As noted in the quote above:
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Android malware jumped 76 percent since the first quarter, according to the report. However, that number sounds bigger than it really is, as McAfeeLabs identified only 44 total Android threats this spring.
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So the new threats found went up from 25 in Q1 to 44 in Q2. In a market of 250,000+ apps.
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McAfee collects about 2 million new malware samples, regardless of platform, every month and found 12 million unique types of malware in the first half of 2011. Researchers expect to have 75 million samples by the end of the year.
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So for the first half of the year they found 25 + 44 =
69 threats on Android, out of
12 million across all platforms.
Keep an eye on the situation? Yes, of course. Be overly concerned at this stage? No.
Graham