Virus Protection for the TC

[dougrobinson]

Now that I have access to the web with my TC, it occurs to me that I have no virus protection!
I contacted Symantec to find that they no longer offer antivirus for Palms.
Does anybody?
Is this a problem?
Any thoughts or solutions?

[Sonny]

You can also in theory get a virus any time you receive information beamed to your Palm from another machine or download a program for your Palm via HotSync.
Viruses for Palms don't seem to be a threat though at this stage. I'm sure we will see them advertised more readily if they do become more widespread.


I have a PC-cillin anti-virus program for my Palm that was free but no longer appears to be available. It runs automatically after any information has been transferred to the Palm by any means and it has never detected a virus.

[minzawaung]

Originally posted by dougrobinson
Now that I have access to the web with my TC, it occurs to me that I have no virus protection!
I contacted Symantec to find that they no longer offer antivirus for Palms.
Does anybody?
Is this a problem?
Any thoughts or solutions?

If you buy Mcafee professional addition ,PDA install version is free and within the packege.
i have since install from day one on my TT and you can assigned virus scan(active) mode during hot sync (6months plus on my TT and conduit created automatically as well for hot sync)
If i am not mistaken so far only 4 reported named bugs on PDA and it stored the named bug list on TT as well.

they are
1.liberty crack
2.phage
3.vapor
4.eicaredit list

[dougrobinson]

Symantec's response - for the record.
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Thank you for contacting the Symantec Authorized Service Support Center. Please accept my apology for the frustration you have experienced.

Technical Support for your older Symantec product is limited or online only. Norton for Palm has been discontinued and is no longer supported by our technicians.

When a product is discontinued, Technical Support is provided for approximately 6 months from the discontinuation date in order to allow our customers time to transition to the new version of software.

Technical Support for discontinued products is provided through our Technical Support Knowledge Base, Troubleshooter, and Frequently Asked Questions on our Service and Support Web site. There, you can continue to locate solutions to common technical issues and information for the discontinued software. The Knowledge Base documents are created and accumulated by Symantec technicians during the development and support of the product.

You can view your Technical Support options directly from our Web site at the following web address:

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/