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"The actual number of phones hit by mobile malware, however, is tiny. McAfee said one of the largest mobile infections it was tracking recently - a kind of malware that can lock your phone and all the data on it and hold it for ransom - had infected 20,000 to 40,000 mobile users in the United States.
Phones can get infected when someone accidentally downloads a malicious app. Clicking some ads can also start downloads of malware, and hackers can even pretend to be a public Wi-Fi hot spot to steal personal data."
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