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Regards, Benjamin Matthews Software Solutions Architect | Application Definition Manager Installable Applications, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Hein Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [android-security-discuss] Third party firewall/antivirus 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 On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Yi-Hau Li <[email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[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<http://unsubscribegooglegroups.com> or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
