It looks like F-Secure advertises such a product for Android. Virus scanning is specifically mentioned, although this feature does not seem to be touted as much as the safe browsing features.
http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/products/mobile/mobile-security/Mobile_security_android.html <http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/products/mobile/mobile-security/Mobile_security_android.html> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Yi-Hau Li <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Before i have the same question as Sveta, but after some study for >> current antivirus tool on Market, >> I observed that it is still able to scan or detect suspicious >> app/events to some extend, for instance: >> once a package was installed, scan its contents and warn the owner if >> necessary. (/data/app is world-readable) >> > > Note that all the app needs to do is have itself installed as > forward-locked and no other app will be able to access its code. (Its real > .apk will be installed in another directory, which is only accessible by the > app.) > > >> Though this may not be as powerful as PC-counterpart, it still >> provides some protection to users. FYI. >> > > Until someone actually discovers an Android virus, I would still question > the utility of a virus scanner. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-security-discuss+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. >
