Browsing the net with antivirus?

Question

Hi guys out there,
This is my first time ever in a forum of this kind.It's all due to me  recently buying an E72 device.
After a quick overview of the operations manual i'm not sure at all if the use of an antivirus  is advisable.On the other hand the manual openly admits the device can be ill affected by virus when opening certain, unknown files to the user as well as when trying to upload certain pages just in the same  way it would happen to an actual PC.
Given that most of the prime features of the device are web- based the exposed question is noticeable.
Maybe the issue is already been put forward before, in that case just redirect me into the  right way.Thanks a million and sorry for been so late on the  site.

Answer 1

Nokia are, understandably, covering their rear ends by warning you about malware. The actual risk really is extremely low, but it just takes one case of someone using their device irresponsibly, getting it infected and blaming Nokia for not warning them.
In the unlikely event that some kind of malware that will run on an E72 is floating around on a web page, you will first be prompted to install it. You will have to give explicit consent to do so. Secondly, that malware will have to be signed with a valid certificate before the E72 will accept to install it, and no author of malware is going to go to the trouble of purchasing a certificate when that certificate can be traced back to them when someone stumbles across the malware that's signed with it.
That's 2 significant hurdles already.
As for real viruses (as opposed to worms and trojans), there's no such thing on S60 as of the 3rd edition (S60v3).
Read here: http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/viruses.htm
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