Tablet Security:the 2014 best antivirus for Andriod phones
The best Antivirus for Android phones and smartphones.
the best free product right for now is Avira. Many of the free products are rather limited, but Avira includes call blocking, remote tracking and locking, all of which are features that other vendors reserve for their paid-for versions.
One thing you’ll discover with all these Android security apps is that they can’t automatically uninstall apps infected with malware; you’ll need to do this manually. This is due to Android’s built-in security, and it shouldn’t be a big deal for most users. (Actually, if you’ve "rooted" your phone – that is, applied a hack that lets any app run with system privileges – some security products can automatically uninstall suspicious apps. However, if you’re running your handset with root access enabled, dodgy apps are the least of your security worries.)
Take, for example, the Obad trojan, which appeared last summer. It’s a nasty bugger that can send SMS messages to premium-rate phone numbers, download further malware, and even replicate itself on other devices via Bluetooth. It was hard to detect, and hard to remove from an infected device. It was put together well, with obfuscated code and encrypted strings, and it spoke to an online command centre via a double-encrypted address. Indeed, its code was of better quality than many genuine apps in the Google Play store.
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