The Rating Scale Breakdown:
- 0 – 0.5 – Abysmal
- 1.0 – 1.5 – Terrible
- 2.0 – 2.5 – Poor
- 3.0 – 3.5 – Average
- 4.0 – 4.5 – Great
- 5.0 – Excellent
- Undetermined – Too soon to tell or lacking evidence to provide a solid answer
- Not Tested – Has yet to be requested or there is some limitations to prevent accurate test results
- N/A – Not Available and or Not Applicable to this program
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V. 7.0 – “AVG FREE Tablet AntiVirus Security for Android” Review Template
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Tested On A: Asus Nexus 7 (Model: ME37OT)
Operating System: Android (V5.0.2)
Price: Free (Google Play App Store)
A. Installation AVG Mobile Anti-Virus Free – 5.0 “Excellent” – Very easy just click on AVG Anti-Virus Free App icon and press Install.
B. Uninstalling AVG Mobile Anti-Virus Free – 4.5 “Great“ – It could be a little easier to remove. Just follow the steps below to un-install your AVG App.
B1. Go to your “Settings”
B2. Then go to “Applications“.
B3. Then choose the “Anti-Virus App“.
B4. The press and hold your finger on the app
B5. There should be a screen that appears where you can uninstall the AVG App.
B6. Wait a few seconds till the App is fully uninstalled
B7. Then your good to go
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C. Stability Of Program – 5.0 “Excellent” – No crashes or freezing. Since I downloaded the app.
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AVG FREE Tablet AntiVirus Security – Protection
D1. App(s) Protection – 5.0 “Excellent” – AVG will tell you is the app is rouge and not affiliated with the Android App store. It does an excellent job at this. Thus far it has warned me 3 times.
D2. Settings Protection – 5.0 “Excellent” – This option is very simple yet very important. It makes sure in your options to install and download apps of “unknown sources” will not be allowed to occur. Other then that super important job. I saw no other reason for this Protection option.
D3. Content Protection – 4.0 “Great” – This feature is by no means outstanding. But I have had a few “AD” detection’s. I’m assuming that means “AD”-ware. But I can’t be sure at this point.
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E. Real Time Scanner – 5.0 “Excellent” – This feature works like a charm. You can ever see it in action.
E1. SD Card Scanner – 3.5 “Average” – Nothing special here. This is pretty much an external drive scanner. In this case your SD card.
E2. File Scanner – 5.0 “Excellent” – This feature works like a charm.
E3. Safe Web Surfing – 3.5 “Average” – Nothing special here. No detentions or warning. I’m still unclear as to what this protection is suppose to do.
E4. Deep File Scanner – 3.5 “Average” – Nothing special here. No detentions or warning.
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AVG FREE Tablet AntiVirus Security – Performance
F1. Task Killer – 3.0 “Average“ – This option is exactly what you would expect and nothing else.
F2. Battery Consumption – 3.0 “Average” – This option could of been so much more then. Here your tablet is at ##% left.
F3. Data Usage – 4.0 “Great” – Great, if you are on a set data plan.
F4. Storage Usage – 4.5 “Great” – A really great option to check on both your Internal Memory and your SD card memory stats.
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AVG FREE Tablet AntiVirus Security – Privacy
F. App Locker – N/A – Not available in Free version
FF. App Backup – N/A – Not available in the Free version
F1. Wipe Device (Factory Re-set) – 4.0 “Great” – Great tool for people who unwittingly corrupted their device.
F2. Wipe SD Card – 5.0 “Excellent” – Great for when you are upgrading your devices memory or if you wish to trade or sell your SD card.
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AVG FREE Tablet AntiVirus Security – Anti-Thief
G. Anti-Theft – Not Tested
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H. Speed of Scan – 4.0 “Great“ – A little slow. But what do you expect with very limited Smart phone system resources.
I. Updating – 3.5 “Average“ – It needs to be updated manually and it won’t always update. The first time.
J. AVG Support – Not Tested
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My Overall Score: 80/95
76.0 % = B
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My Final Verdict –Part 1– The main difference between AVG 2013 for the PC and AVG for the Android Tablet. Is that is it setup into 4 different layers of protection.
The 1st layer would be your – Protection
1. Apps -This is where the scanner will pick up any rouge apps. That are not certified via the Google Play Android App store.
2. Content – This is where you’ll find out if you downloaded or transferred a virus on to your tablet. Via Wi-Fi, USB or Bluetooth.
3. Settings – Is also very important and often overlooked when people first get their phone. Often there are settings with in setting that make your smart phone less then secure. Such as letting unknown or un-certified apps (We Are Talking About Non-Google Play App Store Certified/Approved) to your private data, or transmitting your location without your permission..
The 2nd layer is the AVG Anti-Virus FREE for Android – Performance
1. Task Killer
2. Battery Consumption
4. Wipe Personal Data
5. Data Usage
6. Storage Usage
The 3rd layer is the AVG Anti-Virus FREE for Android – Anti-Theft
1. Device Locator
The 4th layer is the AVG Anti-Virus FREE for Android – Privacy
1. App Locker – Only 10 day limited trial
2. App Backup – Only 10 day limited trail
3. Wipe Device
4. Wipe SD Card
My Final Verdict –Part 2– Now performance wise. This is no watered down version of the full blow PC version. Yes, there are less options and scanning is a little slower. Due to tablet limitations. But other then that you get what you would expect. A rather good free Anti-Virus program.
**As per the norm it is highly recommend that you upgrade to the newest version of AVG FREE Tablet AntiVirus Security for Android when available / prompted. Also important is to update your AVG virus definitions as often as possible. Which in the case of this app there are new virus definition updates nearly everyday.
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Here is a link to download AVG FREE Tablet AntiVirus Security
for Android
1. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antivirus.tablet&hl=en (Google Play Store)
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Remy “Se7en”
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