Android wins Apple iOS and Windows as least-secure mobile OS, Nokia phone report finds

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according to Of all infective devices in the past year, 68.50% were running on the Android platform, according to the report. This means 0.94% of all Android devices were infected, slightly above Google's 2016 Q4 estimate of 0.71%. Only 0.05% of Android devices which only installed applications from the play store became infective in 2017, according to the report. Third-party stores are further popular in China, where only 4% of Android application installs stem from the Play Store, according to the report. Out of all infective devices, 68.50% were Androids, 27.96% ran on Windows, and 3.54% used iOS.

Nokia research damns Android security; Calls Google's mobile operating system the generality vulnerable platform

Nokia study: Android is a safety liabilityEver since Google's platform collected momentum and the interest of application developers, there have been plenty of unsavoury elements that have tried to peddle all sorts of malicious code within the apps. Nokia has conducted a research approving all, that points out the worst saved mystery – that the Android platform is quite vulnerable to safety exploits. The research included not just Android devices, however rather the entire spectrum of mobile operating systems spread across several countries. The proportion of Android devices infective per 30 days was pegged at 0.94 percent. To put this into perspective, the infection average for Android phones extremely far in the current year was nearly 25 % higher than the figures recorded final year, that pegged the infection average at 0.71 percent.

Nokia Intelligence report tells Android the least safe OS

As it stated in As indicated with Nokia's 2017 menace Intelligence Report, Android gadgets are substantially further liable to finish up noticeably infective contrasted with those on other operating systems. Presently another report with Nokia phone has detect which Android has even crossed Apple in giving a minimum safe platform. As indicated with the report, around 68.50% gadgets of Nokia phone running on the Android stage got infective with malware and safety risks in the Former year. With the advent of Nokia phone on Android platform, it has been ceaselessly updating its gadgets to stay safe from any conceivable threats. As assessed with Nokia phone in the report, Android malware has developed with 53% over the past year.