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is it safe to connect android moblies without antivirus to computer
 
Assuming you're worried about infecting the phone from the PC rather than vice versa ..

I would be reluctant to connect my phone to a shared computer - say one at an internet cafe - but I have no worries connecting it to my own PC that, of course has up-to-date AV (there's no excuse for a PC without AV given the number of excellent, free AV packages like AVG available).

Generally speaking, I'd say the most likely sources of virus infection are drive-by internet attacks (i.e. going to dodgy websites), e-mail (via phishing attacks) or dodgy apps. Connecting to a PC doesn't really affect these vulnerabilities.

I guess it would be possible to have an infected PC install an Android version of a PC virus on an attached phone but I haven't heard of this happening .. yet :D

If you're connecting to a Linux box, I guess the cross over infection would be easier (in theory), though there are still relatively few Linux viruses.
 
Hi,

I was just about to start a new thread on this and was pointed here. I ran Norton Internet Security on my PC and laptop and then went and bought a Tab3 for my wife. After some hassle, including upgrading to Norton 360 Multi-user, I now have protection on the Tab3. From the comment above, I'm wondering if I wasted my time and
 
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