The summary of mobile security market in China as of Q1,2012.

iiMedia Research published the summary of mobile security market in China as of Q1,2011 as follows.

1. Market share of mobile security company

#1  360   54.6%

#2  QQ    22.9%

#3  Netqin    11.4%

#4  Kingsoft   2.7%

#5  Kaspersky 2.1%

#6  Rising   1.5%

Other   4.5%





2. The number of using mobile security products user and its active users

Total users : 128 million people
Active users : 83.3 million people



3. The number of newly virus for Symbian and Android

Colored blue : Symbian


Colored red : Android










As of Q1,2012, the number of newly virus for Android was 1,572 pieces, and Symbian's was 967 pieces.

Compared to Q1,2011, the number of Symbian's was almost even, but Android's increased 5 times. It's reason why as I reported before, the shipment number of Android rapidly increased from the second half on 2011, so the number of newly virus also increased...



4. The type of virus on Symbian and Android

Symbian                                                    Android
#1   Consumption of resources  41.4%            Fee deduction   68.4%
#2   System crush  31.2%                            Stolen private info  14.3%
#3   Fee deduction  22.1%                            System crush    7.1%
#4   Other                                                Consumption of resources  41.4%


In China, the number of mobile internet user was about 360 million people in the end of 2011, and expected it will be about 550 million people in the end of 2014.

Threat of virus will be increasing more and more in the future, so mobile users have to prepare for looking before they leap...



Original article => 199IT