The following are the 12 best antivirus tools for Android, according to AV-TEST’s January 2018 evaluations of 20 Android security apps. (The AV-TEST Institute is a Germany-based independent service provider of IT security and antivirus research.) Each Android antivirus software app listed below received perfect protection and usability scores of 6.0. The apps are in alphabetical order.
Overall, the industry average for detection of the latest Android malware in real time and the detection of Android malware discovered in the last four weeks has improved. For the former, the industry average is now 97.8 percent (up from 94.8 percent), and for the latter it is 98.5 percent (up from 96.9 percent).
