On 11/24/2011 08:09 PM, Matt Jones wrote:
On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Pete<psmo...@live.com> wrote:
Hi all,
Probably a mute point, and I have no wish to feed a troll, but on TV earlier
they were advertising 'Norton Tablet Security' for Android tablets, given
the close similarity between Android and LINUX / UNIX based systems (I
believe Android started out as open source based on LINUX), is it now
essential to install an Anti-virus / anti malware on our systems?
Just got me thinking thats all.
Regards
Pete.
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There are no doubt vulnerabilities in Android that could be exploited
by nefarious types(The same applies to iOS/WP too), but I suspect the
Norton package is mostly an attempt to bolster profits on tablet sales
in high street stores.
That would be my explanation as to why it is a wastefully boxed item,
rather than just a download on the Android Market.
M.
Hi.
Would never consider Norton anyway (bad experience in my windoughs
days!) but I do have clamav installed on my *buntu system, more out of
courtesy to all my backwards friends who still use a paid for OS, so as
to ensure I don’t forward them a virus and then have to sort their
machine out!
Regards,
Pete
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