The report says 65% of Android anti-virus software is unreliable

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Anti-Virus software no comparison very
Smart-Phone malware is a concern for every mobile phone user, and because so many anti-virus software has been introduced, claiming that they can guarantee the safety of Android devices, but whether all anti-virus software is competent? Av-test (www.av-test.org anti-Virus Testing Co., Ltd.) technicians after testing found that the facts are not so optimistic. They did a professional experiment that tested antivirus software on 41 Android platforms, and found that nearly two-thirds of the software was unreliable. The trial used 618 kinds of malware, while some anti-virus software identified less than 65%. Av-test says some of the traditional anti-virus developers ' products are often more reliable, especially on the Android platform Avast, Dr.Web, F, Ikarus and Kaspersky, and Zoner and lookout two anti-virus software performance is also good, virus identification rate of more than 90%. Anti-Virus software, with a virus identification rate of 65% to 90%, is classified as a performance group, most of which are products of the more well-known desktop anti-virus software developers, such as AVG, Bitdefender, ESET, Norton/symantec, Quickheal, Trend Micro, Vipre/gfi, and Webroot, as well as Aegislab and Super Security, which specializes in developing anti-virus software for mobile platforms.
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