الخميس، 3 أكتوبر 2013

More than half of Russians are using security software for smartphones and tablets

Russian users have become one of the most important in the world and most of them have established a specialized security software on their mobile devices. This is one of the results of a survey conducted by B2B International in conjunction with the "Kaspersky Lab" in the summer of 2013. According to the study, as did 65% of smartphone owners and 55% of owners of tablets based on Android. And it's much more than in the whole world, experts say.
Global statistics show that over a third of users of smartphones and tablets on the Android platform do not use solutions to protect against cyber threats. Only 40% and 42% of the owners of smartphones and tablets, respectively, participated in the survey reported that they have established and use any security solution on their devices. The rest of the respondents prefer to use them, relying only on a few built-in security features and its own discretion, or download the software from third-party sources, which can also be a danger to the mobile device. As for Russia, it is a significant percentage of Android users in our country still remains protection - it is 22% and 26% of the owners of smartphones and tablets, respectively. Another 14% and 19% of the users of these devices are hoping that this software was pre-installed in advance without their participation. It is worth noting that Android has long been the most popular platform, not only among ordinary people, but also among the perpetrators. According to the cloud service Kaspersky Security Network, 97% of all existing malware samples created for mobile devices is under the platform Android. And their number is growing rapidly: in 2012 the experts of "Kaspersky Lab" found 35,000 images of malicious programs for this platform, and for the first six months of 2013 - more than 47,000.

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