Android ecosystem is already secure with the advent of mobile security features such as fingerprint and pin but it is a mere way to lock anybody from getting access of your phone. What matters is the stuff that resides inside your phone. There are tons of apps that may be unknowingly doing a lot of stuff behind your back. They could be scooping your personal information; some may even attempt to run a malicious query on your phone that can create problems in the long run.
One should always have security based apps in the phone that are necessary and help you get rid of that stuff which is unnecessarily sitting in your phone. With so many smartphone and so many applications, it is easy to download free apk that may say something but have some other purpose. Here we discuss about 5 android apps for a better mobile security.
1.    Norton security and Antivirus
Norton is a popular name when it come to apps that protect systems from malwares and other viruses. Norton security for mobile brings with itself ability to detect apps that have any kind of virus in them and then it also scans and removes them those which have any type of malware, spyware, or an android based virus that can potentially slow down your smartphone or cause harm. Security comes in many forms, if you ever lose your phone then you may want to lock all your data from going in wrong hands. With Norton security and antivirus, you simply send an SMS and get to remotely lock your phone. It is a great way to prevent data theft.
If you become a premium user, you also get extra features like safeweb filtering as per which the app stops any bad website from scooping your personal data. Users even get a privacy report in which they get to know how the apps are sending your information at different places in the world.
2.    Avast mobile security
Avast is a trusted name when it comes to mobile security as it is an app that has around 100 million downloads and a rating of 4.5 on the google play store. It does much more than just securing your device from malware and viruses due to which you often see tons of ads that keep popping your device. The app ensures you don’t become victim of a phishing attack. Despite it being a lightweight app, there is a lot this app can do like it has a dedicated antivirus engine, inbuilt app lock, power save, privacy permission, and if you are a rooted user then you also get the support of firewall. The app also has a dedicated feature of boosting the RAM and also cleaning the junk of your phone.
Just on a single tap, the app makes your phone get rid of all the cache and unnecessary data that your phone has including gallery thumbnails, installation files and residual files. The app also has a wifi security feature where it checks for any potential threat when you are making any payments via a public network or wifi.
3.    CM security master
CM security master is among the most highest rated apps on the google play store. It has a rating of 4.7 on the google play store and over a million users have the app currently installed on their smartphone. As the app says, it has all the necessary details to keep your phone safe and healthy. The app has an intelligent diagnostics feature as per which it can scan the phone for anything unwanted and get rid of it. It helps your phone with optimization such that the phone’s memory and battery gets optimized. The app has its own in-house engine. The app detects almost 100% of any virus that might be hiding on your device and gets rid of it. There are also a lot of customized scans available.
The app has a feature called SafeConnect VPN where the app has its own dedicated VPN service that lets you access the internet without any restrictions such that it is totally secure for you to browse as hackers are always on the hunt.
4.    Avira antivirus security
A lot of the users keep very sensitive and personal information on their phone such as credit card details, photos, emails and phone numbers. Avira understands that and so they have made the app which will ensure that whatever is in your phone remains safe at any cost. Apart from making sure the app secures your device from any virus or detects for a malware or a spyware, the app also provides an extra feature such as safe browsing protecting you from visiting websites that can be harmful and also remote anti-theft feature which is very useful when you have lost your phone. The antivirus security features ensures that your app doesn’t collect any sensitive data. The app itself has been made light so that your phone saves on the battery.
Apart from scanning apps for any hidden malware, the app also scans the internal memory of SD card to check for any software that may be causing any trouble. Lately there have been huge ransomware attacks and to tackle that, the app has a anti-ransomware security feature.
5.    AVL
AVL is on the latest apps that has the mission of protecting your phone from any virus, malware, ransomware or any other attack. The app has just won the AV-Test award for best protection on the android operating system. It has a dedicated antivirus engine that does the work of scanning the whole mobile for any viruses. The AVL SDK has the capability to search the virus in lots of different files with a variety of extension such as APK, SIS, SISX, XAP, and CAB. The ap can also see for issues in files with the extension DEX, EFF, EPOC and PE. Often times the antivirus apps slow down the phone because they consume a lot of memory and also the battery but AVL makes sure that the app remains lightweight and doesn’t bother the phone’s memory or battery much.
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According to the antiy sample capture system, the app can go through 10,000 samples a day with the help of the automatic analysis streamline. It is among the best apps that detects malicious attempts and other viruses.
Author Bio:
Swati Gupta: She writes mostly on technology and loves to keep himself updated with anything new in the field of tech. Currently he is in awe with the idea of augmented reality and likes to write on apks.
