Antivirus on your smartphone

Antivirus software on your smartphone. Needed or not?

80% of smartphone users, in principle, are not aware of cyber threats, says Govind Rammurti, an expert in information security and CEO of eScan MicroWorld.

Increasingly, people prefer smartphones and tablets - mobile gadgets seriously pushed the desktop PC.

This is not surprising. Because modern devices provide the user with direct access to the Internet and control over e-mail, files, pictures, programs, and more. Gaining more and more popularity and they among office workers who prefer to connect remotely to your office laptop or desktop PC.

Such changes in the segment of smartphones and tablet PCs, no doubt, will lead to the fact that we will see further growth target cybercriminals to these devices and theft of personal and business information.

According to statistics, running Android with more than 75% of smartphones, which makes the operating system the most popular target for virus writers. However, only 15% of Android users are using antivirus software. And the rest, they find that the problem does not concern them at all.