I was wondering if anybody uses antivirus in their W10M devices. Is it as vulnerable as a PC regarding virus attacks ? Thanks!
No, guys. I'm serious. If I had Android, I would ask the same question.
For Linux based OSs you will need antivirus due to the nature of the OS. ... Linux based systems include iOS and Android.
False.
1. iOS is based, at its core, on Unix. (Linux is based on Unix)
2. Linux is not inherently insecure or vulnerable to virii as you claim. (Heck, an anti-virus on Ubuntu isn't a necessary thing. If anything, to protect Windows PCs.)
I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be along shortly...
I have been using Linux since 2006, and I've never used any antivirus software. I avoid dodgy sites, as I also do on desktop Windows. I also keep my distro updated.False.
1. iOS is based, at its core, on Unix. (Linux is based on Unix)
2. Linux is not inherently insecure or vulnerable to virii as you claim. (Heck, an anti-virus on Ubuntu isn't a necessary thing. If anything, to protect Windows PCs.)
I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will be along shortly...
No.
as a guide use the OS popularity and marketshare as a clear indicator of how probable it would be to be attacked
If you gotta have one, may I suggest Placebo (tm)
Windows phones are sandboxed. Any malicious code can only affect itself and what data you give it permissions for.
Yeah even the developer of AIDA64 told me, MS complicates very simple things to access or retrieve system specs and because of that specs maybe inaccurate sometimes, often the developer maintains a db to retrieve specs.I've not developed for Windows Store, but on FireFoxOS, there was an app manifest where the developer had to declare what permissions the app needed access to. If you didn't declare the permissions, your app could call whatever APIs it wanted, and the system would return nothing.
I imagine that the manifests for Windows Store apps function the same or very similarly, so if it is in the manifest, it requires it. If it is not in the manifest, it shouldn't require access.
Another thing FireFoxOS did right was the Security/Permissions settings. You could revoke/grant permissions per app on any API group, not just the "main" ones. For instance, if you had an app that wanted access to your storage, you could revoke that. Windows 10 Mobile has pretty nice granularity of permissions, but storage is not one of the ones you can grant/revoke.
How does one know what data they're really giving permissions for?
The security mechanism mentioned by pepperdotnet (and others) have absolutely nothing to do with the permissions system. In terms of protecting users from malware, permission systems, no matter the OS, are almost useless.I've not developed for Windows Store, but on FireFoxOS, there was an app manifest where the developer had to declare what permissions the app needed access to. If you didn't declare the permissions, your app could call whatever APIs it wanted, and the system would return nothing.
The security mechanism mentioned by pepperdotnet (and others) have absolutely nothing to do with the permissions system. In terms of protecting users from malware, permission systems, no matter the OS, are almost useless.
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How does one know what data they're really giving permissions for? The permissions listed for apps don't always appear to include permissions one would think are needed, and sometimes every permission is listed as needed for the equivalent of a fart app. Does the store know what permissions are actually required by the app and that they are all listed before an app is approved for public release?