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Do the description or images seem legitimate or fishy? Do the requested permissions make sense for its functionality? Asking yourself these questions before installation can save you a lot of headaches down the road. The A. By Jake Peterson. Panda Dome — Good malware scanner with Android smartwatch compatibility.

Kaspersky — Intuitive app with a good scanner but no real-time protection. Traced — Privacy-focused app with a good Wi-Fi network scanner. Here are a few well-known brands you may have been expecting to see on this list: Norton.

TotalAV offers a good set of free features for Android, but it lacks real-time malware protection. While Avast and AVG maintain a widespread web presence, they were implicated in some pretty serious privacy violations. You can go here to read more about the full story of how they were secretly selling user data.

Why does Android need an antivirus? What kind of features can you get with an Android antivirus app? Read Review Share It: 0. About the Author Ben Martens is a cybersecurity journalist with a background in internet ethics, malware testing, and public policy. He resides in Oregon, and when he's not advocating for the rights of internet users, he's walking with his dog and inventing stories with his daughter.

Was this article helpful? If you see the ads in the notification bar, then you can long tap on it and then touch on All Categories to know which app is displaying the advertisement. Check your battery consumption details. If you see any app that you did not use but still consumed battery, then it is malware.

Wait for hrs once the data becomes available. Check the data usage. If you see any app that is using data without any need, then it is the guilty one. If you find the app that has malware, then follow the next step to remove it. Now you know the culprit app, all you have to do is uninstall it. Now locate the app that you want to delete. Tap on it, and choose Uninstall. If you see the Uninstall option is greyed out or it is not there, then it means that the app has admin rights.

Some apps that have malware get the admin rights to exploit the resources. They also do it so that users cannot remove them easily. To remove the admin rights. Now tap on the checkbox and then tap on Deactivate this device admin app. Restart your phone and check if the symptoms still appearing.

If it is still there, then take help of malware removal tool. If you followed the above steps and your problem is not solved then take help of MalwareFox. It automatically detects malware and removes them. Download MalwareFox Antimalware. Tap on the MalwareFox Menu button. Then tap on Settings. Malware is designed to generate revenue for cybercriminals. Signs your Android phone may have a virus or other malware Phones can be vulnerable to damage externally and internally.

Your phone is too slow. Apps take longer to load. The battery drains faster than expected. There is an abundance of pop-up ads. Unexplained data usage occurs. Higher phone bills arrive. How to check for viruses and other malware on your Android phone A good way to check for malware on your Android phone is to run an antivirus scan. Power off the phone and reboot in safe mode.

Press the power button to access the Power Off options. Most Android phones come with the option to restart in Safe Mode.

When the animation starts, press and hold your phone's volume down button. Hold it until the animation ends and your phone restarts. Uninstall the suspicious app. Find the app in Settings and uninstall or force close it. This may not completely remove the malware, but it could prevent further damage to your device, or from it transmitting the malware to other devices on your network.

Look for other apps you think may be infected.