ID: IRCNE2014012090
Date: 2013-02-04
According to "cnet", AV-T est recently checked out 30 different apps, awarding many of them good grades.
The January 2014 report lists all the apps included in AV-T est's analysis. One column shows how the app fared at basic protection, while another column displays its record at usability.
Drilling down on any one app reveals further details, including the criteria AV-T est used to gauge protection and usability. A Features section also tells you which important security features are in the app and which ones are missing. So which ones scored the highest grades?
The following scored 6 out of 6 for both protection and usability: Avira's Free Android Security 3.0; Bitdefender's Mobile Security 2.6; G Data's Internet Security 25.0; Kingsoft's Mobile Security 3.3; KSMobile's Clean Master 4.0; KSMobile's CM Security 1.0; McAfee's Mobile Security 3.1; Qihoo's 360 Mobile Security 1.5; Trend Micro's Mobile Security 3.5; and TrustGo's Mobile Security 1.3. The apps from G Data and Trend Micro also offered all of the important security features except two.
The security vendors certainly think you need protection. However, Google and others have argued against the need, claiming that the vendors are trying to drum up business for their products.
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