With performance rivalling laptops now, it's no wonder hackers are targeting viruses for smartphones.
These virus-makers usually go for the platform with the most users and seeing that the smartphone user base is the one growing the fastest and is the biggest, this makes it a prime target.
For iOS there's usually not much threat as the OS is built tightly with high emphasis on security (for non-jailbroken iPhones). The reverse could be said for Android. Android is known for its open system that allows programmers to express their creativity, but this is also a double-edged sword as it also exposes their OS.
And the number of viruses for Android is higher, thus it's highly recommended for you to download an anti-virus from the Google Play Store (or other certified third party app store, such as the Amazon Appstore).
The next question would then be which anti-virus? There's paid ones but are those worth the money? Lately Avast has given a solution to that question as they have made their paid Anti-virus free! Yes all off the previously paid features are now free.
Before this you had to pay $2 a month or $20 a year for all the additional features. Not anymore. Features such as Privacy Advisor and App lock is given free.
Avast is also known to be an anti-virus with one of the best performance. Here's a review on it. Do download this one if you don't have an anti-virus installed on your android device. it's free anyway.
Source: Tomsguide, GooglePlayStore
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