AVG bets on Android, but competitors loom
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AVG says up to 50,000 Android users a day are downloading its free security application, as the smartphone OS gains popularity. Because of the rapid uptake in Android, it is attracting more subscribers than Apples iPhone, DroidSecurity was "a natural option for us to look at" for acquisition, Simpson said. Since Android is an open-source OS, Simpson said the company expects more and more hackers to target it, in line with predictions from other security analysts. It also has the ability to display a message on the phone when it is lost in hopes that someone will be kind enough to answer a plea to return the device. The premium version, which costs $9.99 a year, has features such as the ability to back up information on an on-board SIM card.
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