more than half of readers use antivirus app on their Android phone

55 percent of our readers use an antivirus app on their Android phone. They hope to make their phone more secure with this software. At the same time, 43 percent do not have it.

Antivirus on your Android phone

1 percent have no idea, but most readers have a good idea of ​​the antivirus protection on their smartphone. Especially now that there is more and more malware on phones and there is a lot of phishing, it is good to see that many people have opted for the security of an antivirus app. These apps do work differently than, for example, antivirus on the PC. For example, they only scan apps that you have already installed and you get notifications that there is a security update, in addition to advice about websites you visit.

Still, antivirus apps are useful for another reason, as they often come with a password manager, which keeps your many online accounts more secure in the event of a breach. At least, if you use it wisely. The camp ‘yes, I have antivirus software on my smartphone’ includes RoB W: “Internet Security from Kaspersky. I already have for the laptop and can also on the phone.”

Famous brands

Evelien.B has also opted for security from a well-known brand: “Have Norton. I got it with the laptop, and was also able to install it on the phone.” CootjeNL mentions an option that is less widely known, but is used by several readers: “Eset for all my devices.” Another popular antivirus is Bitdefender. Co.P fully supports this: “Bitdefender on all my devices; Windows PCs and Android tablet & phone.”

In short, we often turn out to opt for the same antivirus as we have on our laptops or PCs, which in itself makes sense. Such a package often comes with a mobile variant, which means that the choice is quickly made. Yet there are also people who think antivirus on an Android device is nonsense. pintoil for example. “People are falling for everything. you. Don’t need that shit.” Pintoil is not alone in this, Jop is also not into antivirus apps. Jop: “Google already arranges this. From the Play Store. They cannot afford things to go wrong here.”

It’s interesting to see how diverse the ideas about antivirus are. We therefore recommend that you check the discussion below the poll again. It goes from online safety to cars and even bananas. Anyone who plays Mario Kart knows that too can be a dangerous combo.

See you next week, then we’ll be back with another poll!