:cool:
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I am looking for a recommendation on a good anti virus for my Samsung Galaxy S4. I looked at the AVG Antivirus Security app in the Google play store. Is it any good? Any other recommendations for what you have used or are currently using? Thanks.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
I use Malwarebyes...haven't had any trouble. hasn't found anything either.
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I am looking for a recommendation on a good anti virus for my Samsung Galaxy S4. I looked at the AVG Antivirus Security app in the Google play store. Is it any good? Any other recommendations for what you have used or are currently using? Thanks.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
Sophos have a free offering for Android[^]. No idea if it's any good, as I haven't got a droid to test it.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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I use iOS as my anti-virus for Android. Sorry - it had to be said. I'll go away now. ;P
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ~ George Washington
Any device is susceptible to a virus and that certainly includes iOS. Read http://www.quora.com/Which-platform-is-more-vulnerable-to-viruses-iOS-or-Android for more insight.
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Other than installing potential infected applications, what is the Galaxy susceptible to? (Honest question as I am going to be looking for a new phone tomorrow).
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
Any phone that has WiFi and bluetooth capability, IMHO, is susceptible for attack in public places. I have once met a guy in cafe who was sniffing packets from free and open WiFi network provided by cafe. Now, there is nothing that your anitvirus could do about it. So, just be careful. I just prefer not to do internet banking or online purchase from phone. Other than that, all I have is few songs, photos, messages and contacts which I do not really care if someone reads.
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It's a 4G touchscreen phone with 128G expansion via SDhC. Galaxy must be amazing!:cool:
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You, too? I just got my Galaxy S4 yesterday, and still trying to get used to it.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I think the question should not be whether it is any good, but which protects you without sapping your performance.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence." << please vote!! >>
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I have had mine for a while now. About 6 months. I really like the phone, especially the screen size. My wife has an iPhone 5 and she is constantly borrowing mine as she likes mine better.
Within you lies the power for good - Use it!
The lack of a suitable belt clip for carrying is a bit off-putting, but I suppose I'll get used to it. I'm considering a purse for it, but having a hell of a time finding one to match my work boots.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I'm currently using ESET mobile security. It's pretty good.
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Sophos have a free offering for Android[^]. No idea if it's any good, as I haven't got a droid to test it.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
