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Which anti-virus app do you prefer for Android device? Kaspersky Mobile Security? Advanced Mobile Care? Clean Master? AVG Anti-Virus?

this would be better suited for the android forum ill see if i have a mod move it for you.

I use webroot.

I use Avast

Been trying out Zoner AV for Android and finding it effective, with a very light footprint. It has a fairly quick scan of the system, and scan on mount - but they need to include the SD card

Consumer Reports rates the top-rated free mobile ones as Avast and AVG in that order. Avast was #2 compared to the paid version of McAfee. Otherwise, all paid versions perform better than free versions.

Since Zoner was mentioned, it was the worst of the bunch.

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While it was very good at locating a lost or stolen phone, it did a poor job wiping and locking phones. It was only fair at finding malware.

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Android devices work under a sandbox. Of course this won't prevent "human error", as no OS is completely immune...

--- but resources matter most to me, therefore it's my preference.
There's no one better to judge than the person that uses the app of their choice

I will toss out that paid vs free apps have long ago been discounted. There are free apps as good or better than paid versions and vice versa.....

The only variable is the user
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Zoner did very well in their tests on resource usage but below average in other other catagory but ease of use.

Yes, there were some free apps that performed better than some paid ones, and I mentioned them, but, overall, paid versions performed better.

Why the hell would anyone use an av on android? That'd ridiculous.

Just don't download apps from outside play store and you'll be fine.
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I found the key to success but somebody changed the lock.

+1 for downloading from Play and not using up phone's resources to run AV.

I use Kaspersky on phone and tablet.

Very simple if you read the Quote and my reply. Play and Amazon are full of questionable and potentially malicious software especially the free stuff.
And there are lots of good apps that Play and sometimes Amazon too just will not allow.
Getting an App from Play or Amazon is no guarantee of safety.
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Avast.

Not a product plug - have had good results and experience with Lookout

Not specifically but I have had Avast trap a few either on DL or at install. That I just dump and don't really keep record of.

And a huge number have very excessive permissions they don't need for the function of their task at hand and could be used maliciously or privacy invasion. Many of the free ones that don't have paid upgrades are particularly guilty of that. Free games are among the worst.
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Many people seem to forget that smartphones have always been aligning themselves with your average PC and are increasingly getting closer and closer in that regards. So while on your own desktop or laptop you may not download every random software application without doing even a little bit of investigation (what are the user reviews? Do they bundle toolbars? Does anything stick out as a little shady? Could I possibly get an app with similar functionality from a slightly more reputable source?), why would you not do the same with your smartphone?

I do agree there are a ton of great apps out there that may not be on the main Play store or even Amazon's store. I have a few choice apps myself off the Slideme store, namely a few game system emulators I have even paid for. But I have vetted all these ahead of time. So far I have not had a single nefarious app catch me off guard. I've only ever had ONE that I installed out of better judgement even after reading negative reviews because I really wanted to check it out. But all it had was the annoying persistent notification bar ads. My phone plan is a fairly anemic prepaid plan too with 10MB of data and 250 texts/minutes (not running Droidwall or any limiter apps either, after a long while of understanding usage and restricting myself while on 3G) and i have not had anything chew away at this more than needed for normal usage and if anything could have sucked away contact info and used for ill will, I haven't had any reports of it happening yet. And I am one of those people who doesn't do a real close look at permissions 90% of the time, save for the onesie unheard of apps.
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Some comparisons here:
»www.av-comparatives.org/mobile-security/

AV apps is needed: »www.securelist.com/en/blog/8131/···_botnets

Mobile Botnet!
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AV is the same as task killers. You don't need them, and shouldn't use them but people that don't understand android will use them.
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I found the key to success but somebody changed the lock.