Are you using any anti virus app android

roxy28

I was reading an article from tomsguide.com/uk which said for Android you do need a mobile AV program, like avast, bitdefender, etc. So anyone using one?

ballyblack

you don't need anti-virus for a Android phone...........tom's guide is rubbish!

It wants to sell you snake oil



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MoneyMate

Using bitdefender on android as part of my 10 selected devices , works fine always working in the background.

roxy28

ballyblack wrote: »

you don't need anti-virus for a Android phone...........tom's guide is rubbish!

It wants to sell you snake oil



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Thought tomsguide was a respectable site, so who to trust online its sad.

roxy28

MoneyMate wrote: »

Using bitdefender on android as part of my 10 selected devices , works fine always working in the background.

Thats the one i was looking at.

JJ_Egan

I have Kaspersky total security but never bothered to install on any Android device .

ballyblack

From poster 'AndyPix' on the Tech forum MSE (I value his real world opinion)

YOU DO NOT NEED ANY KIND OF 'SECURITY' ON A MOBILE PHONE !!
It is a total scammy waste of time , money and processing power

sdduk

Same as JJ Egan i use Kaspersky antivirus but don't bovver on my samsung phone never had any antivirus on any of my phone since day one when mobile's came out back in the late 80' early 90s afaik you don't need it.

sdduk

roxy28 wrote: »

Thought tomsguide was a respectable site, so who to trust online its sad.

AndyPix on the Tech forum MSE

DoaM

There's possibly one instance where an AV might be useful ... if you've rooted your phone. But even then it's unlikely due to the way Android fundamentally works.

roxy28

sdduk wrote: »

AndyPix on the Tech forum MSE

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DoaM wrote: »

There's possibly one instance where an AV might be useful ... if you've rooted your phone. But even then it's unlikely due to the way Android fundamentally works.

Think i will scrap the idea to install av on my phone.