Tuesday, December 27, 2005
The antivirus firm Macafee predicts that mobile viruses could become much more of a threat next year, largely due to the lack of virus protection on handheld devices.
"In 2004, the "I Love You" virus penetrated tens of millions of PCs in just a couple of hours despite the fact that half of all PCs had Internet security software installed, according to McAfee. By comparison, a mobile threat targeting several operating systems could infect up to 200 million connected mobile phones simultaneously because the majority of these devices lack security protection."
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"In 2004, the "I Love You" virus penetrated tens of millions of PCs in just a couple of hours despite the fact that half of all PCs had Internet security software installed, according to McAfee. By comparison, a mobile threat targeting several operating systems could infect up to 200 million connected mobile phones simultaneously because the majority of these devices lack security protection."
You can read the entire article by clicking on the link below.