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04.03.2026
The best Antivirus Apps for Android (January 2026)
Magdeburg, 04.03.2026 (PresseBox) - Dear media partners, dear friends of the AV-TEST Institute,
14 mobile security apps for Android were reviewed by the AV-TEST Institute in January 2025. We focused on realistic test scenarios, covering the areas of Protection, Performance, Usability and Features for all apps and services.
The attached data can be used to create at-a-glance overviews or statistics of the test results, starting immediately (there is no embargo). You are free to use the results as a basis for your own reviews, as long as a reference to "AV-TEST Institute" - with an active link to our website www.av-test.org - is given as source. Thank you!
The screenshots of all tested products, as well as older test results, can be downloaded at www.av-test.org/en/press/test-results/. The following 14 antivirus products for home users were tested:
www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/mobile-devices/
AhnLab V3 Mobile Security
Avast Antivirus & Security
AVG AntiVirus FREE
Avira Antivirus Security
Bitdefender Mobile Security
F-Secure Total Security & VPN
Google Play Protect
Kaspersky Kaspersky Premium for Android
McAfee Mobile Security
Norton Norton 360
securiON OnAV
Sophos Intersept X for Mobile
TotalAV Mobile Security
Trend Micro Mobile Security
Download Charts 01/2026
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Erik Heyland
Über AV-TEST - SITS Deutschland GmbH:
AV-TEST is an independent supplier of services in the fields of IT Security and Antivirus Research, focusing on the detection and analysis of the latest malicious software and its use in comprehensive comparative testing of security products.
Due to the timeliness of the testing data, malware can instantly be analyzed and categorized, trends within virus development can be detected early, and IT-security solutions can be tested and certified. The AV-TEST Institute’s results provide an exclusive basis of information helping vendors to optimize their products, special interest magazines to publish research data, and end users to make good product choices.
AV-TEST has operated out of Magdeburg (Germany) since 2004 and employs more than 30 team members, professionals with extensive practical experience. The AV-TEST laboratories include 500 client and server systems, where more than 3,500 terabyte of independently-collected test data, containing both malicious and harmless sample information, are stored and processed.
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