Android A/V programs compared

[Bateluer]

http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/android/

Mostly traditional anti-virus vendors are in the top range of the average family detection results (> 90%): Avast, Dr. Web, F-Secure, Ikarus and Kaspersky. Exceptions are Zoner and Lookout which make into the top 7 group. Using these products you don’t have to worry about your malware protection.

Products with a detection rate between 90% and 65% are still very good and could move to the top range depending on changes to the tested malware set. Some of these products just miss one or two malware families, which might be not prevalent in certain environments anyway. Again, there are only two products from specialized mobile security vendors: AegisLab and Super Security. All other products in this group come from vendors well known in the desktop security (AVG, Bitdefender, ESET, Norton/Symantec, QuickHeal, Trend Micro, Vipre/GFI and Webroot).

Bullguard, Comodo, G Data, McAfee, NetQin and Total Defense are in the third range (40 - 65%). These vendors may still not have a sufficient infrastructure to collect a broad range of malware or they focus on a local market. They provide reliable malware protection against a few families, but have trouble with some others. It can be expected that these products will improve once they broaden their sample acquiring.

I haven't run an A/V program on any of my Android devices consistently before, but I had taken a few for a spin and tested them out. I was generally impressed with Lookout, but since I've never had an issue with malware, its usually uninstalled.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Yes, a 700% increase in malware looks impressive when you go from 1 piece of malware to 7.

And the malware tends to tell you exactly what its going to do in its permissions page.

 

[Zaap]

Well I prefer PowerAmp...

Oh shoot. I thought A/V meant Audio/Visual. Oh well.

People actually run anti-virus apps on android? Who are these three or four people anyway?