Two-Thirds of Android Antivirus Apps Are Total BS
'Austrian antivirus-testing lab AV-Comparatives tested 250 antivirus apps in Google Play against 2,000 malware samples. They found that only 80 of the apps could stop even a minimal amount of malware. "Less than one in 10 of the apps tested defended against all 2,000 malicious apps, while over two-thirds failed to reach a block rate of even 30 percent," the lab said in a press release. To make sure you're protecting your Android device properly, stick to apps from well-known antivirus companies. Basically, AV-Comparatives said, most Android antivirus apps are phony, and many of them seemed to have been created only to display ads or promote a developer's career. "The main purpose of these apps seems to be generating easy revenue for their developers, rather than actually protecting their users," the AV-Comparatives report said' -- source: https://it.slashdot.org/story/19/03/13/213255 Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann Dept. of Computer Science University of Waikato, NZ +64 (7) 858-5174 http://www.cms.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ http://www.data-mining.co.nz/
On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:06:23 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'"The main purpose of these apps seems to be generating easy revenue for their developers, rather than actually protecting their users," the AV-Comparatives report said'
I remember thinking something like this some years ago, when I saw the name of a certain developer, who had contributed articles on Android development to a local magazine, on about half a dozen different exercise apps in the Play Store, each for a different exercise. So Android is to mobile what Windows is to the desktop (that includes the bad senses). Yes, the difference is that the core of the former is Open Source; is that enough to make it much better? <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/>
I am of the opinion that this is true for a few pc apps also. Cheers John On 14/03/19 2:30 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:06:23 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'"The main purpose of these apps seems to be generating easy revenue for their developers, rather than actually protecting their users," the AV-Comparatives report said' I remember thinking something like this some years ago, when I saw the name of a certain developer, who had contributed articles on Android development to a local magazine, on about half a dozen different exercise apps in the Play Store, each for a different exercise.
So Android is to mobile what Windows is to the desktop (that includes the bad senses). Yes, the difference is that the core of the former is Open Source; is that enough to make it much better? <https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/> _______________________________________________ wlug mailing list | wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Unsubscribe: https://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/wlug
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