The Android operating system does not stop improving in order to be that safe place where we can trust our files, photos and conversations among many other things. In recent times it has received many changes in this same direction and if we think about everything it offers us, we come to the conclusion that we could even forget about antivirus.
Security is something that concerns everyone and that is why many people the first thing they do when new mobile is to go to the application store to find and install an antivirus. However, this is not always recommended since many of them will not be able to detect a threat and cause the opposite effect on the performance of the terminal.
Android antivirus
Both those who control technology, and those who do not have much knowledge, should know the following keys that we are going to explain. It is a series of techniques used by mobile phones and on which our use should be based. With the combination of all of them, it will be very difficult and we could even say that it is impossible for someone to access our data without permission.
Common sense above all
The first thing we have recommended countless times is to try to think before you act. The mobile has PIN protection, fingerprint unlocking or easy recognition so that other people cannot use the mobile without our permission. Although at the same time we must be able not to lend it with total confidence to people who have not given it to us.
But of course the use of it also requires us to use our heads. SPAM is the order of the day as are attempts to deceive us through SMS or emails and WhatsApp messages . With a single link, some are capable of making us visit a dangerous website, where they ask us for data or propose to install an APK. Therefore, we must go one step ahead of them and avoid access if we do not know where they came from.
Trust only Google Play
To download applications the main option is Google Play, although there are other external stores as an alternative. However, in this search for the long-awaited security in Android without any type of antivirus, we must recommend yes or yes, to use only the official store of our system.
Whenever we leave it we will have to obtain installation permission from third parties and we will be breaking an entry barrier to possible threats that at first may be invisible.
Play Protect watches over us
This own measure of Google to eliminate viruses is combined with Google Play, but it also protects us from other external threats. It is a system created by the great company with the intention of analyzing and facilitating protection without antivirus on Android . In this way, all the terminals that have Google services, enjoy it without having to do anything. It is updated from the security settings to be more and more effective.
Permits mark the limit
Every time we install an application, wherever it comes from and open it for the first time, it asks us a series of questions in the form of permissions that can avoid surprise in the form of viruses on Android. Sometimes they are required to accept them for the app to perform, but other times we can avoid them. With these, we are giving our consent to access, although nothing has to happen, especially if it comes from Google Play, it is one more protection measure.
Since Android 11 also, the system will be in charge of controlling what we use and what we do not, so in case of taking many days without accessing an app, it will automatically remove the permissions . With this we make sure that the microphone does not turn on in the background or can access content and information from the mobile. But if we want to be more calm, we ourselves can uninstall that app that the system has already told us that we do not use it.
Safety of each brand
In addition to all the protection that we have known, a very important reason next to everything we have seen is that manufacturers often already opt for their own system against malware. In some cases focused like a classic antivirus and other times with extra help to protect exactly what concerns us on Android. We review everything brands have done in their customization layers to get more possibilities.
Xiaomi
The Chinese manufacturer is one of the most options focused on the purpose of eliminating viruses. It started out as a mere extra, but little by little MIUI has continued to add options that want to achieve our complete peace of mind . To use its advantages, we only have to enter Security, an app within its tools where it has all the arsenal.
In it you have from an antivirus based on Avast or AVL to a problem solver. It also allows you to check the network status and configure privacy through special permissions or one by one. For those who want to save things, the app block also exists.
Samsung
On the part of the Samsung company, One UI is also focused on this aspect with options for all tastes. To add to its possible ones, you just have to enter the security section of the settings. We have an improved mobile search option even without internet connection on the device, which is a great advantage.
It offers its folder where to hide what we do not want others to see . When using public networks it also has a mode that encrypts data and frees us from possible threats, the same as it does when we share files with Private Share or with other security settings.
Huawei
In this case, attention has been focused on Huawei‘s services and it did not have too many tools beyond those that Android terminals have. But at least it boasts an application block and a safe, which allows us to protect the mobile in an encrypted space against possible needs.
Realme, OPPO and OnePlus
The combination of the same group shares security options that integrate extra protection with their own antivirus, but also with the help of a safe that protects the files. It also hides elements from other people, be it apps or photos from the gallery in a matter of seconds.
And the others?
The rest of the manufacturers rely on Google as their main advantage with everything we have seen, like all those we have mentioned here. These extras are gradually being brought to Android stock as well, so it is not surprising that every time all the terminals drink more of the layers with the intention of seeking the desired security.