andriod phones attacked yesterday?

[kathy5]

I got 2 weird messages from some 4 number sender who I did not know I showed it to my husband who did not know either so I deleted them

when we get home last night he reads that all androids phones were attacked yesterday & could of stole all of my personal info from my phone.
well I only go on fb with my phone & do ont buy anything on my phone & do not use the wi fi on the phone seeing as I have 3g to
it is the samsung acclaim verison 2.4 or somethimg like that.
so this is my question I do not want malwhere on my phone how can I keep it safe & how do I check to see if there is any malwhere on my phone also can I up grade to a newer verison of the android to be safer? thanks for all help given
Kathy

 

[TheBrit]

Relax, nobody can steal stuff from or infect your phone by text message.

 

[Sulfur]

That isn't entirely true.

 

[pool_shark]

Where did you husband read that all android phones were hacked?

I think he may have misunderstood the story of the vulnerability using unsecured wifi, which of course can happen to any device using unsecured wifi.

 

[badankles]

I got 2 weird messages from some 4 number sender who I did not know ...

i occasionally (less than 10 in past year) get 4-number senders SMS, but most are advertisors. either from sprint or other who has your phone number. some gives an option to opt-out, but most of the time i just delete and ignore.