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yahtzee

09-13-2004 09:51 PM

No viruses on the BB.

I led a meeting today and viruses came up. I recalled from the FAQ section at blackberry.com that said, "can a virus infect a blackberry"? and the simple answer was no.

My question is - what makes the BB immune?

Blackberry_guy

09-14-2004 07:40 AM

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Blackberry_guy

09-14-2004 07:41 AM

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finch

09-14-2004 07:44 AM

It hasn't really reached the mainstream but if ask me it's only a matter of time before hackers, virus writers etc. start going after the mobile computing platforms and smartphones.

Blackberry_guy

09-14-2004 07:45 AM

because viruses need to be able to execute code and they cant on bbs..

dam pc problems sorry about the two posts above :?

eradis

09-14-2004 08:19 AM

Its a basic feature of Java - "sandbox" security model. Blackberry even takes it one step further only allowing signed APIs to access critical system features. This way they could find out where and who provided it.

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