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Thread ID: 135261	2013-10-13 21:37:00	smartphone antivirus safety	effie c (6856)	Press F1

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1355997	2013-10-13 21:37:00	Hi all, I am using my recently acquired smartphone more and more of late, but internet/online banking is not what I dare install, seeing as there is no antivirus apps that I can see Can anyone comment on this and suggest an answer, so I can bank with a smartphone? My desktop is used less and less of late-but certainly used for banking etc Effie c	effie c (6856)
1355998	2013-10-13 21:41:00	Don't bother. As long as you stick to apps installed from its store you'll be fine.	pcuser42 (130)
1355999	2013-10-13 21:54:00	As long as you stick to apps installed from its store you'll be fine. Sound advice. I agree, the AV stuff is largely a hoax across all 3 popular mobile platforms (Windows Phone / Android / iOS), it's not worth bothering with. EDIT: BTW - See here: pressf1.pcworld.co.nz	Chilling_Silence (9)
1356000	2013-10-14 00:58:00	Also if your bank has an official app on the store use that instead of the website, it's generally a lot easier.	dugimodo (138)
1356001	2013-10-14 02:23:00	Also if your bank has an official app on the store use that instead of the website, it's generally a lot easier. Totally agree, and all the major banks now have iOS and Android banking apps that are free.	Webdevguy (17166)
1356002	2013-10-14 19:57:00	www.theregister.co.uk That is the sort of thing that worries me , 'legit' apps getting access to everything on the ph, slurping eg apps accessing contacts, camera, email, photos , apps can have the ability to send txt's to your contacts & take over the camera & mic for no good reason(not sure that any do, yet) My Android ph is clean now, after a factory reset/restore. I got quite a shock will all the ads after in 1st installed just a few games from the app store. If it was a PC with all those ads popping up, it wouldn't be tolerated & would be called out as malware , not just accepted as it is with Android etc	1101 (13337)
1356003	2013-10-14 21:37:00	Depends, many free apps and games are add supported and it's in the fine print somewhere generally so you've technically agreed to them. It does bother me a bit when apps want access to all those features and it seems unjustified, why does a map app need access to my contacts for example, but I'm fairly trusting of official bank apps. I don't have any pop up adds on any of my 3 android devices and have installed plenty of free apps, a few have adds within the app itself but that's not so bad. Maybe you just need to be a bit selective, always a good Idea to read any negative comments to see what issues others have with an app.	dugimodo (138)
1356004	2013-10-14 23:16:00	As mentioned in the other thread, apps can no longer display Ads in the notification bar: play.google.com To find out more about the ad networks on your phone that are used for displaying ads within apps, you can use Lookout Ad Network Detector: play.google.com No virus, no malware, just Ads... and a storm in a teacup.	Chilling_Silence (9)
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