If its samsung, they come bundled with McAfee in the device manager. Personally I would not run Antivirus, unless you use janky apks or you tend to have sketchy no holds barr usage habits. Android antivirus does not work the same way as say a pc version of the same name, the os needs to be secure with security updates (different from feature updates).
Then why are there so many Android phone antivirus apps if they are not something to use or don't work very well. Look at the Google App Store and some of these have been downloaded over 100 million times and have 7.5 million user reviews. Any app installed can be easily uninstalled with a click of a button.
The reason is false equivalency and lack of understanding about how different a mobile OS is compared to a windows operating system.
The phone apps are still created by the companies providing them. You don't think they develop and test their developed software for use on a phone app? You think for instance that Bitdefender or Malwarebytes who create a phone antivirus app don't know how to do it and make it work well?
Did I say that? If you feel safer using an antivirus why not just use the built in mcafee that samsung bundles with your device?
An antivirus wont necessarily protect you from exploits in the operating system. If your phone is 6 years old there is a very high chance it's not receiving security updates, in which case the OS of the phone is at a higher risk of compromise. An "antivirus" on an android phone will only protect you from rogue/spyware type apps, which shouldn't be an issue if you stick to mainstream apps on the app store. Nothing you do as a user on an android phone is running as Admin or root, so most attacks will target the OS. If you're concerned about your security you should protect the OS and upgrade to a phone with regular security updates.It's about 6 years old. Been a great phone and still works well for my use. Google Play store shows lots of AntiVirus apps that will work on this phone. Looks like the top 3 rated Android AntiVirus apps in the Google Play Store are: AVG, Avast and Bitdefender. Of the 3, Bitdefender doesn't share info with 3rd parties whereas AVG and Avast do.
This articles shows Bitdefender rating well, so maybe I'll give that a try.
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Who said I have a Samsung? I don't.
i thought this was the phone in question?
Not if you pay attention.I think you've got the wrong Zee
...easy to do...
LoL ... Look at the join dates, sits back down.
I've been using the free version of Avira on both my Android phone and my Windows PC's for years. It's one stop "free" shopping.
I prefer to call that the "rejoin" dates if you get my drift....LoL ... Look at the join dates, sits back down.
They dont run actively in the background unfortunately. Avast supposedly does, but more research on that claim is necessary, as it seems to harden your browser as its "real time blocker."
