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80 percent of smartphones still have no malware protection

article published on 15 October, 2013

According to new a Juniper Research whitepaper, mobile device users continue to leave their phones and tablets unprotected from malware. In fact, as much as 80 percent of smartphones remain unprotected, says the report. This year, 325 million phones will have mobile malware protection installed, but Juniper believes that number will jump to 1.3 billion by 2018. Android has become ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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15. October 2013 @ 13:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Just another example of a product from a LARGE company that doesn't incorporate 'best practices' and could care less about infections...........probably because there is more money in treating an infected device rather than implementing measures that are 99% effective at STOPPING MALWARE.
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Taalen
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16. October 2013 @ 07:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This sort of stuff remains mostly FUD while Android remains impregnable to any security risks not involving an active user error. Doesn't really matter how much malware there is if none of it can get on the phone without consent and active participation from the phone's user.
dEwMe
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16. October 2013 @ 13:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
K so they don't have it because it doesn't exist or? I was expecting/hoping for suggestions of what a few good apps would be to add the protection.


Just my $0.02,

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GryphB
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16. October 2013 @ 20:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Build quickly; think later.
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Tarsellis
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18. October 2013 @ 23:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah, and? The only real threat is your own idiocy. As mentioned, what a shocker, somebody making money off of selling their crap is fearmongering.
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