No, not Carbon, Carbonite. Carbonate is actually an AV/Security application for Android. It works much the same way as does the very excellent and light footprint Vipre for Windows.
I hope that clarifies things. ======================================== My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <gor...@mac-access.net <mailto:gor...@mac-access.net>> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist. Hartlepool Blind Avenue Road Hartlepool TS24 8BB Cleveland Work Phone: +44 (0)1429 272494 Mobile/SMS: +44 (0)7907 823971 ———————————————————— On 30 Apr 2016, at 20:04, Joshua Gregory <joshtg...@gmail.com> wrote: Hi, You mentioned Viper Carbon, is that another cleaning app or something? > On Apr 30, 2016, at 2:58 PM, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net > <mailto:gor...@mac-access.net>> wrote: > > I am not saying that I necessarily agree with the comment which manufacturers > and developers made, and yes, it was their comment, not mine. As it happens > I run Vipre Carbonate on all my Android devices. Maybe it is needed, maybe > it isn’t needed. But I see no harm in airing on the side of portion. > > ======================================== > > My compliments and kindest regards > Gordon Smith: > <gor...@mac-access.net <mailto:gor...@mac-access.net>> > > Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist. > Hartlepool Blind > Avenue Road > Hartlepool > TS24 8BB > Cleveland > Work Phone: > +44 (0)1429 272494 > Mobile/SMS: > +44 (0)7907 823971 > > ———————————————————— > > On 30 Apr 2016, at 17:18, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net > <mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net>> wrote: > > Okay so given what you’ve said here’s the question, why then do Samsung > Galaxy devices for example ship with the Smart manage utility? > > As for Anti Virus/Security utilities? Yep no requirement for those however > Android is like Mac, Windows or everything else where say emails with > infected or malicious attachments can be opened, the communications to and > from your device can be intercepted via public Wi-Fi hotspots and so on. > > >> On 1 May 2016, at 1:40 AM, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net >> <mailto:gor...@mac-access.net>> wrote: >> >> According to Samsung and LG and Google, there’s no advantage in thee >> utilities. Actually, they also claim that there is absolutely no >> requirement for antivirus software on Android. So I guess it comes down to >> who you opt to believe, the AV/Cleaner developers, or the manufacturers of >> the OS. I don’t know because I personally have never encountered a >> situation where my AV software on Android even bothered to claim something >> was infected. So I have to admit that I’m starting to wonder just why I >> bothered. ;-) >> >> ======================================== >> >> My compliments and kindest regards >> Gordon Smith: >> <gor...@mac-access.net <mailto:gor...@mac-access.net>> >> >> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist. >> Hartlepool Blind >> Avenue Road >> Hartlepool >> TS24 8BB >> Cleveland >> Work Phone: >> +44 (0)1429 272494 >> Mobile/SMS: >> +44 (0)7907 823971 >> >> ———————————————————— >> >> On 30 Apr 2016, at 00:34, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net >> <mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net>> wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> I don’t think my email on this subject got sent for some strange reason the >> first time so I’ll have another go. >> >> Users of Windows and Mac machines may have heard of a clever utility called >> Cleaner which cleans the hard drive, the registry and comes with some handy >> repair tools. >> >> Cleaner is now available for Android as an Android App which performs many >> cleaning and maintenance functions on an Android device, the App can be >> downloaded from Google Play or you can find out more information at >> http://www.ccleaner.com <http://www.ccleaner.com/> >> >> Cleaner for Android comes in 2 versions, standard and Professional and is >> very accessible. >> >> >> ********** >> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >> halfwits in this world behind. >> >> >> >> > > ********** > Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the > halfwits in this world behind. > > > >
