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Old 11-15-2008, 10:16 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default Do I really need McAfee?

Seriously. I've had my Q9h for about six months now, and installed the MVS that came with it.

But it's a resource hog! It makes my phone sluggish.


Do I really need it? Are there that many WM viruses out there?
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Old 11-15-2008, 10:17 PM   #2 (permalink)
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no you dont need it
i believe there is a thread out there to tell you how to get rid of it
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it's not really necessary, I haven't seen a WM virus in 5 years
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Uh No not that I know of......
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Seriously. I've had my Q9h for about six months now, and installed the MVS that came with it.

But it's a resource hog! It makes my phone sluggish.


Do I really need it? Are there that many WM viruses out there?
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it's not really necessary, I haven't seen a WM virus in 5 years
What was the virus 5 years ago?
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sorry, I meant
in the past 5 years, I haven't seen a virus for windows mobile
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That long, eh?


Good enough for me to ditch it.
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That long, eh?


Good enough for me to ditch it.
definitely ditch it
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there isn't too much of a benefit that could be had from writing a WM virus anyway
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