Do you hate your iPhone because it is running sometimes slowly ?? Well you will probably change your mind after reading this post. Android appears to be the platform of choice for nine out of ten mobile malware authors. The growth of malware apps targeting users of Google’s mobile operating system rose an unbeliavable 614 percent in just the last year, author’s of a new study found.
Three-quarters of mobile malwares could be easily removed from your any smartphone simply by installing a new software update and that’s it you are done, yet ignored by 96 percent of Android owners. As for Apple’s iOS, it’s nowhere to be found on the malware hit-list, an area in which Apple is happy to hand to rivals…
The study shows that Android malwares are growing so quickly.According to Juniper Networks. In 2010, Android comprised just 24 percent of mobile malware, the firm’s Mobile Threat Center said. More than 500 third-party Android stores host the malware.
With such malware installed on your device, thieves are going to take the advantage of doors secured with ancient skeleton keys – simply updating the Android software would lock out 77 percent of mobile malware. But actually updating Android software is about as rare as Apple owners with 8-tracks.
“Most Android malware could be avoided if users were running the latest operating system, but Juniper’s data says only 4 percent of users are,†the company reports.
On average, a malware-infected Android phone can send $10 to those writers.
Similarily, McAfee found out that attacks involving Android devices has risen dramatically in the space of just one year (chart above), skyrocketing to more than 36,000 instances in 2012, up from only 792 cases.
