"Only in 2011 the number of malicious programs for mobile devices has increased by six times," - according to a research report "Mobile Malware" by "Kaspersky Lab".
In the second half of last year marked the rapid growth of new threats to mobile platforms. Compare this process with anything happened before is meaningless - in the history of mobile malware was not recorded anything like this. During the study period, "open" 5255 new versions of mobile pests. For one month of December, "Kaspersky Lab" has updated its virus database is greater than in the previous seven years.