[Q] What security apps are you using? - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Am curious as to what security app you guys use to protect your phone from malware etc.
There are so many out there such as Lookout, Avg, GuardX etc. so would like to know what you recommend and why, especially something with low battery consumption.
I was going to try Lookout but have read something about them passing your info to 3rd parties!!!
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Common sense.
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TheGhost1233 said:
Common sense.
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yep, me too!
(get it free from the market )

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kersey said:
Am curious as to what security app you guys use to protect your phone from malware etc.
There are so many out there such as Lookout, Avg, GuardX etc. so would like to know what you recommend and why, especially something with low battery consumption.
I was going to try Lookout but have read something about them passing your info to 3rd parties!!!
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I am fairly certain lookout does NOT do anything like that, but if you have a link to what you saw, I will certainly look into it and speak to my contact there.
I use lookout myself, and I can assure you that AVG isn't a proper AV app...
It simply looks at the package name to decide if it's harmful... So if you take the hello world sample, and name it org.example.malicious.app (you'd need to use one in their database), the hello world sample would show as malicious...
They classified superuser app as malicious... So take a look at http://androidsu.com/2011/06/a-word-about-superuser-and-security/
By extension of this, a malicious app can simply be renamed, and it gets past AVG... I could write a script that would serve up an APK purporting to be something, which would have a different random name each time (dictionary words perhaps), and which would get past AVG...
Lookout certainly appears to me to be scanning the applications correctly. I am pretty sure I've tried renaming the malware internally (reverse engineering a virus sample) and it was detected fine...

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I use LBE Privacy Guard (rooted with the stock rom) to control permissions on a per app basis.
That and not pirating apps goes a long way.

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leftovermagic said:
I use LBE Privacy Guard (rooted with the stock rom) to control permissions on a per app basis.
That and not pirating apps goes a long way.
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I use this as well.
Pulser what do you think about it?
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Is the AVG used on Android different from that used on Windows apart from the different operating system that is ?

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I use androids own security software

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Thanks guys for your input.
Thankfully the common sense app is available in my area and is also a non-piracy zone (you've got to be a real tight arse to begrudge paying a few pounds for such great apps).
Will try and find where i read about Lookout but in the meantime may give it a go from pulser_g2's recommendation or try LBE.
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MaBlo said:
I use this as well.
Pulser what do you think about it?
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I am not too keen on the way in which it goes about doing what it does... I ain't a fan of injecting code before the dalvik layer...
If you have utmost trust in whoever made it, fair enough. But I am not certain it's the best way to do it technically... I don't have enough trust in something to let it hook in early like that tbh...

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So there's got to be some app which does the job properly? Or is there none? Are you telling me there is not a single antivirus/internet security app for android mobile phones out there???
Come on, fellas......give some meaningful recommendations. Straight question......What's the best app out there for guarding your phone on the internet?

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What about Kaspersky mobile security, Netquin anti virus, McAfee wavesecure, Webroot security anti virus???
Has anyone used them? What's the opinion of the senior tech gurus here about them? Honest answers would be appreciated so that we can arrive at a consensus "best antivirus/internet security" app out there.

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pulser_g2 said:
I am not too keen on the way in which it goes about doing what it does... I ain't a fan of injecting code before the dalvik layer...
If you have utmost trust in whoever made it, fair enough. But I am not certain it's the best way to do it technically... I don't have enough trust in something to let it hook in early like that tbh...
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Yeah that's the problem, I don't trust him at all. It's some chinese guy who don't answer questions on xda. But apparently someone from Lookout checked the app out, and it's clean. But I guess it's unnecessary if you use common sense anyway.
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