The Top Threats To Android Os

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Android is doubtlessly one of the largely used mobile operating systems with about 70% market share. A widest range of devices are running on this OS. Android also holds the second largest app store in terms of number of apps. It currently has more than 700,000 apps on Google Play, the official Android app store. Studies conducted by research firms keep describing the positive and negative sides of Android OS, such as it is a popular mobile OS with having more than 48 billion app downloads from its store, as well as the prevalence of malware is more concentrated on this OS as compared to others.

A 50% rise in malware attack was noted last year and its state has only worsened since then till now. Malware makes Android a most vulnerable smartphone OS of today’s time. Malwares, regardless of their types, affect users in many ways. Major ones include privacy or monetary losses. Here are some top threats caused by malware or similar malicious programs:

App using premium services
There are Android developers who build applications that take over the control of the user- device for managing bills and subscribing ...
... services. Installing these apps begins to subscribe the mobile numbers of users for premium services without their knowledge. For example, such apps can send message to premium numbers.

Adware Risks
Another type of malicious program that is nowadays frequently popping up on Android platform is adware. Devices with adwares are also prone to risks. It can access the personal data of users, e.g. phone contact list. Accessing the contact list of users is of course a breach as the app can replicate all the data of phone on remote server.

Malicious Download apps
There are malware programs that can affect the monetary control of user-devices. They can increase the bill of subscription or download needless content and paid apps. The shocking part of these malwares is that they do not need any permission from users. They simply turn on downloading without the user-consent.

Rooter apps

Rooters are lethal weapon. However, these are rarely found in the app store, but once a rooter-type app gets your device, it allows the device to be controlled remotely. The rooted device can perform any task which user can perform. Users may lose all the manual control over their device.

An article of Appleinsider.com with the title “Mobile malware exploding, but only for Android” suggests that 136 out of 149 known threats for mobile accounts to Android. In the same article, iOS and Windows have been reported as threat-free.

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