best antivirus for lg g4

[Scumperjumper]

What's the best antivirus you guys have used?

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[B. Diddy]

I'd say that for the average user, 3rd party antivirus apps are not necessary, and could potentially impact performance and battery life. For the most part, it's still quite difficult to get an actual virus on your phone, because malware requires you to manually accept the installation (which is why they try to fool you into thinking you're installing something legitimate). Use common sense:

1. Avoid shady websites that deal with things like porn, gambling, and "free" (aka pirated) apps/music/movies.


2. Never ever tap on a link that appears in a popup while browsing, especially if they're warning you that your phone is infected--they're just trying to scare you into installing some bogus "antivirus" app that is probably malicious itself.


3. Only install apps from well-established app sources like Google Play Store or Amazon Appstore. Read a bunch of app reviews before installing an app to look for any complaints about adware or suspected malware.


4. Turn on Google's "Verify Apps" function. This allows Google to periodically scan your phone's apps to look for malware. It's usually in your Google Settings app, under Security (although it might also be in the main System Settings, in Settings>Security).


5. Turn off "Unknown Sources" in Settings>Security. This prevents any app that wasn't obtained from Google Play Store from being installed (which could include malicious apps that are inadvertently downloaded).

 

[maclancer]

I use in my LG G3 the lookout application. It scans apps that you install to make sure it does not contain malware. I love it.

 

[shadavis08]

Malwarebytes is about the best and its not a very heavy app. Also you don't have to it on all the time. You can just use it when you want to check for rouge apps and such .

 

[Scumperjumper]

I will check it out.

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[tardus]

I'd say that for the average user, 3rd party antivirus apps are not necessary, and could potentially impact performance and battery life. For the most part, it's still quite difficult to get an actual virus on your phone, because malware requires you to manually accept the installation (which is why they try to fool you into thinking you're installing something legitimate). Use common sense:

1. Avoid shady websites that deal with things like porn, gambling, and "free" (aka pirated) apps/music/movies.


2. Never ever tap on a link that appears in a popup while browsing, especially if they're warning you that your phone is infected--they're just trying to scare you into installing some bogus "antivirus" app that is probably malicious itself.


3. Only install apps from well-established app sources like Google Play Store or Amazon Appstore. Read a bunch of app reviews before installing an app to look for any complaints about adware or suspected malware.


4. Turn on Google's "Verify Apps" function. This allows Google to periodically scan your phone's apps to look for malware. It's usually in your Google Settings app, under Security (although it might also be in the main System Settings, in Settings>Security).


5. Turn off "Unknown Sources" in Settings>Security. This prevents any app that wasn't obtained from Google Play Store from being installed (which could include malicious apps that are inadvertently downloaded).

Very good! I would expand on "3. Only install apps from well-established app sources like Google Play Store or Amazon Appstore. Read a bunch of app reviews before installing an app to look for any complaints about adware or suspected malware."

Only install popular apps, or apps niche apps that you know and trust. The more downloads and reviews the better. Apps from the Play store with a few reviews/downloads should be avoided.

 

[B. Diddy]

Only install popular apps, or apps niche apps that you know and trust. The more downloads and reviews the better. Apps from the Play store with a few reviews/downloads should be avoided.

+1!

Although I'd also add that more reviews don't always mean those reviews are trustworthy. There's always going to be those apps that either have a bunch of fake reviews, or perhaps people were goaded into writing 5-star reviews in exchange for something. Being able to sense if a review is genuine or bogus can be tough--it's like reading Yelp reviews and trying to figure out how meaningful some of them are! But in general, I agree with you.