Are phones the next major target for viruses?
Date: Thursday, May 31 @ 19:18:47 UTC
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pocketgpsworld.com We are all well aware of the threat that viruses to Windows PCs. Anyone running windows without anti-virus protection is just asking for trouble. Although this is the most well known and publicised source of viral infections there are many other machines and systems that potentially could be infected. One high profile system that was reported as having an infection some time ago was the TomTom GO... so viruses are not limited to computers.

Recently an anti-virus company conducted a trial across the UK and found that an unprotected phone can pick up some pretty serious problems. Now I may be a bit cynical here and say of course they would find these problems, but it certainly pays to ensure that you take precautions to protect the data on your phone.

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