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May 04, 2006

McAfee VirusScan Mobile for Cingular handhelds

8125 Have a Windows Mobile 5.0 or Symbian device on the Cingular network? You might want to point your device to this link and download the 30-day free trial of McAfee's VirusScan Mobile application. Mobile device viruses are more conceptual; creation of them is proven, but for practical purposes they haven't infected the wild just yet. Still, as we move towards additional mobility and more mainstream connectivity to the Internet and e-mail through wireless devices, this isn't something we should just ignore.

After the free trial, a $30 subscription covers your precious little 8125, HP hw6515, Nokia 9300 or what-have-you for a year, which includes updates to virus definition files as needed.

(via Windows For Devices)

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