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Mobile AV software

STEE · 2023-02-04 14:40:34

Quick question, I was looking at phones online and came across some phone for sale that had an extra charge for Anti-Virus software. Do you need to buy a anti-virus software for a smart phone ?

04-02-2023 2:40pm

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STEE

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Quick question, I was looking at phones online and came across some phone for sale that had an extra charge for Anti-Virus software. Do you need to buy a anti-virus software for a smart phone ?

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#2 04-02-2023 3:07pm

smuggler.ie

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Current "phone" is no longer conventional phone , mini computer. You have mail and other applications on it, you have browser.
If you don't do sh1t on it you don't really need AV.

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#3 04-02-2023 3:10pm

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Cheaper to "buy" a free sub for whatever length of time

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#4 10-02-2023 9:56am

_Kaiser_

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I use a combination of Adguard and Kaspersky myself - the latter is a multi-install license that I have on the PC/laptop as well.

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