Desire's Windoze drivers for XP.

[flying dog]

Well, on my desktop it was pretty well "plug and play" but I am using my lappy now and when I plug in the desire, it wants drivers.

 

It can't find them so I can't connect to the web. Well, I kind of am, but even so asking windoze to "auto search" still yields nothing.

 

What am I missing?

 

 

 

[flying dog]

Resolved

 

 

[Russ]

Sorry........thought i'de bung it in here..............these "new" mobile phs we got...........Iphones etc etc.............as they are "computers" in their own right, should we be loading them with "protection" against viruses and the like..............just like we do with our laptops etc etc..................or, being "linked" via our laptops etc, are we safe with that link.............if you know what i mean:confused::confused:

 

 

[Guest davidh10]

Sorry........thought i'de bung it in here..............these "new" mobile phs we got...........Iphones etc etc.............as they are "computers" in their own right, should we be loading them with "protection" against viruses and the like..............just like we do with our laptops etc etc..................or, being "linked" via our laptops etc, are we safe with that link.............if you know what i mean:confused::confused:

Russ;

 

If your phone connect to the PC and not separately to the Internet, then the PCs protection will suffice, but if you are talking about a SmartPhone that accesses the Internet, then you must practice safe computing. It is a computer and has an operating system.

 

Some operating systems are targeted more than others by malware writers. If it is a popular operating system, then you should consider some malware protection.

 

 

[Russ]

Thanks dave.............sorry for being "Duh"..............useing my HTC and the like, out and about, reading mails,google, etc etc................am i open for them nasties that destroy our computers. ( me HTC being a mini pewtar )

 

Accessing my mails especially is my use, small amount of "web" at times.

 

My thinking is...........me HTC whenever i use it, is "linking" back via my home/office telstra network..........and all is well ??????????

 

My home/office pewtars are protected by "AVG", which i'm happy with...........hope so.

 

russ

 

 

[winsor68]

There are anti-virus apps. I have one installed... don't know how well they work?

 

 

[CraigRat]

You don't need to bog your Desire (or any Android phone) down with anti-virus snakeoil.

 

You cannot run an application or service on the handset without you specifically granting the app permission, this is a built in security feature of the android OS.

 

AV programs they are selling do not do anything other than take money from your pocket.

 

As always, use common sense, keep away from the dodgy corners of the internet and you'll be sweet.

 

 

[Guest davidh10]

You don't need to bog your Desire (or any Android phone) down with anti-virus snakeoil.You cannot run an application or service on the handset without you specifically granting the app permission, this is a built in security feature of the android OS.

 

AV programs they are selling do not do anything other than take money from your pocket.

 

As always, use common sense, keep away from the dodgy corners of the internet and you'll be sweet.

Although there is an element of truth in what you say, I have had to fix the result of a lot of people saying "... there was some message I didn't read, and I just clicked on it. Now my PC doesn't work." There's reportedly a lot of people have been caught with downloading and installing an app that purported to be a media player, but requested permission to make phone calls! It did... hundreds of them to premium pay phone numbers. Now you can't say that wasn't obviously fishy. Why would a media player need to make phone calls?

 

Something else to keep in mind is that every time someone tells me something "absolutely can't happen", I know they have insufficient understanding of the matter. I've been around ICT for too long to say that.

 

Having said that, even a good antivirus package cannot always save the person who does not practice safe computing.

 

Currently I'm relying on your approach and just practicing safe computing with my new Desire, however once I have has time to research properly what protection from nasties is around and what it actually does, I'll decide what to install.

 

Something to watch out for is that the baddies are disguising malware as helpful applications... even antivirus or web based scans...beware!

 

 

[CraigRat]

There's reportedly a lot of people have been caught with downloading and installing an app that purported to be a media player, but requested permission to make phone calls! It did... hundreds of them to premium pay phone numbers. Now you can't say that wasn't obviously fishy. Why would a media player need to make phone calls?

FYI: An audio based app requesting access to the phone state is perfectly normal in Android, as you need to grab the incoming/outgoing call events etc to mute the sound of your app when a call is being sent or recieved, nothing fishy at all about that in most instances. (A wallpaper app requiring it though should probably raise a few alarms!)

 

Something else to keep in mind is that every time someone tells me something "absolutely can't happen", I know they have insufficient understanding of the matter. I've been around ICT for too long to say that.

I've been working with the SDK's since the 1.1 APIs were released way back when... Got a bit of an idea about how it all works Seriously though, the security model is probably one of the better I've seen in any OS. Nothing is 100% secure of course.

 

Having said that, even a good antivirus package cannot always save the person who does not practice safe computing.

Yep, agree 100%, Nothing will save some people!

Hmmm, this is veering O.T........sorry F.D!

 

 

[Guest davidh10]

...My thinking is...........me HTC whenever i use it, is "linking" back via my home/office telstra network..........and all is well ??????????My home/office pewtars are protected by "AVG", which i'm happy with...........hope so.

russ

I doubt that you are actually sending / receiving email from the HTC via your home office applications and network. While such a setup is possible, it would be a very unusual setup except for corporates. ie the business has its own Microsoft Exchange Mail Server with server based antivirus and the HTC is actually synchronising with ExchangeSync. If that is the case, then yes the antivirus on the server should protect you from email containing nasties. If not, and your phone is just syncing with GoogleMial or a POP3 / IMAP public server, then no, you would not be protected.

 

 

[Guest davidh10]

FYI: An audio based app requesting access to the phone state is perfectly normal in Android, as you need to grab the incoming/outgoing call events etc to mute the sound of your app when a call is being sent or recieved, nothing fishy at all about that in most instances. (A wallpaper app requiring it though should probably raise a few alarms!)

That makes sense, but there is a significant difference between the permission "access phone state" and "make calls". I don't recall the actual words, but I've seen both.

 

I've been working with the SDK's since the 1.1 APIs were released way back when... Got a bit of an idea about how it all works

Seriously though, the security model is probably one of the better I've seen in any OS. Nothing is 100% secure of course....

That's why I selected Android. While I've only loaded the API and done the "Hello Android" app... I did research the API and the architecture. This was a reason I did not buy a Samsung Galaxy S, since they have a mixed app environment between Android and BADA (objective C).

 

Sorry too, FD.