Virtual anti-virus software

As Android's global market share continues to grow, the number of malware against Android platforms has also increased sharply. McAfee's third-quarter report pointed out that only in the third quarter, the number of malware on the Android platform has increased by 37%. Maybe the numbers are not the most intuitive, and the user's personal experience is the best way to describe everything. Perhaps many Android users may already feel that there are always some strange situations on their smartphones, however, without conclusive evidence, it is difficult for us to have a definite understanding of the security of the entire android system. However, AV-test, a antivirus software company, has released a test report to make everyone feel ashamed.

AV-test tests anti-malware applications on some common free Android platforms. Test method: use the latest Android device to download some malware samples. These software are real malware.

A total of seven popular free anti-virus software for Android are tested here. Unfortunately, most of these free software kill programs are dull, and more than 90% of the malicious software in the sample package is hard to find. There is an anti-virus software named Zoner antivriusde, which can only detect 32% of the virus samples.

 

The results are very clear. If you are using a free anti-virus program, you can download 10 applications from the application market, 9 of which may be threatening. So ...... The indirect answer is to download paid Android antivirus software? At the same time, AV-test also tested two paid anti-malware applications, but the results were not as good as they were. The money spent to kill software could only kill 50% of malware. A large number of malicious software packages are not detected.

AV-test also conducted a series of blocking Installation tests to check whether these security applications can block the installation process of these malware. The result is that the free Zoner application gets the highest rating, which can prevent 80% of malware installation processes in the sample library. However, unfortunately, other free software does not detect anything or receive any alert. The paid anti-virus software is much better, blocking the installation of all malware.

Are paid Android anti-virus software reliable?

Last week, we reported that the virus detection rate of free anti-virus applications on the Android platform is less than 10%, which is really chilling. What does this mean? These free applications are used by millions of users. You can see the total number of downloads from the Android Market. Using these hypocritical and incompetent free anti-virus software, users can only smooth their hearts psychologically, and there is a very chaotic, evil, and crazy mobile Internet world behind it.

Although many Android anti-virus software is free of charge and you do not have to pay any fees, this gives consumers a beautiful expectation, but these free software blinded consumers, putting consumers in a very dangerous situation. Paid Android anti-virus software can protect users' basic security, and they can force malware to stop installation. Compared with the risk of privacy leaks and theft of credit card information, the pay-as-you-go software can provide some protection, so it is worth buying.

Stay away from viruses: what should we do?

Now, you must be surprised that android anti-malware applications are quite weak. He cannot guarantee SMS fees, nor 100% of your information security. These smartphone antivirus software are running in a sandbox environment like Java, and they lack a low-level system connection. In this regard, the desktop version of anti-virus software is much better. To avoid malware harassment, as an android user, you 'd better understand anti-virus knowledge.

After an application is installed, the system displays the system permissions required by the application. On this interface, you can clearly know which system resources the application can use. If you install an application that is relatively simple, but contains the permission to send and receive SMS messages, this application is very dangerous. It can secretly send your credit card account information at night.

 

Another important permission is Google's account and contact list. If the application requests to access this site, you may receive many spam and phishing scams. The only normal request to access the contact list is to automatically complete the legal action of the contact name.

In addition, many applications require to enable the location service. Although it seems that this is nothing unusual, it will not pose a great potential threat to your wallet. However, malicious applications can still record the path you travel frequently, collect the information over time, and then resell it to other organizations.

The safest way to use Android apps is to download apps from the official Android Market. Poor malicious applications may also appear in the market, but Google is very fast and can quickly kill these applications remotely.

Android applications downloaded from various forums or third-party websites are the most dangerous. Most of these mobile applications are cracked versions, and many "xuanjicang" are hidden in the program itself. Their sources are unknown, if you install such a disaster on your mobile phone, you have to be lucky.

Inevitable Trend: the explosive growth of malicious programs

For a long time, people have been praising android as a more open platform. As a gimmick, Gu fan keeps attacking IOS as a closed platform. However, many bad guys are taking advantage of the openness of Android. With the popularity of Android mobile terminals and more developers joining the Android platform, reports of malware have exploded. Android malware has soared by July this year since 472%. Android
Market should conduct more in-depth analysis on each submitted application to ensure the fundamental interests of the majority of users.

At present, this situation is a headache for the Android Market, and it is even more difficult for the third-party app store such as Lin Haide. The APK Package released by some fans forums is more dangerous.

There are even a lot of mean guys who will download mobile apps developed by others from regular app stores and change their built-in ad code to their own ID. We even added a lot of malicious code and re-released it from various Android fan forums.

Many "smart" users can enjoy free lunch after they think they are jailbreaking, but they will also face the threat of many malicious attacks. Installing several free anti-virus software is just to hide your ears, and even if you have installed paid anti-virus software, you may not be able to keep the late festival.

Via csdn

One-sentence Comment: As the number of Android users surge, malicious software is bound to surge together, so we need to take a good look.