Want to know what are the best security apps for Android? The AV-Test, an independent safety institute, conducted tests to detect malware and threats in the system with 30 applications available on Google Play. Of these, 16 have detected all the malware used in the process:. Anity AVL, Avira, BitDefender, G Data, Ikarus, Kaspersky, Kingsoft, KSMobile CM, KSMobile CMS, McAfee, Norton, Qihoo 360, Trend Micro and TrustGo
detectors and malware threats for Android have been tested by an independent entity (Reuters / labnol)
Besides the above applications, we were able to detect all malicious software tried to install the operating system, and Aegislab Ahnlab V3 apps also had success, but had false positives, indicating no virus files as threats.
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detection were evaluated several other criteria such as the impact on usability of the software to the device, of course, safety. Regarding usability tests found that the apps produced false positives, had an impact on the battery or slowed down the device, and whether produced much data traffic.
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analysis of AV-Test found that Kaspersky Internet Security reduces the rate of use of the device and Norton Mobile Security generates a lot of traffic. The other apps, however, fared very well.
Regarding safety features of each program, the following features were evaluated: anti-theft lock links, filter messages and emails, protection against malicious websites or phishing, access control by children, ability to back up and had to support some kind of encryption.
Among the apps
evaluated, only 10 received the maximum score of 13.0 points in the tests. They were:. Avira, BitDefender, G Data, Kingsoft, KSMobile Clean Master and CM Security, KSMobile, McAfee, Qihoo, Trend Micro and TrustGo
Via ZDNet
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