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With the rise of smartphones and tablets, it's not exactly unsurprisingly that they've increasingly become a target for cyber criminals and other unscrupulous individuals. In the first half of this year, malware for portable devices increased by 273% compared with 2010. Cross-platform Trojans are the main source of the growth and most of these viruses are designed to enable spamming
GData has found that many people's preconceptions about malware are wrong and are putting them at risk of malware infection. The vectors for viruses and trojans have significantly changed in the past couple of years and infections now mainly come from websites rather than emails and USB sticks. The growth of malware in the past five years has been phenomenal
G Data's 2012 range of security products cover basic antivirus through to specialised protection for laptops and notebooks. Depending on the version purchased, the features build-up from antivirus and safe surfing, through firewalls and spam protection, to backup and data recovery, with additional features in the notebook versions. On test here is InternetSecurity 2012 which sits between AntiVirus and TotalCare
German security firm G Data put out an interesting press release last month regarding the expected successor to the Zeus trojan, which infected millions of PCs and captured bank account details. The new trojan, Ares, has a similar modular design, allowing it to be easily configured for a range of target activities. Malware is big business and a software development kit for Ares