5 Signs Your Device May be Infected with Malware or a Virus
McAfee Home Blog Topics img At McAfee img img-icon-globe 5 Signs Your Device May be Infected with Malware or a Virus Toni Birdsong Nov 16, 2021 5 MIN READ The malware landscape is growing more complex by the minute, which means that no device under your family’s roof—be it Android, iPhone, PC, or Mac—is immune to an outside attack. This reality makes it possible that one or more of your devices may have already been infected. But would you know it? Ho Ho Ho, Merry Hackmas According to 2021 statistics from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), the number of data breaches reported has soared by 17 percent over last year. In addition, as reported by McAfee, cybercriminals have been quick to take advantage of the increase in pandemic connectivity throughout 2020. McAfee Labs saw an average of 375 new threats per minute and a surge of hackers exploiting the pandemic through COVID-19 themed phishing campaigns, malicious apps, malware, and more. With Black Friday and Cyb...