Rocco Augusto
09-09-2006, 10:09 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://mobile.spybot.info/' target='_blank'>http://mobile.spybot.info/</a><br /><br /></div>"<i>While viruses for Symbian and Windows Mobile currently seem more like proof-of-concept studies, the Windows Mobile platform offers malware writers who already know Windows a very similar environment. Some may call it a hype, but that's what people said about spyware 5 years ago as well, and our opinion is that it's better to protect yourself before something happens than to do it afterwards. Spybot-S&D for Windows Mobile uses a lightweight version of the detection engine of Spybot-S&D for Windows to detect threats for Windows Mobile and Symbian both, the later because Bluetooth worms could spread over OS borders, and while they would not perform on an incompatible OS, they would still waste precious space on the device.</i>"<br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/augusto-20060909-spybot.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />While I'm happy the protection is there in case spyware does start showing its ugly head on our Windows Mobile Smartphones, there really isn't any spyware out there at this moment in time. It baffles me as much as certain Smartphones coming equipped with Anti-Virus software. Then again, with my luck, watch a million pieces of Smartphone spyware start popping up the moment I post this. ;)