Having a look at the interwebz confused me: Which antivirus solution is currently the most recommended and pure Antivirus/Antispy/Antitrojan software? Recommendations for paid apps are also welcome.
I'm currently using Norton Mobile Security, but it seems overloaded with blocking SMS and Calls (I already have the best solution for that: Root Call Blocker), and it also has other bloated functions I don't need. So, what do you guys use? Please share your experiences to give me a feeling of what the "Pro-Users" have out there.
I use Avast! Mobile security. It's free, and I love it...
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Bunnybugs_007 said:
I use Avast! Mobile security. It's free, and I love it...
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Thanks for contributing. What makes it so special?
Avg isnt bad its very simple and you got features like; tracking your phone,blocking your phone and scaning your apps that might have viruses in them
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Do you folks know of a website where Android security suites are continiuously compared against each other?
Here you go mate all of the android antivirus apps and all of them compared in one picture
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Andr...e-real-and-the-fake-system-protectors_id27759
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Looking at it now avast is the best it covers everything ,though like they said its hard to get malware on android
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Here you go mate all of the android antivirus apps and all of them compared in one picture
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Awesome! I was surprised where G-Data is in the chart. Seems like Kaspersky is even ahead of avast and Norton, huh?
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Would you please recommend a firewall only please.
Something that alerts me when which application wants to go out
Thank You please
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droidwall
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droidwall
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Essential software...
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+1 for DroidWall. It has the added benefit of blocking ads in a particular app if you decide to not allow it access to the network.
However, I should say that it doesn't EXACTLY do what you are asking. It allows you control as to what apps may or may not access the network, either via 3g, WiFi, or both. As far as I know, it doesn't tell you when one of the apps you allow access to the network actually does.
If you want something that asks you to allow/deny, try this
ps this was the 3rd result for android firewall, the first 2 being droid wall, just saying everything is out there google and you shall find.
Edit: well it seems twitter brought the company behind whispermonitor and thus all the downloads have disappeared, I will try to find an apk.
Edit2: it seems that whispermonitor only worked on the nexus S and one other phone, shame it looked promising.
Your best bet is droid wall, there is also Pdroid but it needs a rom patch.
Thank you
Will try your recommend solution
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Did you have any luck with the apk file??
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NTOP said:
Did you have any luck with the apk file??
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Well i did some more reading about it, and its more of a whole rom/rom mod than an apk file and it was only compatible with the nexus S and Desire I think.
Droidwall is your best bet.
Avast firewall do better than droidwall, it really alert you if any apps trying to make an connection on yhe the background, but avast is big app that come with antivirus protection which seems to be useless for android os so far.
Rom : samsung stock firmware
Kernel : stock kernel
Modem : stock modem
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I have installed Droid, i really like it as it blocks everything by default. This way i know which apps i want to allow out.
Thank you for all your help.
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I'll add AppTrafficFree https://market.android.com/details?id=net.ir.apptrafficfree
is the best to see which apps or games are wasting your data.
Dylan
That app is great.
Thank you
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This app is great but it would be nice if you can reset the counter so that we know what data we have used in a month or week.
THank You
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I'll add AppTrafficFree https://market.android.com/details?id=net.ir.apptrafficfree
is the best to see which apps or games are wasting your data.
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NTOP said:
I have installed Droid, i really like it as it blocks everything by default. This way i know which apps i want to allow out.
Thank you for all your help.
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Droidwall doesn't work on Samsung Galaxy S2. I use ICS v4.0.3 and it is rooted!
I try for example to block all app on 3G then played Angry birds and the adds are still there..I think this app waste my time!!
I have been getting some spam notifications i don't know where they are coming from. Please see the screenshot below. Help me take care of this. Thanks.
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i have been getting these 2 but cant think of anything new i have installed since they started to appear
Its an app you have recently installed. Uninstall that app and they go away or download airpush blocker to get rid of them. But If I were you guys just uninstall that app I hate those stupid notifications
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I'd recommend getting an antivirus software for Android.
Sadly even mobile phones nowaday need such software regardless of OS and manufacturer.
Either avast (free) or Dr.Web Beta (also free) are excellt and additionally report such Spammer apps.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en
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+1
Works well
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This morning I got a notification from my McAfee Mobile Security app telling me it found a potential threat on my sd card. The notification led me to one of my CWM backup .tar files, so I dismissed the notification and told the app to take no action. I just decided to take another look at my backups and realized that McAfee had gutted every single one of my .tar files. The files are still there, just empty.
I've been using McAfee for over 6 months now with no problems. Must have been a recent update. Back to Lookout.....
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This morning I got a notification from my McAfee Mobile Security app telling me it found a potential threat on my sd card. The notification led me to one of my CWM backup .tar files, so I dismissed the notification and told the app to take no action. I just decided to take another look at my backups and realized that McAfee had gutted every single one of my .tar files. The files are still there, just empty.
I've been using McAfee for over 6 months now with no problems. Must have been a recent update. Back to Lookout.....
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That sucks. I hate how McAfee takes control even on the computer. I used them once on a new computer and had absolutely no control over anything it did so dumped it and never went back. I've been using NetQuin on my phone and ZoneAlarm on my computer.
Been using AVG myself since my annual sub to Lookout expired a few months back. It's been doing fine for me.
I am one of the few people that likes McAfee. I use the antivirus software and online backup on my computers and never had a problem of any kind. Made sense to me to try the mobile product. It worked great too until today.
I started using McAfee when I stopped using blur based roms since I wanted the ability to wipe remotely. Can you do that on either NetQuin or AVG. Lookout can do it, but that would be another $30.
I used avast for a while. You could give that a go. It was quite good, not very intrusive and doesn't have a noticeable effect on performance. :thumbup:
Since doing a factory reset on my phone I haven't bothered reinstalling it as I don't feel it's necessary for my needs.
