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Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Chief Technology Officer at AVG, said: “We detected a big increase in the use of social networks such as Facebook and www.avg.com/activate Twitter to target Android users. Cyber criminals Install Avg With License Number activation are finding it very convenient to distribute their malware straight to a mobile device via these networks. The growth of the avg.com/retail Android www.avg.com/activation platform has been phenomenal, which has not gone unnoticed with cyber criminals who have discovered it to Install Avg With License Number activation be a lucrative target for their malware. In 2011, avg.com/activation Google had to avg.com/activation remove over 100 malicious apps from the official Android market, Google Play.”

Social networks have become a www.avg.com/activation key source of information and communication. Twitter now has more than 140 million active users and Facebook has over 845 million users , with some analysts expecting that figure to reach 1 billion this year. The result: targeting those who use Install Avg With License Number activation Facebook is like targeting avg.com/retail around 14 per cent of world’s population or approximately 43 per cent avg.com/activation of global internet users. Consider also that there are over 300 million Android phones already activated, with over 850,000 Android phones and tablets added to that avg.com/activation number each day , and it is clear these two trends combined result in a new threat: infecting www.avg.com/activate Android devices using social networks.

Most mobile devices are tied into www.avg.com/activate operator billing systems making monetization of malware a lot more effective than on traditional computer systems. All the attackers need to do is trick users to install a malicious app  avg.com/activation on their avg.com/retail device www.avg.com/activation through which they can then gather cash using the phone avg.com/activation companies’ billing systems by Install Avg With License Number activation utilizing premium SMS services. In many cases, this is done by charging low amounts on an infrequent basis so users don’t even notice.

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The AVG Community Protection www.avg.com/activation Network is an online neighborhood watch, where community members work to protect each other. Information www.avg.com/activate about the latest threats Install Avg With License Number activation is collected from customers who participate in the product avg.com/retail improvement program and shared with the community to make sure avg.com/activation everyone receives the best possible protection.

The AVG Community Powered www.avg.com/activate Threat Report is based on the Community Protection Network traffic and data collected from participating AVG users over a three-month period Install Avg With License Number activation, followed by analysis by AVG. It provides www.avg.com/activation an avg.com/activation overview avg.com/retail of web, mobile devices, spam risks and threats avg.com/activation. All statistics referenced are obtained from the AVG Community Protection Network.

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