What is the reason why an operating system receives the most malware? Usually this is because it is so widespread. However, when you hoard the 96% of malware over a long period of time, it cannot be solely due to its expansion. And it is that, iOS also has a very important market share, and it is not so attacked. Certainly a determining factor is how easy it is to make Android malware effective, and how little Google is doing to prevent it.
The data comes from the study carried out by F Secure, in which the results of the entire last year are revealed. Google and your Android operating system towill cover 79% of all malware that was created in 2012, thus surpassing the 66,7% of the year 2011, and the 11,25% of the year 2010. And anyone would think that the other percentage has been that of iOS, but nothing is further from the truth. Symbian, the operating system that Nokia bought, was the worst hit a few years ago, and it has been in the shadow of Android in this regard for all this time. However, his death has made that if we take the data from the last quarter of 2012, Android is already the target of 96% of malware for mobile devices. The question that many of you will have is how much malware there is for iOS. Well, suffice it to say that only 0,7% of malicious applications target the Cupertino operating system. Very positive figures for them.
Google does very little to prevent it
On the other hand, we cannot say that Google is making great efforts to end malware. Apple filters all the applications in the App Store, but in Google Play you can upload applications almost without any kind of supervision, which opens the door to all this malware that, above all, is made available to us thanks to the app store of those of Mountain View. It is true that they have created an antivirus that analyzes the application in search of viruses, but it is also true that it has been shown that its effectiveness is very low compared to the antivirus for Android that are available, and that the latter are not the no-go-more. Even so, progress is being made in the latest versions of Android, to the point that only 1,6% of the malware is digested to Jelly Bean. However, if we consider that this version is installed on fewer devices than Ice Cream Sandwich and Gingerbread, the problem is still great. Without a doubt, malware is a pending issue for those in Mountain View, who will have to make a great effort if you want to become a truly secure system.