Help best android anrivirus for s3??

[funkylogik]

Avg has flagged up one of my apps as malware but ive chatted a lot with the dev n he seems a really nice guy.
I like the app a lot.
Other than using an app.. how can i check it? (Dont wana name the app or dev on here for obvious reasons)

 

[Rxpert83]

Avg has flagged up one of my apps as malware but ive chatted a lot with the dev n he seems a really nice guy.
I like the app a lot.
Other than using an app.. how can i check it? (Dont wana name the app or dev on here for obvious reasons)

Without the app, it's hard to tell. It'd probably a false positive, but just try using a different antiviral app if you're concerned.
Look at the app in questions permissions. Is it a root app? Did you download from the play store? Ect

 

[funkylogik]

Nah it doesnt need root n its from play store. It pretty much needs the permissions it has to do its job i think.
I dont wana offend the guy who wrote it. As i said, hes a good guy and he actualy gave me the .apk for free to test for him.
Youre prob right mate n its a false positive

 

[ktchong]

Seriously, if you want decreased battery life install AV software, if you want to avoid getting a virus follow the advice already given, know your permissions, and use common sense!

It's a myth that anti-virus apps decrease battery life. There is no proof or evidence for that claim.

My phones always have an anti-virus running in the background. I can check how much power has been by my running apps by going into [Settings] -> [Battery]. Here is how much battery life was used by every app during the past 2h 0m 14s (off charging):

Screen: 49%
Android OS: 12%
Tapatalk: 12%
Android System: 8%
Voice calls: 6%
DW Contacts & Phone: 3%
Cell standby: 3%
Maps: 2%
Google Services: 2%
Device idle: 2%

My anti-virus app (Dr. Web), which is always monitoring my phone activities in the background, is not on the list. Dr. Web has consumed less than 1% -- or close to 0% -- of my battery life in the past two hours. (Notes: Dr. Web is a user app on my phone so you can't say it's part of the Android System.)

I regularly check my battery usage history. It does not matter how long I have been using my phone off charger: my anti-virus app never appears in the battery usage history. It only appears only if I have actively opened and used the app to scan my device. When Dr. Web is only monitoring in the background, (which is always as it auto-starts with boot,) it consumes almost no battery life.

So I do not see proof or evidence that anti-virus decrease battery life. Good anti-virus apps are designed to be very efficient and uses as little power as possible when they are running in the background. If you use an anti-virus app that shows up in [Settings] -> [Battery], then you need to uninstall that anti-virus and get another one.

 

[Rxpert83]

The stock battery app is less than stellar for reporting what's using battery.

If you want to be able to make better conclusions I'd suggest the betterbatterystats app.

 

[ktchong]

The stock battery app is less than stellar for reporting what's using battery.

If you want to be able to make better conclusions I'd suggest the betterbatterystats app.

I have Better Battery Stats, as well as the paid version of System Panel/Task Monitor that monitors/records CPU usages. I don't have them installed on my phone right now (stopped using them awhile ago,) but the results were the same: DrWeb used very little -- close to nil -- battery life and CPU when it's only running and monitoring in the background.

The point is: naysayers keep saying anti-virus decreases battery life, but I have not seen any proof or evidence for it. What I been seeing from battery usage history and stats is contrary to the myth they have been spreading to deter people from using anti-virus.