A CORNUCOPIA OF ANDROID FEATURES
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fraudulent websites. As with the main malware scan, you can crank it higher or
lower than the default level, but I’d leave that setting alone. On my test Android,
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Messenger, and Chrome. You can tap for a demo of what it looks like when Web
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Check pages, which it handled correctly.
Enabling Wi-Fi Checker triggered a scan of my local Wi-Fi hotspot. Not
surprisingly, it reported no security risks found.
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or other protected app, it checks that the environment is safe, scanning the Wi-
Fi connection, the device, and the app itself. I don’t do banking on my Android
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Like the PC Health Checkup on Windows, the System Tuner app aims to
optimize your device’s performance, but its goals are a bit simpler. To start, it
frees up unused memory, reporting how much it freed and how much battery
life you gained. You can also use the App Freeze feature to force selected apps to
stop all at once.
If you’re approaching zero battery, you can enable Just-a-Phone mode, which
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make and return calls. There’s also an option to drop into Just-a-Phone mode
automatically when needed. Also in the system performance arena, the App
Manager lists all your apps along with the resources they’re using. If necessary,
you can bulk-uninstall apps, or reversibly disable pre-installed apps.
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any apps you wouldn’t want triggered while your kid is playing with the phone.
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Trend Micro password. Bitdefender, Norton 360 Deluxe, McAfee, and others
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