Mobile Malware Increases Chances of Infection in Android
Aug 17, 2011, 18:03 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Emily Cartman)
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"About 1%-5% Android users have had infected phones by June, and
these are just the reported numbers. The actual cases are much
more, where users don't know that their phones are infected with
malware.
"Kevin Mahaffey, the CTO and co-founder of San Francisco branch
of Lookout, disclosed some startling statistics: there were 80
different types of Android malware in January 2011, and the numbers
rose to 400 in June. The numbers have risen again in July and
August, but the stats have not yet been disclosed. This is a
threatening situation for Android users, who are quickly switching
to newer and better security mechanisms to keep their phones and
tablets safe from the rising risk of virus problems."
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