N95 Phone Viruses?

[sandrodz]

Is there any risk of being infected with a virus for symbian OS that
could harm my N95??

Do any viruses for this OS actually exist? If so, can they affect a phone like
the N95?

I've been uploading lots of stuff into my phone lately (Music, videos, apps, games etc...)
and I got a little worried that some of these 3rd party apps might be infected with malware.

Does anyone know of existing viruses that can affect us?
Sypmthoms? Detection? Removal?

There's nothing currently wrong with my phone, but I though it would be interesting to
learn about this, in order to prevent posible exposure.

[Steve_R]

Listen to the AV companies, and you will need anti virus.

Listen to everyone else, and you won't.....

Take your choice.

[kriegerisch]

It´s basically common sense, if you keep your BT on all day long and suddenly receive a message from someone you don´t know, it´s up to you whether you open it or not. Besides when trying to install a software you truly know the source it asks for a lot of permission before installing.
Personally I think it´s a waste of money and space in your memory. Thank god the N95 didn´t installed one.

[SERBDVB]

I use
Kaspersky Mobile Security Anti-Virus v6.00

working very good , so far no problems !!!!

[ralph]

Now that symbian has been hacked it will happen sooner or later

Ralph

[Micky]

Exactly. Just keep your whits about yourself. Only download apps, themes etc from here.

[Sexyback]

Originally Posted by ralph

Now that symbian has been hacked it will happen sooner or later

Ralph

Yup that makes sense. I was about to say no dont be silly, its a money making con, phone anti virus, but Ralph has a big point now

[Mr G]

Originally Posted by kriegerisch

It´s basically common sense, if you keep your BT on all day long and suddenly receive a message from someone you don´t know, it´s up to you whether you open it or not. Besides when trying to install a software you truly know the source it asks for a lot of permission before installing.
Personally I think it´s a waste of money and space in your memory. Thank god the N95 didn´t installed one.

Exactly what i was gonna say.

[ralph]

have a look at

YouTube - Newton Virus - Art virus for Mac

coming to a N95 near you soon

Ralph

[Linda123]

Originally Posted by kriegerisch

It´s basically common sense, if you keep your BT on all day long and suddenly receive a message from someone you don´t know, it´s up to you whether you open it or not. Besides when trying to install a software you truly know the source it asks for a lot of permission before installing.
Personally I think it´s a waste of money and space in your memory. Thank god the N95 didn´t installed one.

I dunno what BT is but on my phone when I get a message it just says 1 message and then gives you the option to show or exit. It doesn't say who its from or what number on the main screen, you have to open it to find out. I doubt many will exit and then go through the menu to inbox just to see who the message is from before opening.

I downloaded F-Secure but I don't know if it does me any good. I'll probably delete it when I need the space. There's not many app to chose from on the phone in the 'Download!' icon in Tools, so thats why I downloaded it! I know there's a lot of third-party apps but still..