What do you guys think of this Android security app?

[LinusTech]

They are reaching out to us about working together, and I'm downloading it now to check it out, but I was wondering if anyone in the community has experience with it?

 

It's called 360 Security and here's the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qihoo.security&hl=en

 

So far seems like they are a super legit company (publicly traded and all that) but I feel like it's always good to get the community's feedback about a sponsor if I wasn't familiar with them already.

 

Linus

[GloriousPain]

first glance it's okay, but you need to get rid of your santa hat, they are sooo 2014

[Sharif]

Yes but if you review other antivirus as well 

Example Avast

 

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[Zeke]

first glance it's okay, but you need to get rid of your santa hat, they are sooo 2014

shhhhhhhhhhh

 

OT: Never used such an app, didn't need it.

 

Also, oh my god Linus, you gotta follow your own topics!  

[AlexStriz]

New sponsor!

 

I was getting tired of those Kingston HyperX and PhantomGlass ones from CES

 

Also, 3.5 million people cant be wrong, so I'd say they're OK

[DeViLzzz]

I don't use anything with Android right now so no way to try it.  Also in regards to tablets and phones I will never use them for banking or anything of the sort so I won't need this sort of app.

[NeatSquidYT]

Do a comparison between Avast, this etc.

[ERSCreeper]

I personally use a paid for version of Kaspersky on my phone (Android 4.4.2)

[minibois]

I have only used it for a very short while and it seemed alright. Didn't find a use for it.

It was about on par with Avast for Android, but that wasn't a very necessary app too. 

[JAKEBAB]

Looks clean and nice sure but what does it give over avg which i got for free on the amazon free app a day thing lol

[Jobbe03]

It's decent, definitely the best free Antivirus app out there. I've had some problems with it freezing after a couple of days. (can usually be resolved by reinstalling)  

[Archangel1994]

Used it on my Moto X, did have significantly better RAM management and a bit better battery life.

[AHaskin14]

Go for it, they seem good and just becuase they sponsor you doesnt mean theyre the #1 out there, we understand.

[colonel_mortis]

I haven't used it personally, but a friend has and really likes it, mostly for the bloatware removal rather than antivirus though. He has an S4, and says that it removed 1GB of bloatware off it (though whether that is related to the phone or just stuff like clearing the cache is another matter), making his phone much faster (though I would argue that it's not difficult).

[brownninja97]

well linus this would be great but you need to compare it which means work, using a single anti virus will serve no one well.

[DJSchmitty]

As well as Anti Virus, Malware support would be useful. Perhaps a Roundup of competing software.

[Speedbird]

They are reaching out to us about working together, and I'm downloading it now to check it out, but I was wondering if anyone in the community has experience with it?

 

It's called 360 Security and here's the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qihoo.security&hl=en

 

So far seems like they are a super legit company (publicly traded and all that) but I feel like it's always good to get the community's feedback about a sponsor if I wasn't familiar with them already.

 

Linus

Have no experience. You usually don't need an antivirus on Android, just don't root and install only from Google Play.

[mr.skyrim_pc]

I've seen sketchy looking ads for it.

[DJSchmitty]

Lookout has worked for me...

[Guest]

The 'accelerate your phone and save battery' claims seem sketchy.

It's a claim a lot of 'PC speedup' crapware makes. Bloatware removal should be done by the user consciously and manually and energy saving should be left to the OS.

[PlatypusWithCheese]

I'm skeptical. The "No.1 in China" usually means run by the Chinese government.

http://www.360safe.com/about.html

[c3p0_]

Useing AVG Free on a CM 11 device. For the fact that it doesn't drown my battery like avast did. The app above did freeze several times on stock 4.1Jb, or could be my device only running 1gb of ram on a snapdragon cpu.

[lutzee]

I really don't see much point, if you really want to have some nice performance gains the only decent way is rooting.

Root+greenify+custom kernel with decent optimisations

 

I easily get 24-36 hours of on time on my Nexus 5, SoT ~5 hours

Also Unused RAM is wasted RAM! If theres RAM free then its better to be used for something.. Android already has lots of good optimisations to swap out lesser used apps to allow for the active app to take the memory..

[AMICLG]

You'd have to get an in depth look into the way it runs, those permissions scare me. Also if it can take root access like Avast.

[Tafel_Kafel]

does it 360 noscope viruses

if yes, it's good