2006-12-25 00:12:20 · 1 answers · asked by muzallif a 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
None. Scanning the PC *from* the mobile device would be stupid. These devices have very limited memory and cannot provide the resources needed by a PC scanner.
Perhaps you meant scanning for viruses *on* the mobile device from the PC? That's probably possible, but I'm not aware of any anti-virus product that does it - probably because it would be inefficient. I mean, every time you suspect a virus on the mobile device, you'll have to connect it to the PC just in order to scan it.
It is much better to have the anti-virus program run on the mobile device (instead of on the PC) and scan the mobile device any time you want - not just when it is connected to the PC. That's how all mobile anti-virus programs I know operate.
What operating system is your mobile device running? Although there are viruses for PalmOS and Windows Mobile, they are so few and rare, that it is extremely unlikely that your device needs to be scanned for them. If it is running a proprietary OS, there are no viruses for it. If it can run J2ME applets, it's virtually impossible to write a successful virus for it (alas, the same restrictions mean that it's virtually impossible to write a usable anti-virus program for it, either), although there are a couple of stupid Russian language Trojans. I don't think that your device has one of them, either.
That leaves Symbian - particularly S60 R2. There are quite a few viruses and a couple of hundreds of Trojans for this platform. If this is what your mobile device is using, see below for a list of anti-virus programs for this platform.
2006-12-25 08:23:13 · answer #1 · answered by Vesselin Bontchev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