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Two-Thirds of Android Antivirus Apps Are Total BS (tomsguide.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Guide: Austrian antivirus-testing lab AV-Comparatives tested 250 antivirus apps in Google Play against 2,000 malware samples. They found that only 80 of the apps could stop even a minimal amount of malware. "Less than one in 10 of the apps tested defended against all 2,000 malicious apps, while over two-thirds failed to reach a block rate of even 30 percent," the lab said in a press release. To make sure you're protecting your Android device properly, stick to apps from well-known antivirus companies. Basically, AV-Comparatives said, most Android antivirus apps are phony, and many of them seemed to have been created only to display ads or promote a developer's career. "The main purpose of these apps seems to be generating easy revenue for their developers, rather than actually protecting their users," the AV-Comparatives report said.
You enjoying the feeling of that big corporate dick in your milquetoast ass?
Keep sucking on that big money dick.
most Android antivirus apps are phony, and many of them seemed to have been created only to display ads
And this is surprising . . . . . why?
This is what happens when you create an environment based on "give everything away for free and make money from advertising".
Viruses haven't been a problem for a long time. Not when apps keep asking for permissions for things they shouldn't need, and trick/confuse the user into volunteering their personal data.
Those who do not learn from commit history are doomed to regress it.
Don't download warez or other questionable software onto your phone, you idiots.