A cell phone with a virus may fail to make phone calls, turn off on its own or close applications unexpectedly, and this can be frustrating. Most basic cell phones do not run the risk of getting viruses, whereas more advanced cell phones, such as smart phones, PDAs or tablet devices are more susceptible to cell phone viruses due to their operating systems. read more
In the case of smartphones, to date we have not seen malware that replicate itself like a PC virus can, and specifically on Android this does not exist, so technically there are no Android viruses. However, there are many other types of Android malware. read more
Manual Virus Scan - Verizon Security & Privacy - Android® If Verizon Security & Privacy is not installed, refer to Download/Install Verizon Security & Privacy - Android. Launch Verizon Security & Privacy. read more