Viruses and malware are no longer confined to laptops and desktop computers. Mobile phones are also vulnerable. Here is a list of the best Android antivirus apps to keep your phone safe.
Google’s open door app management policy all but ensures that Android users have a greater variety of apps with a wider array of features than those on the Apple platform. However, you may well wonder is it safe to buy apps on the Android Market? This greater freedom also ensures that the Android platform is more vulnerable to security threats.
While Google has taken steps in the past to remove malicious apps from the Android Market, it is still the user’s responsibility to keep their Android tablets and phones safe from malware by installing and using Android security software. Here are some of the best antivirus software options for Android tablets and phones.
Lookout Mobile Security
Lookout Mobile Security is more than just an antivirus application -- this security software includes an all-in-one antivirus protection solution that includes remote data wipe (for lost or stolen phones), data backup, and lost phone recovery services.
If you manage to lose your expensive smartphone, you can use Lookout’s map-based web interface and the profile you had pre-configured to see where the phone is. You can also recover any information from the phone such as messages, contacts, photos, videos and e-mails, or remotely wipe all your sensitive data from the device. We must hasten to state that the lost phone tracking feature will only work if the phone is on and the GPS enabled, otherwise you may be out of luck.
One of the best features of Lookout is its security scanner. This feature will scan apps as you install them and will keep on monitoring those that are installed to make sure that they don’t raise a security threat. This Android antivirus app is free to download and use if you are only interested in the basic security features. You will have to pay about $30/year for the premium version to have access to the data backup features.
Antivirus Free – AVG
AVG is well known for its free suite of antivirus programs for PCs, and now the company has a free antivirus solution for Android devices as well. AVG has many of the features that Lookout has, but does have a better set of features in the free version.
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