Can androids get viruses?

As long as your phone is not rooted, a malicious app cannot do as much harm as a typical virus, because when a phone isn't rooted, apps can't change critical system files or settings - they can only do the things their permissions allow them to do (you can see the permissions before you install an app). read more

Hello Melanie well android phones can get viruses and you need a good antivirus to protect your phone that is why i m using Appriva cloud antivirus it automatically scans all apps being downloaded /installed / updated for Trojans, Viruses, Spyware and all threats read more

Historically carried over from the old PC world, a “virus” is a program that replicates itself by attaching to another program. read more

The tech saw lookout on my phone and said it was useless, you can't get a virus on an android device. I looked at him all perplexed saying really (not letting on i was a software engineer), how so. He didn't say, all he let on was that the only thing that could happen is your flash card showing up twice. read more

Therefore, Android phones can get viruses. Anything can, of course, Heck, I built a virus for the TI-84. It swaps sine and cosine, and makes pi equal e, and e equal pi. read more