Malware attacks 480 million smartphones in China

A staggering 480 million smartphones in China have fallen victim to a malicious software malware in the first half of this year, almost equal to the total registered complaints in 2012. 

More than 450,000 trojans, malware and malicious advertisement plug-ins were intercepted by a mobile security product in China, state-run news agency Xinhua reported. 
 

Trojans intercepted on Android phones accounted for 97 per cent of the total. 

The number of Chinese mobile phone users crossed a billion mark last year touching 1.11 billion users. 

About 47 per cent of Chinese urban residents have smartphones, according to a report released by Google. 

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