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Originally Posted by kennyc
Never said that, did I.
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No, you didn't, and no offense intended. You are correct that whenever an OS gains popularity the black hats will always try and go after it and exploit it. My point is that you may be no safer using the Android Market then say the AndroidPIT. In some cases you may be less safe because why go after the minnows when you can try and land the big fish.
Most of the time this type of malware is more annoying (e.g. spam, adware, pop-ups) than malicious. I have owned and worked on computers since the Radio Shack TRS Level I all the way up to Windows 7, and in all those years I have only had 1 major virus (Fake Virus Security Scan that could not be closed) that slipped through Norton. Luckily, it was easily removed with MalwareByte Anti-Malware.
For those worried about viruses, I suggest they go to the Amazon App Store and do a search for antivirus. There are many free antivirus Apps including WebRoot, AVG etc.