ANTIVIRUS APPS ARE GARBAGE

[immi007]

That’s the finding of newly published research from AV-Comparatives, a European company that, as its name suggests, tests antivirus products. In a survey of 250 antivirus apps found in the Google Play Store, only 80 demonstrated basic competence at their jobs by detecting 30 percent or more of the 2,000 malicious apps AV-Comparatives threw at them. The remainder either failed to meet that benchmark, frequently mistook benign apps for malware, or have been pulled from the Play Store altogether. In other words, they stunk. “In the past we and others found malicious apps, non-working apps, so it is not really a surprise to find some bogus AV apps as well,” says Peter Stelzhammer, COO of AV-Comparatives. “In the times of rogue AV software, you have to be aware of everything.” Failure comes in many different colors, of course. Some antivirus apps AV-Comparatives tested actually did a decent job of blocking malicious apps, but introduced potential risks of their own. Several dozen products—all of which share a suspiciously similar user interface—relied on a “whitelist” approach, meaning that only specifically named apps were permitted to run on the device. Think of it as a bouncer in a club with a very strict guest list; anyone not on it has to go, whether they’re seedy or not. The immediate ramification of that approach should be obvious: An antivirus that relies only on whitelisting will block lots of perfectly legitimate apps. In some cases, the AV-Comparatives study notes, the antivirus apps even forgot to whitelist themselves, creating an ouroboros of failure.

[vedantkarn]

yesss

[PradeepKumar07]

is it necessary to install antivirus on Smartphone?

[immi007]

nope... but for malwares it's better to have one.

[BunnyGirl · Accepted solution]

only if r downloading apps from outside play store.

[immi007]

yeah... at last

[manthan6199]

virus cant attack the smartphone they can only attack to windows

[immi007]

They could, also malware.

[INDIANCYBER]

but i can hack your phones without sending any virus😎

[Anonymous]

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