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MDA question..

Huber505

Jul 28, 2006, 12:05 AM
since the phone has windows mobile, is it possible to get viruses or spyware? has anyone gotten viruses on their MDA? 😳
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johnm_10

Jul 30, 2006, 9:39 AM
It's possible but improbable because most virus out there won't run on the phone because it's a different architecture then a PC.

Someone might decide to write a virus specifically for this phone or windows mobile, but most hackers want to affect as many people as possible so focus mainly on the mainline microsoft products.

Hope this helps
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JPForth

Aug 13, 2006, 5:27 PM
As with the earlier reply, it is very difficult to get a virus that will actually affect your phone. Windows Mobile software is written entirely differently that windows XP, etc.

If you are concerned about viruses, there are several anti-virus manufacturers out there that you can get anti-virus for PDA/Handheld devices.
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