In The Security World, Android Is The New Windows

[onehandle]

For decades, Microsoft Windows was the computer platform of choice — not just for the overhwelming majority of computer users, but also for a growing legion of malware creators. As the dominant computing platform, it offered the fattest, most lucrative target, and some of its fundamental architecture decisions made it vulnerable to many kinds of malware.

With the transition to the mobile era, Windows is no longer at the center of the computing universe — for users or for hackers. That role is now occupied by Android. According to Stephen Cobb, a distinguished security researcher for the IT security company ESET, "Android is like early Windows." It's now the locus for security attacks and prevention — even if it's not getting as much attention in this regard as Windows used to.

"There's so much malware on Android, you'd think it would be a huge deal," Cobb said. And the growth of is "huge," he added, "both in the number of malware exploits and their increasing sophistication. The rate of growth in Android malware is impressive, and scary."

http://readwrite.com/2013/03/04/in-the-security-world-android-is-the-new-windows

[frylock]

1. oooooooooohhh... wonder what this app does? click>install>malware..

DO NOT install apps unless A) you need them, and B) they come from a reputable source. malware issue averted.