Android smart phone question

shadows4 wrote:
New smart phone user here. Is virus protection needed with a smart phone? If so any recommendations? Thanks, John

You might want to take a look at this to help you decide.

Android has the least security protection and is hacked the most often and easily.

http://money.usnews.com/money/personal-f......../slideshows/10-dangers-of-mobile-banking

Number 7 of the 10 dangers
7. Currently, the majority of mobile malware viruses are written for Android devices. “In the fourth quarter of 2012, 97 percent of all of the malware released into the mobile environment was targeted against Android,”

Conroy says. “The Android app store is more open for developers to go out there and publish something.” Other brands are not immune to viruses, she says. Android is just currently “the bad guys’ favorite."

Made me change my mind of switching to Android.