Google: antivirus software for smartphones was a hoax

The senior management of Google, Chris DiBona, condemning the vendor anti-virus software for mobile devices is deception and fraud, because he said that smartphones are not at risk of virus in such a way Windows.
Director for Google's open source software, Chris DiBona, call the manufacturer of anti-virus software for mobile devices as "charlatans and frauds." "The anti-virus companies are counting on your fear to sell protection products useless for Android, RIM and iOS," DiBona wrote on his Google +. "They are the charlatans and swindlers. The company has sold software protection against viruses for Android, RIM or iOS so shameless."
According to DiBona, although malware on mobile devices is not a myth, but they rarely cause real problems for users: "No mobile platform exists the problem of drawn in such a way a computer running Windows and some Mac experience. The known issues are not significant, because the sandbox model used (when running the application in the mobile operating system).
The Register has reported on analysis of DiBona provocative actions, saying his harsh statement is supported by studies of Juniper Networks announced a week earlier. According to a report from the study, within 3 ½ months since May 7 / 2011, the number of malware is written on the Android platform increased to 472%. In particular, the researchers found, the environment for malware to spread favorable Android is Android Market application store, which uses model checking source code less harsh than the platform's App Store iOS.

Chris DiBona said the manufacturer antivirus software for smartphone ashamed to know.

Until now, everyone knows that most software manufacturers have anti-virus products for Android. These include manufacturers such as Symantec, F-Secure, Kaspersy Lab and Doctor Web ...
"To understand what DiBona is to say, people need to read very focused", Sergei Komarov, head of research to develop anti-virus software's Web Doctor said, "DiBona acknowledged the existence of software toxic on Android, but it is not a virus as understood by DiBona. I do not know the user can be assured with the Trojan to stand in his smartphone and sending SMS is premium data theft Personal or not, because it is not as understood by viruses Google representative. As he said, the Trojan does not go too deep into the system ... No one will probably be losing money and injustice data vain that way? ".
Android has become the most popular platform ahead of criminals in all criteria: "Both the number of malicious software in a month and the number of malware during the period from past to present," Denis Maslenikov , the leading experts on the Kaspersky Lab antivirus claims. According to Kaspersky Lab, malicious software on the Android is at about 56% of malware on mobile devices.
Unlike Android, we have not found malware for iOS, Iuri Namestnikov, an expert on advanced antivirus of Kaspersky Lab added. Attack iOS users is a complex task and requires more resources than attacking Android users.