Should I Install Bitdefender?

[jadenerd]

My Bitdefender sub comes with Android protection. I've never taken advantage of it and wonder if I should. Thoughts?

 

[msm0511]

My Bitdefender sub comes with Android protection. I've never taken advantage of it and wonder if I should. Thoughts?

I've used it on both Android for a few years, and haven't noticed any negative performance from it. I'd just suggest turning off protection status under notification categories so you don't have the persistent notification. What I use is the Bitdefender for Netgear Armor. It's a part of the subscription I pay for with my Orbi mesh router. Not sure how different that is to you subscription.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I've never used any antivirus on any version of Linux, and Android is a form of Linux. I avoid visiting and downloading from dodgy sites and stick to Google Play Store and Galaxy Store. I only use antivirus on Windows. I've been using multiple flavours of Linux since 2006, with no issues with malware.

 

[donm527]

I avoid visiting and downloading from dodgy sites and stick to Google Play Store and Galaxy Store...

You see headlines like the below all the time and it's coming from Google Play Store. So I don't have that same faith in the Google = Linux thing. Seems Android is more attractive for exploiting than say iOS... I never have any concerns with iOS. But I also never got any Malwares, etc., from either one.

That being said they could be the weirdest titles most will never d/l but I have had moments of reading about an awesome app and looking it up and because of unfamiliarity I am not sure if the app I see is the right one and wondering if I should or shouldn't. Or there is a rare occasion that a well known site has an app they prefer to have side-loaded and have done that maybe a few times in last 5-6 years.

Anyways going back to BitDefendser as an app... used it with my Note 8 and currently on my N20U close to 5 years and never noticed any affect on performance and just runs so silently in the background I don't even know if it works which I guess means I've been clean and a good thing so I say no harm in running if you have the sub. I also use AdGuard with a lifetime sub I got and run that alongside the BitDefender for last 5 years. AdGuard rocks!!

The yearly sub for Bitdefender is steep at $14.95... but I have been using Google Rewards all that time and get about $30+ of rewards $$ from taking their surveys so pays for itself

*Update/Correction... about $53 a year in Google Play money a year. Google Rewards Rocks too.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/over-...ownloading-this-android-app-from-google-play/

 

[B. Diddy]

My thoughts on Android antivirus and malware here: [GUIDE] How To Avoid Malware - Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com

I personally never install antivirus.

 

[mustang7757]

I've never used any antivirus on any version of Linux, and Android is a form of Linux. I avoid visiting and downloading from dodgy sites and stick to Google Play Store and Galaxy Store. I only use antivirus on Windows. I've been using multiple flavours of Linux since 2006, with no issues with malware.

Same here

 

[X1tymez]

I use Bitdefender for desktop computer, nothing for mobile devices.

 

[jlangner]

I use Bitdefender for desktop computer, nothing for mobile devices.

Same. Never had any performance issues on mobile.