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Antivirus companies looking for more cash in mobiles

Link: Antivirus look to get locked into cells | CNET News.com.

Now the antivirus industry is turning its attention to mobile phones–but it’s running into reluctance from cell service providers, who aren’t so sure that the handset is the best place to handle security.

I agree with the operator perspective. 

My Nokia N70 has some sort of antivirus nonsense installed on it, taking up a stupid amount of disk space and CPU attention. For viruses to really get a foothold, they need a good platform — for example, millions of Windows-based computers all permanently connected to the internet.

The medium is that much more different with mobile.  Lots of different handset all running different (basic) operating systems isn’t very useful.  A can see a higher risk with smartphones… but until such time as we’re all *properly* connected to the internet via mobile and we’re all using common software programmed with a cavalier attitude, I think my handsets are safe.

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