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Anti-virus Dr.Web Light for Android

By Doctor Web Free Editors' Rating

Editors' Review

Download.com Staff Apr 30, 2014

Dr.Web Anti Virus for Android (Free) offers basic malware protection that includes a real-time scanner for downloaded files, but lacks the more advanced anti-spam and anti-theft features of the paid version. Even so, it proves to be a useful and reliable security app.

Pros

Multiple scanning modes: Dr.Web Anti Virus for Android (Free) features a Quick Scan, a Full Scan, and a Custom Scan for examining a specific file or folder, a feature not provided by other mainstream mobile antivirus apps. All scanning modes prove thorough and relatively speedy, a Quick Scan for apps lasting only 35 seconds in our tests. A Full Scan is a lot slower, taking three minutes and 41 seconds for a 16GB tablet.

Effective quarantine: You can delete threats, or you can move them into an easy-to-access quarantine to monitor them. Since the quarantine presents a detailed list of the files it contains and can be accessed through the main app window, it proves to be highly useful in managing potential threats without actually having to delete files that may only be false warnings.

Cons

Too lightweight: Even though this app is meant to be a stripped-down version of a complete mobile protection security app, it lacks features like call restriction, SMS blocking, device locking, and data wiping, which other security solutions offer for free. What's more, the app's scanning speed, though good, proves to be slower than that of free solutions from AVG or KS Mobile.

Pestering notification: While real-time monitoring is active, you'll constantly get notifications that try to get you to upgrade to the paid version.

Bottom Line

Dr.Web Anti Virus for Android (Free) accomplishes its goal of providing basic protection through scanning and real-time monitoring, proving to be a highly appealing antivirus app for average users. But as the app's description page makes clear, it doesn't offer complete protection, as it's really an enticement to buy the paid version of the app. You can find free security apps that provide more features.

Full Specifications

What's new in version 9.1.1

Problems with the application functioning on some Android 4.0 and 4.1 devices are solved.

General

Release November 17, 2015
Date Added November 17, 2015
Version 9.1.1

Operating Systems

Operating Systems Android
Additional Requirements Android 1.5 and above

Popularity

Total Downloads 12,773
Downloads Last Week 0
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Developer's Description

DrWeb Anti Virus Light scans the file system of your Android device, including the hidden area and user applications. It detected malicious objects are moved to quarantine. A unique record is created for each malicious program and describes the behavior algorithm of this sample. This provides the efficiency of detecting new modifications of the whole virus family and significantly reduces the size of virus databases.
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