All smartphone owners should be aware of and concerned about viruses that affect smartphones, but most aren’t. Only 4 percent of mobile phones use virus protection software, according to Juniper Network Global Threat Center’s Malicious Mobile Threats Report 2010/2011. Personal and identity information such as financial passwords and contact lists — once stored on protected personal computers — now appear on unprotected smartphones. That’s right folks! The cell phone can get virus too. Mobile phone is now the target of the hackers to listen to your private conversation and read your SMS or text messages without your knowledge. So, if you are hiding secrets from your wife or husband or friends then you better find out if your cell phone has spyware or Virus in it before the Hackers will post your secret online or on the Internet. The mobile phones infected with malware, Trojan horses and other viruses leave your mobile phone unusable, send the virus to your contacts or worse: Perpetrators steal usernames and passwords that can lead to identity theft. Protecting your phone is a twofold process; avoid possible viruses and download legitimate virus protection on your mobile phone.ReadMore
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