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Originally Posted by Darius Wey
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...or does it scan all documents for the known PC viruses as well? That may be worth it (I doubt its the second one because the footprint on the device owuld probably be alot larger).
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That's very unlikely. The sheer size of the virus definition would simply hog storage space. And, even if it did scan for document viruses, they wouldn't affect your Pocket PC. |
True, but I can see a situation where a PocketPC or PPC phone could be used as a vector for transferring PC virii. Activesync would be the weakest link in the chain and probably the reason why WiFi syncing was removed with version 4. MS would just rather limit the avenues of attack, rather than actaully solve the problem.
Of course, the problem with discussing computer security is that you inevitably end up giving virus/malware writers new ideas for attacks :devilboy: