does viruses & malware pose a thread for Android OS ?

[picard12]

does viruses & malware pose a thread for Android OS ?

has anyone installed antivirus software on note 2?

 

[SupperDroid]

No more than any OS, I use Lookout Mobil Security.

 

[Thomas S]

Wondering this myself. Is AVG any good? Thats what I use on my computer

 

[h1r0ll3r]

Wondering this myself. Is AVG any good? Thats what I use on my computer

I use AVG on my laptop as well. It seems to work okay I guess. If you install an app that;s loaded with ads or whatever, it'll prompt you to continue installation or not. Seems to work well on my laptop so I figured, why not, couldn't hurt to have it on my phone as well.

 

[Phatninja55]

I would say no because the is only like 15 viruses coded for linux. But i would use avg to look for bad code in apks from 3rd party sources.

 

[Captain53]

Absolutely yes Android all devices are succeptable to many kinds of attacks and should be protected.

A free version of Webroot is available for download to Android Devices and I have had good results using it on my old Droid X for over 2 years. It scans your system every day along with any downloads prior to allowing them.

 

[Cobravision]

Has anyone here ever gotten malware? Maybe a couple. Any here ever gotten malware from the Play Store/Amazon App Store/Legit sideloaded apps? Probably zero.

If you're into downloading apps from sketchy sites or pirate/cracked apps from sketchy sites, maybe you need Lookout or whatnot.

But if you don't, it's just a waste of app space.

 

[colnago]

I would say no because the is only like 15 viruses coded for linux. But i would use avg to look for bad code in apks from 3rd party sources.

While that may be true, Google has removed more than (15) malicious apps from the Market over the years.

 

[picard12]

Wondering this myself. Is AVG any good? Thats what I use on my computer

AVG antivirus is crap ! AVG couldn't detect any viruses on users computers at work.

 

[JamesTM]

Avg puts the word suspicious in any sms messages I get from the bank or credit card companies.