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I started using McAfee when I stopped using blur based roms since I wanted the ability to wipe remotely. Can you do that on either NetQuin or AVG. Lookout can do it, but that would be another $30.
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I haven't seen remote wipe ability with AVG. The annual fee is why I stopped using Lookout.
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I am one of the few people that likes McAfee. I use the antivirus software and online backup on my computers and never had a problem of any kind. Made sense to me to try the mobile product. It worked great too until today.
I started using McAfee when I stopped using blur based roms since I wanted the ability to wipe remotely. Can you do that on either NetQuin or AVG. Lookout can do it, but that would be another $30.
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NetQuin probably offers it for the premium service as well, but the free version does have an antitheft mode. If someone tries to change the sim card out then it notifies a number you select when setting it up. Also has online backup of contacts which is another feature I use alot in case google doesn't work between new roms.
Sounds like they are all the same (like most apps) - you get some features for free and you pay for the really good features. I'll be back on a blur based rom until official ICS comes out, so I'll just keep using the free version of Lookout.
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Sounds like they are all the same (like most apps) - you get some features for free and you pay for the really good features. I'll be back on a blur based rom until official ICS comes out, so I'll just keep using the free version of Lookout.
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Lookout has always been good to me.
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upndwn4par said:
Sounds like they are all the same (like most apps) - you get some features for free and you pay for the really good features. I'll be back on a blur based rom until official ICS comes out, so I'll just keep using the free version of Lookout.
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Found thru firefox addons that remote locates, sounds alarm and wipes data FOR FREE. Called TrustGo and I'm using it now. So far so good, but obviously I haven't come across anything that sends a red flag. See if it will work for your needs. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trustgo.security
I will check that out. Thanks!
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Found thru firefox addons that remote locates, sounds alarm and wipes data FOR FREE. Called TrustGo and I'm using it now. So far so good, but obviously I haven't come across anything that sends a red flag. See if it will work for your needs. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trustgo.security
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TrustGo is pretty solid and it came as an add-on for Dolphin HD. On top of security, I use to to save my caller logs/SMS/etc. to a cloud when switching between roms.
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TrustGo is pretty solid and it came as an add-on for Dolphin HD. On top of security, I use to to save my caller logs/SMS/etc. to a cloud when switching between roms.
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Oops, yes I did find it thru dolphin. Not firefox. Thanx for reminding me.
That's even better, Dolphin is my preferred browser.
P.S. You just hit 100 "Thanks".
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Oops, yes I did find it thru dolphin. Not firefox. Thanx for reminding me.
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Avast has the ability to do remote wipes
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That's even better, Dolphin is my preferred browser.
P.S. You just hit 100 "Thanks".
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Woohoo! I'm glad I've been able to help so many from my measly little mind.
Perhaps I am entirely blind, but what is the purpose of anti-virus apps on android in the first place?
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Perhaps I am entirely blind, but what is the purpose of anti-virus apps on android in the first place?
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Remote locate, lock, and wipe!
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Perhaps I am entirely blind, but what is the purpose of anti-virus apps on android in the first place?
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What upndwn4par said and also there are alot of malicious apps making their way to download, plus its good for web browsing on your phone. Facecrap is still known as being the easiest way to get viruses and most people use that on their phone daily. So its a good idea to have some sort of antivirus on your phone as you would your computer.
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Remote locate, lock, and wipe!
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Ahh, ok makes sense now
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What upndwn4par said and also there are alot of malicious apps making their way to download, plus its good for web browsing on your phone. Facecrap is still known as being the easiest way to get viruses and most people use that on their phone daily. So its a good idea to have some sort of antivirus on your phone as you would your computer.
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Yeah, that stands to reason - I was unaware that there are malicious apps still out in the wild... ok
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If so, which one??
Avast anti-virus is good and its also free!
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As i see, the highest rated are:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antivirus&feature=search_result
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout&feature=search_result
You don't need an antivirus... Just don't download all kind of crap.
Never once used an anti-virus on my linux pc or my android phone, never needed to - just don't go downloading random crap apps that have no reputable reviews or seem suspect (e.g. you think its a paid app and its suddenly available free)
Dont use Anti virus as far easier to reinstall lol
either avast or norton (from samsung apps)
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As i see, the highest rated are:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antivirus&feature=search_result
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout&feature=search_result
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Both of them are good ones, but the second one will charge u money for some features. But as the others said, dont download useless apps and u wont have a problem!
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If so, which one??
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I prefer and use Lookout for it's malware scanning features, but equally for the find/alarm/lock/wipe features. Mistakes happen.
Hmm, this seems strange, as I'm getting this "1buy.com" homepage on my browser. Changing it to Google works, but after a few hours it resets itself. I did several scans using Avast and Lookout to no avail.
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Hmm, this seems strange, as I'm getting this "1buy.com" homepage on my browser. Changing it to Google works, but after a few hours it resets itself. I did several scans using Avast and Lookout to no avail.
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There are lots of malware that avast or lookout fails to find. Did you install any suspicious apps or 'cracked' apps?
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There are lots of malware that avast or lookout fails to find. Did you install any suspicious apps or 'cracked' apps?
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None if I'm not mistaken. I already removed several apps on my device, still the problem remains.
Try searching for an app with a name related to "online search provider" in the apps manager and then disable it to test if the browser goes back to normal.
I did this and it worked with my Chinese Sh*t Tablet.
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This is a way of advertising that several developers use
If you dont have any important data in your browser memory then i suggest u clear the browser data
It is definitely an app ..
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Try adblock from market
Nevermind. The problem is back...
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Removing browser data didn't help
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What browser are you using?? ¿¿
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