30 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 10
How to secure your new
phone or tablet for free
Malware is yet to be a huge problem for Android, but it's
always better to be safe than sorryG
enerally speaking you can get away without
installing antivirus on an Android phone or
tablet, but there are malicious apps to be
found outside the Google Play store, and installing
them is as simple as unticking a box in the Settings
that lets you download apps from unknown sources.
Plus, Android is now the most popular mobile OS in
the world and, as we saw with Windows, that means
it will become increasingly attractive to wrongdoers.
Since AVG antivirus is available for free, you might
as well play it safe and install it.