---
title: "Spyware Infects Phones, Adware Increases on Home PCs, Report Finds"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/spyware-infects-phones-adware-increases-on-home-pcs-report-finds/"
date: "2015-09-17T09:48:24+00:00"
section: "Mobile"
tags:
  - "Adware"
  - "Cyber Security Report"
  - "Mobile Security"
  - "Spyware"
source: "eweek.com"
source_url: "http://www.eweek.com/security/spyware-infects-phones-adware-increases-on-home-pcs-report-finds.html"
---

# Spyware Infects Phones, Adware Increases on Home PCs, Report Finds

September 17, 2015 · Reported by eweek.com

![](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/portadas/2015/spyware-infects-phones-adware-increases-on-home-pcs-report-finds.jpg)

> Android malware has declined, but an increasing number of malicious apps are spyware. At the same time, adware increasingly affects home PCs.
>
> Security firms continue to warn smartphone users of the digital dangers of mobile malware, adware and spyware, but ironically, almost 80 percent of infected devices on mobile networks are tethered Windows laptops, not phones or tablets, network-security firm Alcatel-Lucent said on Sept. 16.

[Read the full article at eweek.com](http://www.eweek.com/security/spyware-infects-phones-adware-increases-on-home-pcs-report-finds.html)

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