Is antivirus necessary for mobile phones?

adithyagenius · 28-04-2007, 01:11 PM

I use my N70 music edition firmware - 5.0705.3.0.1 RM-84
mainly to listen to music , play videos in real player , recieve SMS and MMS apart from making and receiving phone calls. I sometimes switch on my bluetooth to recieve themes, ringtones , videos , songs and some s60 applications from friends's phones. I also copy these files from my pc using USB. What are the chances that my mobile phone may get infected?
1. If some malware does infect my phone, is it irreversible? My friend told me that when his phone (nokia 6630) was infected he couldn't format his phone because the phone kept shutting down.
2. Is there some freeware antivirus for mobile?
3. I had symantec mobile security installation file on my phone when I bought it. I installed and used it for 50 days. I had to uninstall it because my friends kept complaining that it had slowed down my phone. But now that installation file is gone. Is there anyway I can get it back? The file might have vanished when I did firmware update. I had taken a complete phone backup on the day I bought the phone.
4. Is there anyway I can see and extract the contents of the backup file made with nokia pc suite without actually restoring it on my phone?
5. Which is the best antivirus for my mobile taking security and performance into consideration?

Pathik · 28-04-2007, 01:40 PM

well u dont actually need a antivirus the way u r using it.. And if nything happens jus use the 3key format

adithyagenius · 28-04-2007, 04:34 PM

What is 3 key format?

Pathik · 28-04-2007, 04:38 PM

switch off ur fone... and press the GREEN, * and 3 key wen switching it on..
it ll format the fone memory fully..

adithyagenius · 28-04-2007, 04:48 PM

thanks for info but what do i do after formatting the phone? will the os also go?

Pathik · 28-04-2007, 04:52 PM

nope... the OS wont go of course... wat ll remain is only the core OS wit the apps u got pre installed in it... all this data is stored in z/..
all the apps/games u installed and all ur contacts and msgs ll be deleted... so take a backup b4 formatting..

adithyagenius · 28-04-2007, 05:16 PM

Thanks for helping me with the info

28-04-2007, 01:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
adithyagenius I WANT MORE FPS!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Shifted to Hydreabad from Mumbai Posts: 494	Is antivirus necessary for mobile phones? I use my N70 music edition firmware - 5.0705.3.0.1 RM-84 mainly to listen to music , play videos in real player , recieve SMS and MMS apart from making and receiving phone calls. I sometimes switch on my bluetooth to recieve themes, ringtones , videos , songs and some s60 applications from friends's phones. I also copy these files from my pc using USB. What are the chances that my mobile phone may get infected? 1. If some malware does infect my phone, is it irreversible? My friend told me that when his phone (nokia 6630) was infected he couldn't format his phone because the phone kept shutting down. 2. Is there some freeware antivirus for mobile? 3. I had symantec mobile security installation file on my phone when I bought it. I installed and used it for 50 days. I had to uninstall it because my friends kept complaining that it had slowed down my phone. But now that installation file is gone. Is there anyway I can get it back? The file might have vanished when I did firmware update. I had taken a complete phone backup on the day I bought the phone. 4. Is there anyway I can see and extract the contents of the backup file made with nokia pc suite without actually restoring it on my phone? 5. Which is the best antivirus for my mobile taking security and performance into consideration? __________________ E8500+Asus P5Q Pro, GTX280 OC, 4GB RAM+RAID0 2*WD 500GB, CM690+Corsair 650TX, Razer Diamondback+Goliathus Control Edition Omega, Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000, Dell E228WFP, X-Fi Titanium+T6060

28-04-2007, 01:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Pathik Google Bot Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 9,751	Re: Is antivirus necessary for mobile phones? well u dont actually need a antivirus the way u r using it.. And if nything happens jus use the 3key format

28-04-2007, 04:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
adithyagenius I WANT MORE FPS!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Shifted to Hydreabad from Mumbai Posts: 494	Re: Is antivirus necessary for mobile phones? What is 3 key format? __________________ E8500+Asus P5Q Pro, GTX280 OC, 4GB RAM+RAID0 2*WD 500GB, CM690+Corsair 650TX, Razer Diamondback+Goliathus Control Edition Omega, Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000, Dell E228WFP, X-Fi Titanium+T6060

28-04-2007, 04:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Pathik Google Bot Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 9,751	Re: Is antivirus necessary for mobile phones? switch off ur fone... and press the GREEN, * and 3 key wen switching it on.. it ll format the fone memory fully..

28-04-2007, 04:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
adithyagenius I WANT MORE FPS!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Shifted to Hydreabad from Mumbai Posts: 494	Re: Is antivirus necessary for mobile phones? thanks for info but what do i do after formatting the phone? will the os also go? __________________ E8500+Asus P5Q Pro, GTX280 OC, 4GB RAM+RAID0 2*WD 500GB, CM690+Corsair 650TX, Razer Diamondback+Goliathus Control Edition Omega, Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000, Dell E228WFP, X-Fi Titanium+T6060

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28-04-2007, 04:52 PM	#6 (permalink)
Pathik Google Bot Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 9,751	Re: Is antivirus necessary for mobile phones? nope... the OS wont go of course... wat ll remain is only the core OS wit the apps u got pre installed in it... all this data is stored in z/.. all the apps/games u installed and all ur contacts and msgs ll be deleted... so take a backup b4 formatting..

28-04-2007, 05:16 PM	#7 (permalink)
adithyagenius I WANT MORE FPS!! Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Shifted to Hydreabad from Mumbai Posts: 494	Re: Is antivirus necessary for mobile phones? Thanks for helping me with the info __________________ E8500+Asus P5Q Pro, GTX280 OC, 4GB RAM+RAID0 2*WD 500GB, CM690+Corsair 650TX, Razer Diamondback+Goliathus Control Edition Omega, Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000, Dell E228WFP, X-Fi Titanium+T6060

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