Hello, inspired by this thread: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/privacy-focused-anti-virus/16145 I figured I would open one for the mobile section. @Valynor could you merge the posts over here? As far as I have understood, there (supposedly) useless on Android (iOS) I can start to understa…

Hypatia is the only recommendation [image] Hypatia (Android Anti-Malware) Tool Suggestions https://gitlab.com/divested-mobile/hypatia Continuing the discussion from GitHub: Hypatia Where is the discussion on this? I mean, I think this shouldn’t be just pushed to th…

I’ll give it another try, last time it did not detect eicar. As far as that is important, because G Data didn’t either… Edit: Need the extended database, then Icar is recognized

@FlipSid You do not need the extended database to detect eicar, nor do I recommend you enable that experimental feature.

@anon63378630 That’s weird. I’ll uninstall and try again. First time it didn’t work. But I can live with a few false positives… Edit: Tried a few times. Same results. Have to click extended database, ok, update database. Then test file from eicar (official HP) is detected. Without no reaction.

[image] FlipSid: eicar (official HP) You’re saying it doesn’t detect this? https://secure.eicar.org/eicar.com

@anon63378630 Not detection but that link opens in the browser. Will not detect https://www.eicar.org/download-anti-malware-testfile/ The .zip either… After extended database it gets the .zip RE Android 14 Pixel 7 Pro Brave as per your guide +extra stuff deactivated in Websitesettings

The best antivirus is you (even Hypatia which is often recommended is not perfect).

I’ve been reading around online about the security model: Application Sandbox | Android Open Source Project [image] Permissions on Android | Privacy | Android Developers Secure an Android device | Android Op…

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