AV for Smart TV's

Due to the fact that these devices can hook up to the internet & other compatable etc devices, i wonder how long it'll be before they need securing ? And worse still, get infected ! Imagine the nightmare that would be to clean up, with or without AV etc

Then what's next, HIPS/Sandboxes etc etc for them

A friend of mine has just bought one, a side lit LED one, & very nice it is too But they have NO intention of hooking it up They bought it not because it's "smart", they just liked the quality of the picture etc, & they got a very good deal

 

I see no point in having AV's on Smart TV's just yet. What will get infected or stolen on a closed system? It's like worrying that your feature phone will get infected somehow...

 

Well hacking TV's i guess it all depends if it's a profitable target for malware authors

 

So what OS do these "smart" TV's use?

 

There are going to be a few that are based on Android if im not mistaken but the current ones offered i think they are not based on any OS.

 

That's what I thought. I guess that as long as one is not able to download stuff to the smart TV's, using Android should be quite safe.