Do you have an antivirus on your phone?
By Diana
@dya80dya (36155)
July 16, 2024 1:37pm CST
I installed one and I searched if I have a virus on my phone. But I don't have any virus. I think I will uninstall it. If it's useful it should find some problems. Or maybe I don't have any virus, but this is hard to believe. Today I clicked on a weird link. I wanted to find malware too, but the programs couldn't find anything. I will uninstall all programs because I am not sure if they are useful. Do you use an antivirus app on your phone? Do you think it's necessary? Can you recommend a better app if such an app exists? I installed Bitdefender and Malware-bytes.
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8 responses
@kaylachan (65344)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jul
Antivirus apps don't really do anything. If anything they just take up space on your phone. The chances of getting a virus on a smart phone are quite small, and you should only be concerned if you lost your phone, or your phone starts to behave differently. such as battery draining or it getting hot for no real reason. Strange sounds while in phone calls.
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@RasmaSandra (77609)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
16 Jul
I have no mobile phone but I do have an antivirus program on my desktop PC, You never know searching the net,
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@psanasangma (7244)
• India
17 Jul
I don't have anti virus for phone but I do have in my pc
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@RevivedWarrior (1115)
• India
17 Jul
Although in principle computers and smartphones have almost the same working techniques,most of the virus in market targets computers and servers and very few are there which targets smartphones. Again, most malwares target browsers and cookies. With Smartphones, most of the things are apps and they have their own defence mechanisms. Having said that having an antivirus on smartphone is useful . Make sure of Norton or Mcaffe is used. I am not sure of other brands . It is better to be safe than sorry!
@RebeccasFarm (88351)
• Arvada, Colorado
16 Jul
I do not Diana. I have not much on my phone to worry about.
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@sabtraversa (13822)
• Italy
16 Jul
I don't know if I'd be able to trust antivirus apps in the first place, but I've heard of the names you mentioned and they seem to be reliable. 
I have an iPhone so it's less likely to get malware compared to Android, I think. And I don't use it a lot so very little chances to get infected, I prefer the computer for most things.
I have an iPhone so it's less likely to get malware compared to Android, I think. And I don't use it a lot so very little chances to get infected, I prefer the computer for most things.1 person likes this
