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jbcohen · 12-31-2011, 11:26 AM

I do not remember seeing any one in the PC security business talking about a kindle virus but I would immagine that it could happen. Troubble is while Kindles are very popular the operating system (OS) is not something that amazon will tell you or anyone else a lot about, this is something that a hacker would need in order to write the virus. For 2012 I would not worry too much about a kindle virus at the moment the security industry is telling me that the majority of the viruses inroduced are, from most frequently introduced to least frequently introduced are: Apple, Windows then Anroid. Its going to take the hackers a little while to get around to the kindle OS.

12-31-2011, 11:26 AM	#7
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	I do not remember seeing any one in the PC security business talking about a kindle virus but I would immagine that it could happen. Troubble is while Kindles are very popular the operating system (OS) is not something that amazon will tell you or anyone else a lot about, this is something that a hacker would need in order to write the virus. For 2012 I would not worry too much about a kindle virus at the moment the security industry is telling me that the majority of the viruses inroduced are, from most frequently introduced to least frequently introduced are: Apple, Windows then Anroid. Its going to take the hackers a little while to get around to the kindle OS.