Thread: Are there Maemo viruses? Is anti-virus software available or necessary?
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2005-12-23 , 06:32
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Originally Posted by MACDADDY
I have been downloading & installing several apps. I just now realized there is no virus protection. Are we at risk or am I being silly?
I'd say there is no risk. There ain't nearly as much viruses for Linux as is for example for Windows. Also amount of N770s around the world is still quite limited, so I don't think anyone will be interested in writing viruses for it. At least yet.
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