Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Kaspersky Lab Releases Kaspersky Anti-Virus Mobile
Posted by Paul Martin in "SOFTWARE" @ 07:18 PM
"Kaspersky Labs says that when compared to previous versions of mobile phone protection systems, the new-generation solution offers significantly enhanced functionality based on a much more extensive set of tools that process scanned objects and protect from IT threats. Kaspersky Anti-Virus Mobile includes a number of previously unavailable features, such as scanning of individual objects (files or folders) and isolation of infected objects in quarantine storage to prevent deletion of important information. The antivirus protection has become even more reliable due to the feature of unpacking and scanning the contents of .sis files, which are often used by cybercriminals for distributing malicious code. Optimization of the product’s antivirus engine also results in higher performance levels."
Ahh, here we go again. Not content to protect against non-existent Windows Mobile viruses, Kapersky releases an update to also scan for them faster and do the same for mobile phones. :roll: While the press release sounds like it's available, I could only find an equivalent of a "coming soon" message and trial download from their site. While I'm sure it's bound to happen at some point, I'm not aware of a great outcry for a mobile virus problem. Back in 2004, Chris De Herrera wrote an article for his site entitled "Pocket PC Antivirus Becomes a Necessity", but fortunately the predictions were quite premature. Have you EVER heard of a problem with a virus related to a mobile device? When I bought my Dell Axim, it came with a copy of McAfee VirusScan mobile. I've never installed it. Is anyone concerned enough about the possibility of viruses to install this on your device?
Ahh, here we go again. Not content to protect against non-existent Windows Mobile viruses, Kapersky releases an update to also scan for them faster and do the same for mobile phones. :roll: While the press release sounds like it's available, I could only find an equivalent of a "coming soon" message and trial download from their site. While I'm sure it's bound to happen at some point, I'm not aware of a great outcry for a mobile virus problem. Back in 2004, Chris De Herrera wrote an article for his site entitled "Pocket PC Antivirus Becomes a Necessity", but fortunately the predictions were quite premature. Have you EVER heard of a problem with a virus related to a mobile device? When I bought my Dell Axim, it came with a copy of McAfee VirusScan mobile. I've never installed it. Is anyone concerned enough about the possibility of viruses to install this on your device?
