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Yes the apps for android arent as tighly scanned as for apple and a few malware baring apps grt through. Do the av scanners spot them.. Not seen any independant tests either way Have a look at the Galaxy tab 2 7.0 8gb mid with a 32gb sdcard extra in it. The display is better imho and adding in the sd card still works out cheaper than the nexus. Martin On Tuesday, 1 January 2013, Terry Coles wrote: > On Tuesday 01 Jan 2013 13:38:43 Andrew R Paterson wrote: > > I strongly believe (feel free to correct me please!) that most (if not > all) > > the AV software you get for Linux (and android?) is just using the same > > signature databases as the main windows versions and thus all you are > doing > > is ensuring you don't download any windows viruses. > > Certainly, on desktop Linux, there are far more virus signatures in the > virus > database than there are known viruses that attack Linux. I would agree > that > the main reason for running a virus scanner on a 'pure' Linux machine is to > avoid inadvertently passing on Windows viruses to Windows users that I > communicate with. > > > As I say, please prove me wrong :) > > AFAIK, there are viruses that attack Android (ref Natalie's earlier post). > It > may be that the virus databases also include Windows viruses for the same > reason as above, but I'm not aware of this. > > You must acknowledge that even a pure Linux machine is not invulnerable, > although social engineering seems to be the only successful attack vector. > Android is slightly more vulnerable than a pure Linux machine since the > users > generally have full root privileges, plus it is a more attractive target, > so I > would be very surprised to hear that there are no Android viruses. > > > I also use Avast (on my windows boxes) and am indeed happy with it - but > AV > > s/w for Linux and android - show me some proof that they actually do > > something (and don't tell me they are root-checkers please!). > > I can't show proof, so until someone does, I'll continue to use the tools > available. > > -- > Terry Coles > 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 > Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected]<javascript:;> > How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue > -- -- Martin Hepworth, CISSP Oxford, UK -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-01-08 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:[email protected] How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
