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Your Android Phone Is A Cesspool For Malicious Apps

The popular internet security company, Kaspersky (of Windows anti-virus fame) has released some rather disturbing information showing a rise in malware for Android. The company reported last month that they found nearly 70 different types of malware on the Android platform. This is a huge jump from only 2 they discovered last September.Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I’m always a little wary when an anti-virus company tells me there’s an epidemic and that they offer some kind of cure – especially for a price. Even still, there are close to 100,000 apps in the Android Market and to me, 70 out of 100,000 just doesn’t sound that bad. Of course, you should NEVER download a “cracked app” from those sketchy sites on the internet. Just like the real world, be smart, be safe and wrap it up.Still, all this malware talk has me a little more paranoid. It looks like Android may, in fact, be the Windows of the smartphone world. Steve Jobs, you now have a little more fuel for your fire.[Via Bloomberg]

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