Clinton Reviews Airscanner Mobile Antivirus 3.0
Posted on 23 February 2007, at 7:47 pm, by Judie Lipsett
I just received word that Clinton at ClintonFitch (Dot) Com! has posted another of his thorough software reviews, this time for Airscanner Mobile Antivirus 3.0. Don’t scoff…the possibility that you might get a virus on your PDA phone is not as remote as you might think. 
Clinton says:
As the Internet and personal computing has grown, the amount of computer virus and “malware” have exponentially grown as well. Gone are the days where one could consider Antivirus software for their PC as an option. Today it is a requirement unless you want your personal information freely available or your PC turned into a zombie for less-than-legal purposes unbeknownst to you. While this same level of protection has not appear to be required on the Windows Mobile platform to this point, as more of the devices come into the marketplace they will become a richer target for would-be virus writers and hackers and will require some level of protection. Simply put, there are viruses out there for the platform although they are not as prevalent as their desktop counterparts – yet.
To better understand this it is important to keep in mind the underlying differences between PCs and Windows Mobile devices. Windows Mobile, which is based on Windows CE, is written in a different type of architecture than a PC. This is generally referred to as x86 for PCs while for Windows Mobile it is referred to as RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer). It is this difference in code architecture that fundamentally prevents viruses written for PCs from working on Windows Mobile devices. For a more detailed overview of this topic, refer to Chris Tilley’s article “Is Windows CE Anti-Virus?” in the August/September 2006 edition of Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine (page 54). You can also read that article online here.
With the inevitable day coming where Antivirus on your Windows Mobile device is going to be required and some virus’ already reported to be “in the wild”, Airscanner Corporation has developed Airscanner Mobile Antivirus. The Dallas, Texas based developer has produced a well written and effective application in Mobile Antivirus with all of the features you would expect from a robust application of this nature. This includes background scanning, memory card scanning and online updates as well as system information and registry information applets. Even better, Mobile Antivirus is memory friendly and does not cause a significant slowdown of your device when in use. Overall it is a great application which has earned a place in my Top 25 of must have applications.
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