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Utterly worthless, because apps on Android are sandboxed. Third-party AV can't do anything useful, and Play Services already provides built-in app scanning.
by veeti 9y ago
Utterly worthless, because apps on Android are sandboxed. Third-party AV can't do anything useful, and Play Services already provides built-in app scanning.
- icebraining 9y agoDevil's advocate: there are APK extractors (which work without root), so it's definitively possible for an AV to scan those files and report if there's something weird.
- yellowapple 9y agoAn AV on a rooted phone would not have that restriction. Seeing as how rooting significantly increases the probability of malware infection on Android, such an AV would also be installable when it's needed the most.