Nokia: Virus Infection Rates Android Exceeds Windows

[PConline News] According to foreign media reports, Nokia recently released NetGuard Security Management Center software. At the same time as the release of the software, it also released the "2017 Annual Threat Intelligence Report."

According to the 2017 annual threat intelligence report, smart phones accounted for 72% of all mobile network infections, and Android device infection rate reached 69% in 2017.

Nokia stated that the vast majority of malware in the smartphone space is currently distributed as a Trojanized application. Users are cheated, downloaded, and installed by phishing, advertising, or other social projects.

The main reason why the Android platform is targeted is that, once side loading is enabled, Android applications can be downloaded from anywhere.

Nokia said that despite Google’s efforts to stop malware from entering the user’s mobile phone, malware can be installed via SMS and email; and the presence of third-party stores also plays an important role. These third-party stores in China are compared with the official app store. more popular.

In fact, for the accelerated spread of mobile phone viruses. As long as we do a good job in the following points can be a good defense against mobile phone virus intrusion: 1 download APP2 from the regular channels to use a secure browser to browse for download. 3 Install mobile anti-virus software, use antivirus software to identify viruses before receiving unknown links.