AV-TEST Android May results

New Android AV testing released:
http://www.av-test.org/en/tests/mobile-devices/android/may-2013/

 

Thanks for the update MetWorst (time for dinner soon btw )

 

Well done Bitdefender!

 

Comodo....

 

Product named "Unknown 3.0"? Is this an error?
Or some confidentiality issues?
But then why having screenshots of Mcafee Mobile Security?

 

Eset Avast Webroot

 

looks that McAfee is flagged as unknown...

 

Most results where a bit in line with what to expect, only Webroot scores a bit low.(And AFAIK and doesn't have the advanced features/protection of the PC version which makes it better in real-life compared to testing environments/methods.)

Hope you had a nice meal

I think it is some error and it is supposed to be McAfee, if it were confidentiality issues it would be more logical to called it Unnamed Product or at least just Unknown instead of Unknown 3.0

 

Looks like it is fixed now!

 

Yep I can confirm that too

 

Nice!
Avast did great.
I wonder why it got 5.5 instead of 6 if it detected the 100% of the threats? Same with others such as Trendmicro.

 

As usual the scores are out of whack with the actual % results.

@Noob: Bet its rounding, bet avast and other vendors actually got ~99.999998% or similar vein score. If it doesn't get the full 100% it just gets a 5.5.

 

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH now i get it.
They should not round it then, 2 decimals would be perfect.

 

That would explain it - I was confused too.

 

I just installed 360 Mobile Security, which is Qihoo's English language Android security app, and scanning of my 272 apps is very quick indeed. Hopefully the detection is as good as for 360 Mobile Safe.

 

Tried out Avast, and I'm liking it. Too bad lots of features require root, which I avoid.

 

Yeah, Avast! works flawlessly unlike Kaspersky.
I used to think Kaspersky was good but then it started to crash on me very very frequently, waited a couple months and after many updates it was still doing the same thing, my phone was stock and not rooted.

Changed to Avast! and i love it. Lots of features and very handy. Web interface + SMS Commands.

 

can u share the download link?
I googled, but not found

 

Here is the Google play link.

 

Please see Question #2 in the blog post below:
https://blog.avast.com/2011/12/30/faq-ams/

Thanks
Vlk

 

got it, many thanks.

 

Regarding the firewall and root access requirement, perhaps you guys can look into how Mobiwol NoRoot Firewall did it using "VPN packaging module" as a workaround.

Here's what they say on their homepage

There's also this: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/VpnService.html

Source: https://www.techsupportalert.com/fr...irewall-for-non-rooted-devices.html#post84248

I am not sure if the workaround is good/secure enough but it's better than nothing I guess. It would be nice if Avast can implement the same for non-root Android users (make it optional). Just saying...

 

This was not tested, but has anyone tried this?

Panda Mobile Security
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5wYW5kYXNlY3VyaXR5LnBhbmRhYXZiZXRhIl0.

 

It doesn't really answer anything I didn't know, but Avast is still the best one I tried so far. Heck, surprised myself with uninstall protection that doesn't disable the feature altogether (like iOS Restrictions).

So don't worry about me switching, I'm loving it .

 

Yeah its really nice, i think ill keep Avast in my Android for a looooooong time.
Even if it was paid i would buy it.