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welcome Android peeps my name is Jace and today we answer your submitted questions right from how to protect yourself from Android viruses too when the s4 will get 4.4 kitkat here we help with the Florrick calum asks is it possible to get a virus just from browsing on my phone or downloading an image yes but not in the way that you mentioned you see some people have you fearing like an evil virus is waiting around every corner but in reality viruses have not spread on mobile devices the way they once did on PCs largely because no one operating system dominates the mobile devices like they did in the PC era so calum you can bravely enjoy your I Can Has Cheezburger photos of kittens without fear but let's talk about where some real dangers lie shall we number one sharing SD cards with your friends that's like sharing heroin needles you have no idea where that SD card has been that SD card could have corrupted files passed on to your phone big no-no don't do it number 2 syncing your device with someone else's computer or a public computer similar to sharing SD cards that's where corrupted files can be easily transferred to your phone another big no-no number 3 is the most common way people corrupt their phones and that is by downloading apps from illegitimate sources so if you think you found a great source to get Angry Birds for free think again don't do it you only want to download apps from legitimate sources like the Google Play Store the Amazon App Store that kind of thing the best thing all of you should do right now is go to the Google Play Store and download the look-out app it will scan your device for corrupted of malware and get it out of there it also protect against future attacks good question question number 2 came from Mike Mike said do you think it's a good idea to buy the HTC one now or wait for HTC to release a new version of it I don't want the one Mac's Thanks are you really wedded to HTC as a brand or do you just want the best Android experience on a large screen if it's the latter well you really want to wait for the Nexus 5 that's gonna be a significant Hardware bump and you get vanilla Android and Vanilla's like question number three came from Ollie Ollie said I want to switch to Android from my iPhone what phone should I buy buy a Samsung Galaxy s4 wait for the s5 or buy a note three that really depends on how you use your phone if user experience as a priority for you I can't really recommend Samsung here at all I would recommend the Moto X they are far kinder to the average user and it's been a big hit but if you're a geek like me and you lust after the s4 is four cores then do yourself a favor and buy the s4 from the Google Play Store if your country is eligible for it and save yourself from Samsung's bloatware question number four comes from Amelia no Amelia no asks I've heard that performance on a phone decreases after rooting or by installing a custom ROM is this correct first we should give a word to the wise rooting your phone carries with it real risks the biggest of which is that you can brick your phone we say brick your phone instead of break your phone because if you fail at this that's the only thing your phone will be good for to be used as a brick so rooting is for those of us who love to tinker a lot to get a little bit of improvement fun for some dangerous for many trust me I know hello grandma so Emiliano there is some truth to this notion many people who root their phones see a performance bump right away some see no change whatsoever but in many cases the phone will decrease in performance over time because rooting your phone makes it more vulnerable to malware attacks so why root your phone at all you say well because many of us like to tweak and tinker and optimize our phones what's right just for me the question number five comes from Mateus Mateus says will Samsung Galaxy s4 get Android 4.4 yes eventually TouchWiz is considered such a top-heavy user experience that it would greatly benefit for a 4.4 KitKat but hey 4.3 just dropped this week so we have a lot of waiting to do thanks for joining us today guys and if you want your question answered here in Android authority please follow the links provided below and I will get to your question give me some hard ones some challenging ones and I shall see you for the next Q&A getting horrible reception everywhere