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by John W. Simek, Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Top 10 Android Antivirus Tools

November 15, 2017

It really doesn't matter if you are an iPhone fanatic, an Android snob or some other mobile OS user. You need to have some sort of security software installed. AV-TEST has recently published its listing of the top ten tools. A lot of the listed products are not what would be called mainstream and are listed here.

  1. AhnLab V3 Mobile Security Version 3.1
  2. Antiy AVL Version 2.5
  3. Bitdefender Mobile Security Version 3.2
  4. Cheetah Mobile Security Master Version 4.2
  5. G Data Internet Security Version 26.0
  6. Kaspersky Lab Internet Security Version 11.14
  7. McAfee Mobile Security Version 4.9
  8. Norton MobileSecurity Version 3.21
  9. Tencent WeSecure
  10. Trend Micro Mobile Security

Good thing the list is not listed by effective status. It is order alphabetically. I've looked at a few of the listed products and caution users to read the Terms of Service. Several of the recommend products require that you accept being bombarded with ads as a condition to use the free application. I would recommend that you stay with mainstream vendors. That means if you look at the AV-TEST list, you would investigate Bitdefender, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton and Trend Mico.

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