Can PC AV detect mobile viruses?

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Cool G5

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I wanted to know does the antivirus(norton,avast,quickheal etc)software which we install on our pc are capable of detecting viruses in symbian files.I use avast home edition.Plz let me know.
 
47shailesh

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Dude i accidentally discover that PC AV(ANTI VIR) does detects symbian OS virus.. While scanning my PC it detected three of them..
 
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ashu_dps

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Yeah, Avast professional too detected either Commworrior or Skull or Cabir(Dont rembr exactly) in my case n didnt allowed the download to complete!!!
 
s18000rpm

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AVG 7.5 also detected LOADS of Viruses (like 100s of them on the Memory Stick) when my Cousin put the mem. card in the Lappy.
 
the.kaushik

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47shailesh said:
Dude i accidentally discover that PC AV(ANTI VIR) does detects symbian OS virus.. While scanning my PC it detected three of them..
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ya i too found the same
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Ganeshkumar said:
I want to know Is it all a Mobile Virus??? May be a PC virus in Mobile Memory card.. Thats all...
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ya it may be that case also.. ok i will tell you.. let me google a bit
 
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ashu_dps

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Yeah.... many PC worms n Virus come to ur MMC frm PC n many of them detected are PC viruses. BTW m sure dat my AV detected mobile virus coz i know many mobile viruses and it was one of them(Whch my AV detected)
 
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swap007

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Hey PC AV can detect mobile antivirus on Symbian based devices. I use Symantec AV to scan my mobi. You should try this.
 
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ashu_dps

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But they detect very few of them. Hardly it detected one or two out of my virus collection :D

P.S : I use Avast Professional
 
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