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Over 60% of Android Malware Hides In Fake Versions of Popular Apps

Posted by Soulskill on from the 60-percent?-that's-almost-80-percent! dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Like any popular platform, Android has malware. Google's mobile operating system is relatively new, however, so the problem is still taking form. In fact, it turns out that the larger majority of threats on Android come from a single malware family: Android.FakeInstaller, also known as OpFake, which generates revenue by silently sending expensive text messages in the background. McAfee says that the malware family makes up more than 60 percent of Android samples the company processes."

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  1. Not a problem iOS users have. by BasilBrush · · Score: -1, Troll

    A platform with lots of viruses. How quaint. Android truly is the Windows PC of mobile phones. The answer is a single walled garden.

    1. Re:Not a problem iOS users have. by BasilBrush · · Score: 0, Troll

      There's certainly less crime if you live in a decent neighbourhood, with police who can take action against the occasional wrong-doing.

      Android is living in a ghetto.