Antivirus

Eirikr70

Hello fellow GrapheneOS,
Do you use any antivirus on your Android system ?
If you do, what app did you choose ?
Thanks

lberrymage

Eirikr70 No. But antivirus isn't really a good approach to security because it relies on badness enumeration (trying to count all the "bad" software and block it or alert you). This is fundamentally unsustainable because new malware is created every day and it's impossible to maintain an accurate and up-to-date list of all malware.

Android's approach is much better because apps are sandboxed and restricted to only accessing the sensitive data that you explicitly give them access to.

Kryptos

Hihihi What is normal? Refer to lberrymage 's explanation above.

With that said, you can add antivirus if you want. It's your phone.

Hihihi

So grapheneos does not have antivirus

abcZ

For an antivirus to actually work would depend on it violating most of the device's security features, and in so doing, the antivirus would actually BECOME the virus.

Hihihi

would normal antivirus work

alex_herrero

Hihihi What are you trying to accomplish with an Antivirus on Android?

Hihihi

Kryptos But isn't graphing OS a different language of coding? Cuz if antivirus said they support Android and iOS than the only support those two cuz they're two different languages? I'm guessing a bit defender said they can find new malware that not even in their database

matchboxbananasynergy

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Graphite

GrapheneOS is architecturally *Anti Virus, Anti Malware, and Anti Spyware. *Not running separate software.
Instead of labeling and trying to stop specific programs that are already known to be bad, the OS treats all programs as potentially bad, and isolates everything.

Architecturally speaking, this is how GrapheneOS protects against viruses, malware and spyware, in contrast to the traditionally marketed "antivirus" software which isn't really needed.