70 PCWorld JUNE 2022REVIEWS BEST FREE ANTIVIRUS FOR ANDROID
- AVG ANTIVIRUS
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Another top protection option is AVG
Antivirus & Security for Android. It got top
marks from AV-Test (fave.co/3Mmivup) with
100 percent protection for the real-time and
widespread malware tests. Over at
AV-Comparatives (fave.co/3MzlrE0),
however, the detection rate was 99.6
percent, with one false positive. That’s
partially why we’re putting it down here in
third place. Another downside is that it uses
personalized advertising to support it, while
the others don’t.
Despite that annoyance, however, there’s
a lot to like about AVG’s free Android app. It
can scan apps and files, clean up junk files,
and scan your current Wi-Fi network. It also
has malicious website protection, a “RAM - SOPHOS INTERCEPT
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Sophos was not analyzed on Android by A-V
Comparatives, as the company opted for only
a score from AV-Test (fave.co/3leaCvn).
AV-Test gave it 99.8 percent in March 2022
Bitdefender earned 100 percent from
AV-Test (fave.co/37QsHMK) for real-time
attacks and widespread malware tests forbooster”
that kills
background
apps, a Wi-Fi
speed test,
and an
anti-theft
feature for
tracking and
securing your
phone
remotely.
That last
feature
requires an
AVG account.
If you prefer Avast, which owns AVG, that
app is good too. It had the same protection
scores as AVG and pretty much the same
feature set for free.March 2022. It also had a 100 percent
detection rating from AV-Comparatives’ (fave.
co/3MzlrE0) 2021 Mobile Security Review.for the real-time malware attacks. For the
widespread malware test, meanwhile,
Sophos earned 100 percent.
For major features, Sophos offers a lot
including malware scanning for apps and
files, malicious web page blocking, a link
checker for protection against malicious links,