Best Antivirus for Android Smartphone and Tablet Users

With the increasing popularity of the Android (operating system for smartphones and tablets), risk of malwares and viruses are also increasing.Only very few of the android smartphone owners knows that.

As the android smartphone or tablet is completely synchronised with your online google or social accounts, the risk of viruses and malwares is very high. The risk of lost of private information and data is also there. So, everyone should have an antivirus installed in their smartphone or tablet.
There are many anti-viruses available for the android operating system but the popularity of android is due to the free applications that are available in the android market. Every android smartphone and tablet is compatible with the applications which are available for free in android market (now days known as Google Play).

So, here we got a list of all free best anti viruses available for the android operating system smartphones and tablets. You can search for them on your android market or on google and simply install them on your smartphone or tablet (running on any android operating system).

Latest List of Best Free Antivirus Available for Android Smartphone and Tablet:

Here is the list of best free available antivirus programs or applications for the smartphone or tablets running on android operating system. You can check them on your smartphone by searching on the android market or google play. The list below is arranged according to the rating we found, the antivirus brand you find first is the most best for you. Now it’s upto you that which one you choose.

Avast Mobile Security (Free) for Android Smartphone and Tablets:

Avast Mobile Security antivirus program or application is available for free in android market and its one of the best antivirus application to have. It will protect you personal data with automatic scanning and it will delete the infected files. It will also check for the infected websites while you are browsing.

• Avast have main two features, Firewall and Anti Theft. 
• Firewall when activated stops the internet access to any kind of network connections like Wi-Fi or Cellular network. 
• You can also protect a particular application to have network access. 
• This feature will surely save your money while you are in roaming (if you don’t have any roaming internet plans activated).

AVG Anti-Virus (Free) for Android Smartphone and Tablets:

AVG Antivirus program is also available for the android smartphones and tablets for free. You can download it from the android market. 

• When AVG finds any infection in your mobile then it shows all the infections arranged according to the categories (content, applications and settings). 
• It also secures your mobile phone while you are surfing internet online with your data plan or Wi-Fi network.

Dr. Web Anti-Virus (Free) for Android Smartphone and Tablets:

Dr. Web Anti-Virus protects your data and mobile phone from getting infected from the malwares and viruses.

• The best feature of having this antivirus program is that it will not reduce the battery performance of your smartphone or tablet (but it will have little effect).
•  This application also have more features like spam protection, call blocking, data backup, etc.

Lookout Mobile Security & Antivirus (Free) for Android Smartphone and Tablets:

Lookout Mobile Security & Antivirus is also one of the best antivirus solutions applications available for android smartphones and tablets for free.

• Once installed on your smartphone or tablet, it will protect your smartphone or tablet from infections like spam, viruses, malwares or other kinds of infections. 
• You can also run a schedule scan with this application. 
• It also has a Missing Device feature which can help in case of losing your smartphone or tablet. It is not good when comes to memory consuming and affects the battery performance also.

Comodo Mobile Security & Antivirus (Free) for Android Smartphone and Tablets:

It is another free application available on the internet for free scanning and protecting your android smartphone or tablet from infections like spams, viruses and malwares. It also gives you notifications in case of any infected file found in your smartphone or tablet. You can simply click on the Health Check button and it will check your smartphone or tablet for the infections. You can also set a password to your private contact so next time when you call or send SMS to private number you have to enter a password. It also checks for the online infections while you are surfing the internet.

• Also Check:Top 10 Antivirus Softwares 2012.

These were the top 5 best free antivirus applications available for the android smartphones and tablets.