When I google "Apple Malware" this story is the first to appear in the search results.
"Android attracts 112 times more malware than Apple's iOS"
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When I google "Apple Malware" this story is the first to appear in the search results.
"Android attracts 112 times more malware than Apple's iOS"
Now you are driving your car, and every once in awhile you may get lost and end up in some back alley or bad neighborhood. Life isn't always peaches and cream and every now and again you may end up on the wrong side of the tracks.
How about another analogy
ios: Like having sex with your girlfriend. She may not know all the moves yet bet she knows the best ones you like.
android: Like having sex with a hooker from east St.Louis and not wearing a condom.
Now you are driving your car, and every once in awhile you may get lost and end up in some back alley or bad neighborhood. Life isn't always peaches and cream and every now and again you may end up on the wrong side of the tracks.
How about another analogy
ios: Like having sex with your girlfriend. She may not know all the moves yet bet she knows the best ones you like.
android: Like having sex with a hooker from east St.Louis and not wearing a condom.
ios: Like having sex with your girlfriend. She may not know all the moves yet bet she knows the best ones you like.
android: Like having sex with your girlfriend. She may not know all the moves yet bet she knows the best ones you like. And, if you want, like having sex with a hooker from east St.Louis and not wearing a condom.
apparently people here think google search results are in anyway reflective of the security on any system
It's not really surprising that Android gets the most; it's extremely popular in its own right, and while the more open platform makes it very desirable for developers and consumers, it also makes it an easier target to malware developers.
I'd be interested to see how many of those threats are actually exploiting some kind of basic flaw with the Android OS, or are simply finding their way onto devices and being run by users who didn't know any better. I expect Android does have a few more attacks against it that aren't possible in iOS, but again it's going to just be part of the obvious trade off in openness and developer freedom.
I'd be interested to see how many of those threats are actually exploiting some kind of basic flaw with the Android OS, or are simply finding their way onto devices and being run by users who didn't know any better. I expect Android does have a few more attacks against it that aren't possible in iOS, but again it's going to just be part of the obvious trade off in openness and developer freedom.
Only if you were using Apple maps would you end up lost and on the wrong side of the tracks!
FTA :
Also -
Great to see Apple continuing their grand tradition of promoting security through smaller install base! (How well did that work out for the Mac Phil?!)
4.2 prevents the likes of PremiumSMS and also verifies all app installs. But it is still very hard to believe even the most unsophisticated users will modify system and go to lengths to find and install malware! I would love to see what is the % of infected Android devices of all the mobile devices. Merely having more malware exist (not infect) hardly means much. Malware writers are going to target the platform with most market share - it's Android. And it's the only one that allows users to install what you want. Doesn't mean Android users are getting shafted left and right.
Also -
Great to see Apple continuing their grand tradition of promoting security through smaller install base! (How well did that work out for the Mac Phil?!)
4.2 prevents the likes of PremiumSMS and also verifies all app installs. But it is still very hard to believe even the most unsophisticated users will modify system and go to lengths to find and install malware! I would love to see what is the % of infected Android devices of all the mobile devices. Merely having more malware exist (not infect) hardly means much. Malware writers are going to target the platform with most market share - it's Android. And it's the only one that allows users to install what you want. Doesn't mean Android users are getting shafted left and right.
I'm still trying to get how someone can link Google advertising business with Linux and Android having malware
Only if you were using Apple maps would you end up lost and on the wrong side of the tracks!
Yer right, Google maps only causes international conflicts lol
A Google Maps error is being blamed for Nicaraguan troops accidentally invading Costa Rica
Every year iOS is gaining market share (world wide). So how are they losing share to Android and at the same time gaining.
This trend is even more evident when you actually compare iPhone numbers to similar smart phones running android.
are you for real? do you not understand the equation that people are offering here?
If iOS isn't popular enough to be worth the time to write exploits for it, why would that be true 3-5 years ago WHEN EVEN LESS PEOPLE USED IT???
And where was the malware for Symbian in 1998? First mobile virus appeared in 2004. See? Your question doesn't really mean anything.
Also way to leave out my other relevant sentence - only Android allows you to install whatever you want. There aren't many malware apps in the Play Store which is where you get all of your software from by default. You'd have to enable a setting, read the warning and then go find malware to install it. Even that is now being verified by newer versions of the OS.
Android is very American - it lets you have a gun - you get the point
ios: Like having sex with your girlfriend. She may not know all the moves yet bet she knows the best ones you like.
android: Like having sex with a hooker from east St.Louis and not wearing a condom.
iOS is like being with a girl who's father only allows you to hold hands sitting on the porch in front of the house while he's watching. Because if you do anything else you might get an STD.
Actually it is complicated - but heck, I got time, I will try! Android is like a free grown up man of his own will. Depending upon his intelligence he may choose to step willfully into the shady alleys of St. Louis or take the right turn and hit the highway to his wonderful destination
iOS on the other hand is like a man on parole - always being policed. Sure the one time you wished doing something bad, you will be forced away from it but most other times it is just annoying.
Exactly... but it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt.
BTW... it's more than just "a few" more attacks. Android is the Malware magnet for all the reasons you mention.
Uh, yeah, that's my exact point.
Seriously - what did you think I meant? That they did that accidentally? Honestly, just stop trying - you clearly have no idea what you are talking about.