avast! Mobile Security

avast! is already a popular free antivirus for PCs, and now, if you want to protect your Android device from the multiple threats it's exposed to, you can download avast! Mobile Security & Antivirus to your smartphone and tablet, and keep them clean and virus-free.

avast! Mobile Security for Android devices can help you keeping your phone free from all kind of viruses, protect your online privacy and even restore your smartphone or tablet if it gets stolen. This is a complete mobile antivirus suite for your Android device is able to work tiredless for nobody to never get you off guard. This antivirus app for Android includes a lot of helpful features to protect you from any harmful component, and all its functions are quite well organized in a neat and intuitive user interface.

The main menu includes, perfectly organized, the different options with which avast! can protect your phone. The Antivirus performs on-demand scans to analyze every installed app and your SD card's content, and it can be easily configured to automaticaly scan any new app you download to your mobile device. The Web Shield, which includes USSD blocking, analyzes every URL you're about to access to warn you if it's infected with malware. It also offers you a firewall which acts as a network traffic filter (only for rooted devices).

But there are still more protection tools inside avast! Mobile Security and Antivirus. One of the features better valued by analysts and users is the Anti-Theft function. This is probably the feature you need to configure more in depth, but is strongly recommended, since if your Android device gets stolen, you can remotely access to it and remove all your personal data, lock it, ring a loud hooter to check if the device still near, and use GPS geolocalization to locate your device on a map.

There are other features that should be mentioned inside avast! Mobile Security and Antivirus, such as the Network Meter to measure the input and output data flow; the SMS/Calls Filter you can use to avoid unwanted calls and SMS; and my personal favorite: the Privacy Report and Apps Manager, which analyzes your apps permissions and advises you about the data you give to your apps and the access rights you accept with its terms.

avast! Mobile Security & Antivirus is not a heavyweight app, so it doesn't take too much space of your Android device. It's also respectful with your device's battery charge, since it only use it when performing an specific task. You don't need to think twice, if you're looking for a complete free antivirus for your Android smartphone or tablet, download this fantastic, efficient and costless Android antivirus suite and you can stop worrying about your device's security.