The Best Android Antivirus for 2022
Summary
The latest test from AV-Test Institute(Opens in a new window) hit 15 Android antivirus solutions with thousands of malware samples. All of them also offer some form of safe browsing, to keep you from surfing to URLs that might try to plant malware, or fraudulent sites that might trick you into giving away your username and password for the login page they imitate. Typically, they flag programs that have permission to do things like view your contacts, scan your call logs, learn your location, or send texts. Blocking unwanted calls and texts used to be a common feature, but ongoing changes to the Android operating system have made it more difficult. Norton 360 Deluxe is an Editors Choice pick for cross-platform security suites, and both get excellent lab scores on Windows and Android.