Best Antivirus for Android Phone: Avast Mobile Security

Posted Date: 14-Jul-2012	Category: Antivirus
Author: Shivangi Varma	Member Level: Gold	Points: 60

Antivirus is an essential tool for protecting ones data and Apps.Avast Mobile Security has emerged as the best Antivirus for Android Phones.Power packed with features to secure and protect one's Android device Avast Mobile Security is truly peoples choice.This article explains in detail its various features.

Avast Mobile Security is the undoubtedly the best Antivirus for the Android Apps. With ample features giving a new definition to the word security it has emerged as the most popular Antivirus providing security against all kinds of malware. Its enhanced features like Call and SMS filtering, lost phone remote options, App Manager, App Disguiser, Self Protection, stealth mode and many more along with its feasibility of being available freely has been a major strategy for it to gain momentum in the present scenario. Android Apps need protection especially when you know that a cloud based service is what one is relying upon to store and save ones documents, files, pictures and other data. Self Protection is the main highlight of Avast Mobile Security which sets it apart from the rest of the Antivirus available and most importantly it is available for downloading free of cost.

Avast Mobile Security features can be crisply outlined as below:-

Antivirus
Avast Mobile Security performs scans of all installed apps and memory card content. Further it also has automatic scan option which scans all the apps before downloading them. A free software which rates the highest among its users while security in the Android Apps is considered.

Privacy Report
Scans and displays access rights identifying risks and displaying the same to the users i.e. instant notification

SMS & Call Filtering
Avast Mobile Security helps in filtering calls and/or messages from contact list
It gives an option to filter on a time basis as in one can set the no of days, weeks by modifying the settings.

App Manager
Very much like the windows Task Manager Avast Mobile Security displays a list of running apps and their size (MB), CPU clock and used memory. It also has an option to set the alerts for various threads.

Web Shield
Avast Mobile Security Web Shield for Android has the ability to scan each URL that loads It pops a warning message if the URL has a virus or malware infected.

App Disguiser
Avast Mobile Security has an Anti-theft feature that helps to choose a pseudo name for a particular app and hence helps it camouflaging it so as to protect it from the hackers.

Stealth Mode
It is a mode available Avast Mobile Security that is functional once the Anti-theft is enabled. This app hides the icon in the app tray hence leaving no trace of the app being in use.

Remote Features
Avast Mobile Security has some SMS commands which providing a list of remote options for your lost phone like Siren, Lock, Display Messages, Locate, Memory Wipe, Call & SMS Forwarding, Restart.

What's new in Avast Mobile Security Version 1.0.2129?

The following new features are incorporated in the Version 1.0.2129.
• Multiple bug fixes.
• Has Japanese and Dutch language packs included..
• Scans SD card.
• Increase Automatic Scan speed.
• An option to offer blocking of messages from numbers not in contact list..

Download Avast Mobile Security

Avast Mobile Security can be downloaded by clicking the following link and then signing into Google Play using your Gmail account and yes it's absolutely free.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.avast.android.mobilesecurity&hl=en

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