Most Android Antivirus Apps Are Garbage

Published: March 19, 2019, 7:23 a.m.

The world of antivirus is already fraught. You\u2019re basically inviting all-seeing, all-knowing software onto your device, trusting that it\u2019ll keep the bad guys out and not abuse its own access in the process. On Android, that problem is compounded by dozens of apps that aren\u2019t just ineffective\u2014they\u2019re outright phony. That\u2019s the finding of newly published research from AV-Comparatives, a European company that, as its name suggests, tests antivirus products.