Website hacks are a part of a growing trend we’re starting to see with every passing day. If worrying about getting your personal information yanked from a website isn’t worrying enough, we also have to contend with the growing threat of malware on smartphones. As phones begin to function more like traditional personal computers, the likelihood of viruses and malware increases. Just recently, Google removed 10 apps from the Android Market that used Angry Birds to distribute malicious code.

There was a time when only personal computers could get malware. It reaches computers by piggy-backing onto programs that you think are legitimate. Since smartphones are becoming more like mini-PCs, they are becoming more vulnerable to attack. There is a Trojan going around right now called Geinimi that can attack your Android phone. It has the capability of stealing information on your phone before sending it to unauthorized servers.

Have you tried to play a computer game, while your brother is trying to download some music and the system is running the weekly virus update? It’s not an easy task. In fact, it’s usually a very frustrating task.

Symantec knows just how you feel, which is why the company is releasing Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition. It will be designed specifically for gaming, which we all know takes up the most memory on the system. It keeps malware at bay while also making sure nothing is interrupted or lost during your MMO game play…