It is the duty of the Smartphone owner to protect their phones from virus. A research shows that only 5% of the people who own a smartphone use protection against virus. Viruses, malware etc make your phone unprotected. It is a two fold process to protect your phone that is one you have to avoid viruses and the other is to download and use a legit antivirus software. Here are some tips.

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  • Do not open attachments from unknown sources and messages that look suspicious.  Sometimes a person in your contact list might be infected with virus, it might email, and text messages itself to everybody in its contact list.
  • Do not click on suspicious or malicious links. Links like the attachments may contain virus and when you open them it will infect your phone with virus. In case you get any suspicious links from a person in your contact list then ask him if sent it to you intentionally because sometimes the person might not know that messages are being sent from his phone because a virus infects it.
  • Apps must be downloaded from a  legitimate app stores only and also the app reviews from other users should be read. Viruses have the ability to transfer via any type of app including games, fake banking apps, antivirus apps etc. So be careful before you download them.
  • Avoid your memory card sharing. Do not share your memory card with another mobile phone, as there is chance of the memory card infection spreading from the card to the contacts.
  • Connectivity options like Bluetooth, NFC can also infect your phone with virus. So your Bluetooth needs to be set to the undiscoverable setting.  Bluetooth viruses steal your contact info and your phone will be disabled.
  • Protect your iPhone from malware for this you have to download antivirus software like Lookout Mobile Security, SmartGuard Solution etc. iPhone has a Virus Barrier iOS software which can be downloaded from the app store for a small amount.
  •  For Android, phones use Kaspersky Mobile Security. There are many mobile securities as the Bullguard mobile security, Norton Mobile Security etc that protects you device from viruses, offers back up, locks your phone etc.

These are some tips for protecting your phone from viruses. Follow them and keep your phone safe.