I am asking Trojan viruses in specific, because I know that phones can get other viruses. Someone told me that you cannot get a Trojan on a phone because they have different operating systems than computers, so it won't work on them? Is this true? I want to get a professional's opinion. Thanks in advance.
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Yes, phones can get Trojan viruses. Here are some known Trojan viruses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_virus#Notable_...
'Skulls' targets Symbian OS users while 'Gingermaster' & 'DroidKungFu' targets Android users
Android Trojan virus 'Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a', does not have an interface and works in background mode
https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/8106/
https://www.securelist.com/en/blog/8131/
There are 12 different versions of this virus. It takes advantage of Device Administrator rights vulnerability in Android OS
Another Trojan virus 'MMarketPay.A' is designed to purchase apps and content without the consent of the device user, running up high mobile bills
http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240159261/New-...
It's reported to hit 100,000 devices using the Google Android OS in China
Another Trojan virus 'Geinimi' compromise significant amount of personal data on a user’s phone and send it to remote servers
https://blog.lookout.com/blog/2010/12/29/geinimi_t...
Trojan viruses are designed for specific OS. You can't run some mobile-based Trojan virus designed for Android on Windows based PC
To protect yourself from such malicious content, always download mobile applications from trusted sources such as Google Play store or Amazon App store. Also, install mobile security app such as AVAST Mobile Security, Comodo Mobile Antivirus, Dr. Web Mobile Antivirus, etc to detect & remove viruses from mobile phone
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well basically a trojen made for pc wil work only on pl...but yeah, there are trojans made for phones...tho help protect ur phone use an antivirus...i suggest u use avast antivirus its free its got a high rating and its just AWSOME :) http://www.avast.com/free-mobile-security