"Just when you were getting the hang of protecting your computer from viruses"
your phone starts to get a virus. One in every 10 phones is now a smart phone capable of handling data and messaging. "That means it's become easy and lucrative for hackers to attack your cell phone. And the dangers are just as real. From 2004-2006, the number of phone viruses doubled every month."

And it spreads on cell phones because of the Internet downloaded, MMS (Multimedia messaging service) attachments of the Bluetooth transfers to name a few. "They'll often show up as game downloads, updates to your phone's system, ring tones, or alerts." There are "450 different variants of mobile threats, and that's not including phishing attacks and spam...83 percent of worldwide carriers have had security incidents in 2007."