Many antivirus developers are preparing special products for gadgets based on the Android OS. The famous Avast brand was no exception.
Avast Mobile Security for Android is a free antivirus that provides the user with many options to protect their smartphone or tablet. It checks for viruses all the data that appears in the memory of the gadget and on the memory card, links (it is interesting that the program detects errors when typing the address and can redirect the user to the site that, according to the program, he wanted to visit, but made a mistake with the set of characters). You can use the scheduled scan function, update anti-virus databases, remove programs and files.
It should be noted that this antivirus allows you to filter the user's calls and SMS. The filter allows you to use parameters such as days of the week, start and end times. It is possible to block outgoing calls.
Avast Mobile Security for Android also works as an application manager. It can show a list of running tasks, processor load, the amount of memory used, while processes can be stopped or deleted, just like in the Windows task manager.
Avast Mobile Security has a firewall. There is also an anti-theft function with protection against deletion, notification of changing the SIM card to a remote gadget and the ability to track the location of the phone.
You also need to remember the possibility of backing up using this software (in particular, the contact list, call log and SMS messages). Even more possibilities in the paid version of the antivirus.
