Graham:
Thanks for your detailed and well-researched answers to my questions. The trouble you took to be extensive is very much appreciated.
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According to their website, ClamXav is written for OS X and can spot both Mac and Windows threats, but I can't see a mention of Android. Is it possible that its simply mis-reporting code intended for Android as a virus as it's not recognised?
Graham
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The interesting thing about the reported viruses is that none of them affected any of Google's own internal apps.
Two of the afflicted apps were the only ones I've ever downloaded that spammed my notification bar with ads, so you can see why I was inclined to take ClamXav at its word. I don't think anyone would disagree that Apple vets their app store submissions to a rather invasive degree while, thankfully, Google does not (even allowing a Cyanogenmod installer for an entire month!). And while that provides a wonderful example of Google's support of independent developers, it doesn't indicate the best strategy for avoiding viruses or security breaches (at least as I understand them).
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Like any system if someone gets hold of your account name and password they can get in to your data. Turning on two step authentication in Android would help (note to self... must do that!)
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Good point about the second step!
While I'm aware that name and password theft is a universal issue, one of my friends is so careful that I wondered if she'd been observed
remotely by a third party while
submitting her name and password, or if someone might have managed to get into the file tree where she stored her passwords list.