All right! Let's talk about something boring!
something really boring for your Android phone.
Anti virus.
Yes, on your computer you have anti-virus.
Should you have anti-virus on your phone, well...
Strangely enough, if you have an android it's probably a good idea.
Anti-virus on your phone is not so much about infecting your phone with something
that it can then replicate
so much as it is about really dodgy apps that are just trying to steal your contacts and your
address book or you know start dialling your number when you are not around and start
sending text messages.
So things that run up bills or are generally a nuisance.
Also, this particular app is AVG
will check your settings, see if there is anything a bit strange in there.
Well, I have untrusted sources turned on.
I'm not surprised, I have to test a lot of apps.
But yay, no problems. What it will also do is scan any apps you download so
if you download it and it looks a bit strange or its acting in
a particular way that AVG have noticed
is not really kosher,
so to speak
it will
basically warn you and then you've got a choice to say no, I'm not
going to install that app.
which you know I'd probably say is quite a good idea.
unless you want to give your address book away to Chinese spammers anyway.
So there you go, that's AVG anti-virus
it's free and it stops
really bad stuff happening to your phone.
Although I have to say, if you have an iPhone you don't actually have that problem.
because Apple check the apps before they're allowed in the store but remember android
is like the wild west so get yourself
an anti virus.
Norton's anti virus.
and this is the lite version.
I have my misgivings with most Norton software but it tends to be one of the most
popular ones on the market, heavily promoted etcetera.
So on here you have anti-theft and anti malware.
as well as call blocking and web protection if you
stump up for the full version.
Instead of anti-theft
it allows you to send SMS messages
and the anti-malware tries to scan
all the stuff on the phone and have a look if you've got anything
dodgy on there that needs to be removed.
Presumably also gives an
update on any software you download as well.
Checks those before it lets you install.
It certainly seems to be taking a while.
As with anything when you are downloading for android just be aware of
the
source as it were.
There's an awful lot of great apps out there but there's also plenty of apps out there that
are looking to steal data etcetera, you know, just be aware of the permissions the app is using etcetera.
Don't go downloading APK's off the web, you know especially not if it's a
leading game that happens to have been hacked or cracked. Most likely someone's stuck a
bit of malware in there as well.
There you go. No malware found, hooray!
It's a very basic app from Norton
they seem to really want you to go in and
spend some extra money.
Not a right lot of settings.
That was quite useful notifications. Presumably any time
ongoing notifications even...
Why do I want to know that Norton is sitting there using up my memory?
But anyway, that's Norton anti-virus for android.
Dr Webb lite. Anti-virus for android.
Just like all anti-virus applications on android
provides your basic scanner so you can check over all of your files. Full scan option
quick scan or a custom scan of locations.
There's a monitoring system which protects as you are downloading new apps
etcetera.
Statistics,
how many things it's fixed and quarantined
and the actual quarantine itself.
which allows you to see any files it's discovered which are dodgy
in quarantine if you need to.
Actually, I think this is a better app than the Norton app that I reviewed earlier.
For my mind, there is a lot more in here for free.
Have a few virus updates.
That was very quick.
Do a quick scan.
Quite slow going, I'd say.
Considering that's supposed to be a quick scan it seems to be having a pretty good look
through every single file on my phone.
I thik it's failed actually,
that's not a quick scan at all.
Actually, that region was wrong.
Yes, tap anywhere on the screen...
it stops.
Dr Web, I'd call that a bug, personally.
It's made the entire screen region a bubble.
It's a great app,
other than that slightly weird bug which is
slightly irritating if you happen to have done the scan and then popped the phone in your pocket
and bodged it, it wouldn't carry on scanning.
With Mcafee mobile security
considered a
there you go... I'm not actually chuffed over that McAfee
so I'm not going to review your app, I'm just going to put this up exactly as it is.
At the end of the day, if you're trying to take people's phone numbers
before you even let them use your app, for goodness sake...come on!
There are better ways to encourage your customers and future customers
to part with their personal information.
Maybe let them in to the app first!
Let them see what your app's all about and then ask them if they'd like to give you
some personal details.
I mean, come on McAfee
I've just reviewed three other apps there
including Norton who have one of the worst reps in the industry and they haven't
attempted to get some personal details from me before they allow me to use their app.
McAfee, I am giving you a fail. One star, purely for turning up to the party.
Best for Android.
Possibly, one of the best anti-virus out there
It's up there with AVG.
For the free app,
loads and loads and loads of features, a virus scanner
a privacy adviser, you know, educating the user,
management, and S shield
SMS call filter, firewall, anti-theft
and obviously in settings there's everything as you would want it,
password protect, etcetera, turn off
community IQ I notice in there.
Very good very good.
You've got your virus scanner
give that a tap.
One thing I tend to notice these tend to be fairly slow, a lot of the anti-virus apps that
are out there but these are really pushying through. Doesn't seem to be
taking too deep a look at things.
But you don't need to anyway.
You're only looking for things that are suspicious, not like analysing every
single file and every single line of every single file.
That was really nice and quick
at management.
Take a look at your running apps.
What's currently going on on my system etcetera.
Very helpful.
Call filtering.
A reasonably good firewall my friend doesn't seem to get in the way too much
and you can set it at application.