Anti-Virus for Palm?

Brad · 02-22-2006, 08:17 PM

I just got a new TX and really love the web browsing ability. Which leads me to wonder if I should have some sort of anti-virus protection on PalmOS 5.4. Is anti-virus necessary for a Palm device? If so, does anyone have any recommendations?

Dick Tracy · 02-23-2006, 06:35 AM

Not necessary. There were a couple of proof of concept virii a number of years ago but they have not been seen in the wild in ages. You need only be concerned with email attachments (such as MS Word/Excel documents) that you transfer to your computer. If you're really paranoid, Symantec would be delighted to have some of your money.

Brad · 02-23-2006, 12:23 PM

Thanks for the info Dick Tracy, it is good to know. I did look around and it looks like most of the AV development for Palm ended at PalmOS 4.

Chaos · 02-23-2006, 08:50 PM

You almost certainly don't need AV on a Palm. If you're downloading files to your Palm and running them directly a lot, then the most I'd suggest would be keeping a full backup of everything on your Palm, so you can restore completely if something does go wrong, which is very unlikely.

02-22-2006, 08:17 PM	#1
Brad Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 201 Join Date: Sep 2004 Device: Cybook Gen3 / EB1150 /iPhone	Anti-Virus for Palm? I just got a new TX and really love the web browsing ability. Which leads me to wonder if I should have some sort of anti-virus protection on PalmOS 5.4. Is anti-virus necessary for a Palm device? If so, does anyone have any recommendations?

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02-23-2006, 06:35 AM	#2
Dick Tracy Detective Posts: 109 Karma: 4455 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: California Device: Palm TX	Not necessary. There were a couple of proof of concept virii a number of years ago but they have not been seen in the wild in ages. You need only be concerned with email attachments (such as MS Word/Excel documents) that you transfer to your computer. If you're really paranoid, Symantec would be delighted to have some of your money.

02-23-2006, 12:23 PM	#3
Brad Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 201 Join Date: Sep 2004 Device: Cybook Gen3 / EB1150 /iPhone	Thanks for the info Dick Tracy, it is good to know. I did look around and it looks like most of the AV development for Palm ended at PalmOS 4.

02-23-2006, 08:50 PM	#4
Chaos Evangelist Posts: 418 Karma: 281 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Device: Assorted older devices	You almost certainly don't need AV on a Palm. If you're downloading files to your Palm and running them directly a lot, then the most I'd suggest would be keeping a full backup of everything on your Palm, so you can restore completely if something does go wrong, which is very unlikely.

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