90 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 44HOW TO
be suspicious by their request for device admin
permission, which should not be given to any app. This
prevents the app being deleted from your Android.
Android viruses have various aims, with some
running malicious processes on your device, some
stealing your personal information and others
downloading additional software, which may not
always be malicious itself. Whatever they’re up to, you
don’t want them there.How to avoid Android
viruses and malware
Don’t install apps from
outside Google Play unless
you know what you’re
doing: This functionality
should be disabled by
default, but to check you
can open your phone or
tablet’s Settings menu, go
to Security, then ensure the
Unknown Sources option is
disabledAvoid cloned apps: 99
percent of the time you
will be safe downloading
apps from Google Play, but
malicious code has been found within apps there.
Avoid downloading what appear to be cloned apps
from unknown developers, or apps that simply don’t
do what they say they do