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By now everyone knows that they need to have antivirus software installed on their computers, even if in practice there are still some crazy people that dont bother.
Perhaps what is not known as well is that there is a threat to the new "smartphones" and at first glance it is perhaps surprising that you would need to protect your phone from viruses! But then when you step back and think about it why wouldn't you? Your new phone is likley to be able to browse the internet, run apps (software applications) and has access to lots of personal information such as user names, passwords, contact data and the ability to dial premium rate telephone numbers. A-ha an opportunity for the virus writers to make a quick quid or ten.
And the reality is that we all rely more and more on our phones not just for voice calls but for email and access to the internet etc. If the anguished calls calls for help that we get when someones email to the phone stops workingare anything to go by its a real problem for a lot of people.
According to leading sources this year will be a boom year for mobile viruses, have a look at the following link for more information. It suggests that Windows, Android and Apple based phones (particularly if you jailbreak it to get non apple apps) are all at risk and so if you have one of these you might want to take a look.
So what can you do? can you even get antivirus software for mobile phones can you?
Well not only can you, but you should seriously consider doing so, you need to protect these mini computers from infections in just the same way you would your servers or networked computers, not to do so will eventually end in tears.
Is there a good product out there then? welll yes most of the leading security vendors have a solution available, Eset is the product that we generally recommend and you can see some information at http://www.cselimited.co.uk/security-antivirus.htmlbut as I say there are others.
So if you take my advice I would seriously look at putting someprotection in placebefore you become a victim of this crime. Speak to your computer support department to get their advice. If you dont have one you can see some information on http://www.cselimited.co.uk
