[Denver C]

Hi , i've been searching for anti-viruses and most of them are symbian application and not java ones . I was wondering . Is my Nokia 5610 lousy or something like that and that might be the reason why it is unable to support symbian applications or nokia doesn't even support symbian applications to begin with . Either way , I was hoping someone could tell me wether antiviruses like kaspersky and bitdefender mobile edition would work with 5610 and how . I can't imagine them working as a java application though , but i really do hope my hp is able to support it . I hope you would help me out , links and sources are greatly appreciated . Thanks in advance.

[emily g]

your phone does not have a symbian OS, its like you are trying to run amac programe on a windows pc.It is a bit of urban myth mobiles donet actually get Virus's, if you use it as a modem then its worth while having that little extra protection for your PC but the phone itself espeically the 5610 is not capable of having a virus.

[Vesselin Bontchev]

These are actually several different questions; let me try to answer them in order.The Nokia 5610 is not a Symbian phone. That is, it isn't running the Symbian operating system; it uses a proprietary OS. That is why you cannot install any Symbian applications on it. While some Nokia phone models are Symbian phones, by far nor all of them are - and yours is one of those that aren't.Only phones running the Symbian S60 R2 operating system are seriously threatened by viruses. Although proof-of-concept viruses exist also for phones running the PalmOS, Windows Mobile and Symbian UIQ operating systems, they have no chance of surviving in the wild. Note also that there are no viruses for phones running the Symbian S60 R3 operating system, either. (It is incompatible with the R2 version and is much more secure.) As a consequence, you don't need an anti-virus program for your phone - and, in fact, cannot have one; see more about this below.Kaspersky AntiVirus Mobile and BitDefender Mobile Edition are for Symbian phones only - that's why they won't install on your phone.Finally, while your phone might support Java applets, it is not possible to implement an anti-virus program this way. The Java security model simply does not allow the various things that an anti-virus program (or a virus, for that matter) needs to do. That's why you won't find any viruses or anti-virus programs for Java-only phones.