Comments on: Bluetooth security guidelines http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3521 p2pnet.net - reader powered Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:18:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/3521/comment-page-1#comment-8430 Reader's Write Wed, 12 Jan 2005 02:54:10 +0000 #comment-8430 "Smart phone users should install appropriate anti-virus software, much in the same way they would on their computers. Anti-virus scanners are available through Symbian, F-Secure, McAfee, and Symantec." In other word: protecting our user base doesn't increase our profits, so you have to buy "protection" from anti-virus companies. Nevermind that with proper updated OS security there is little chance of being compromised and that running programs never be done without making sure of what they are, and you should run them with only the minimum necessary privileges. And perish the though that you could use free, open-source anti-virus, like clam. http://www.clamav.net/ “Smart phone users should install appropriate anti-virus software, much in the same way they would on their computers. Anti-virus scanners are available through Symbian, F-Secure, McAfee, and Symantec.”

In other word: protecting our user base doesn’t increase our profits, so you have to buy “protection” from anti-virus companies.

Nevermind that with proper updated OS security there is little chance of being compromised and that running programs never be done without making sure of what they are, and you should run them with only the minimum necessary privileges.

And perish the though that you could use free, open-source anti-virus, like clam.
http://www.clamav.net/

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