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Title: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: Ashish Singh on March 05, 2011, 09:06:27 AM: I wanna ask one think that will avast ever provide antivirus for smartphones??? Which have Symbian OS or Android>.?
Just a great thanks. I use Nokia E52.
Ash
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: nmb on March 05, 2011, 09:09:01 AM: Yep. A Andriod version is in the works or is, at least, on the up coming product list ;)
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: Ashish Singh on March 05, 2011, 09:11:34 AM: What about Symbian????????
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: nmb on March 05, 2011, 09:14:11 AM: Quote from: ashishsingh1508 on March 05, 2011, 09:11:34 AM
What about Symbian????????

I have the slightest idea. Andriod is going to be there for sure. Don't know about symbian :-\
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: SafeSurf on March 05, 2011, 09:14:31 AM: We don't have all the details yet. But you can keep posted on the forum.

There is also a Smartphone section in the forum here: http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=65103.120 (http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=65103.120) for security, updates, news, etc. that you may want to check out as well.
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: Sparxx on March 05, 2011, 09:15:16 AM: Quote from: ashishsingh1508 on March 05, 2011, 09:11:34 AM
What about Symbian????????

Symbian is dead, though i love it, Nokia is dicontinuing it's symbian developing, so i don't think there will be a symbian version of avast.
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: Ashish Singh on March 05, 2011, 09:28:21 AM: Will there be anything free from avast with limited functions...?
Like avast free for destops ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: nmb on March 05, 2011, 09:32:58 AM: Quote from: ashishsingh1508 on March 05, 2011, 09:28:21 AM
Will there be anything free from avast with limited functions...?
Like avast free for destops ;D ;D ;D

You will have to wait to know that :( . Because everything wont be known or will not be told before the product is out, isn't it ;)
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: SafeSurf on March 05, 2011, 09:36:57 AM: The Free Avast for PC's that is available now will remain if that is what you are asking. As to what will be coming out for smartphones...as posted, you will have to wait for the announcement.
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: sooners2win on March 05, 2011, 05:07:43 PM: AVG offers free and paid for android, which right now is what i have to use,
I would bet that Avast will offer the same....a free and premium version.
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: Nesivos on March 05, 2011, 06:05:53 PM: Quote from: nmb on March 05, 2011, 09:09:01 AM
Yep. A Andriod version is in the works or is, at least, on the up coming product list ;)

Another indication that a Google buyout of Avast might happen down the road. :)
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: mashak on March 08, 2011, 01:45:03 PM: Quote from: ashishsingh1508 on March 05, 2011, 09:11:34 AM
What about Symbian????????

Anybody know the population of Symbia? :D
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: yyy on March 08, 2011, 02:07:03 PM: As I have heard, symbian is popular (larger than the rest mobile OS together), but in decline.

Since version 9 (or so) all applications have to be signed, so applications will either be from trusted source, or will have to go through computer for signing (where those could be checked by computers antivirus). Anyway, i have never encountered viruses on symbian (used nokia n70 for 3 years and e52 for half year).
This method would not work with "app stores", where only way to get app into device is download from specific centralized mobile formatted website (app store).

So, any desktop computer antivirus can check mobile (symbian, android, etc) apps for viruses?
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: Ashish Singh on March 08, 2011, 03:07:18 PM: Ya try Quick Heal Total security 2011 it scans mobile virus for almost 750 mobile models...
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: Ashish Singh on March 22, 2011, 02:25:07 PM: Quote from: mashak on March 08, 2011, 01:45:03 PM
Quote from: ashishsingh1508 on March 05, 2011, 09:11:34 AM
What about Symbian????????

Anybody know the population of Symbia? :D

Here is some data i would like to show to avast team. See screenshot...

Quote from: Sparxx on March 05, 2011, 09:15:16 AM
Quote from: ashishsingh1508 on March 05, 2011, 09:11:34 AM
What about Symbian????????

Symbian is dead, though i love it, Nokia is dicontinuing it's symbian developing, so i don't think there will be a symbian version of avast.

As far as I know nokia is not going to stop symbian development
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: SafeSurf on March 23, 2011, 08:22:34 AM: A lot of the information you (other posters) are asking has already been covered in the Smartphone section of the forum under General Topics. You may want to browser this area for answers.

As for what versions Avast will be developing for smartphones, we will have to wait until it is announced since it has not been released yet.
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: Ashish Singh on March 23, 2011, 04:15:13 PM: Thanks :o :o
Title: Re: Will avast! provide antivirus for smartphones like nokia or Android???
Post by: RejZoR on March 23, 2011, 04:30:19 PM: It's planned and probably already under development for Android. It will most probably be released this year but nothing solid about it yet.