Skilled’s Ranking
Execs
- Wonderful virus safety
- Complete net safety
Our Verdict
For simply £2 a month, you get what looks like a rare quantity. Good virus safety, theft safety, VPN and net safety. Nonetheless the VPN has restricted information, so you could want a costlier separate subscription.
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Greatest Costs Right now: Bitdefender Cell Safety
To run Bitdefender Cell Safety, you’ll pay £2 monthly, however you may get a reduced value of simply over £1 monthly for the primary 12 months. And you probably have a multi-platform licence with Bitdefender, this Android app is included.
However double-check that you simply don’t have Antivirus Plus or Web Safety. These variations don’t embody Mac, iOS and this Android answer, they’re Home windows-only.
In case you go for Complete Safety for £39.50 for the primary 12 months (50% off) this contains 5 gadgets throughout Home windows, Mac, Android and iOS. That value is in-app however oddly it’s £44.99 on the net, down from £79.99.
If you wish to attempt before you purchase, you may get a free full-featured model that’s legitimate for 14 days. The one requirement is that you simply register an account with Bitdefender.
The safety in opposition to malicious apps is a bit higher than what you get from Google Play Shield. In line with AV-Check, it protects in opposition to all their makes an attempt to contaminate your cell phone with identified dangerous apps.
It additionally retains a good rein on so-called real-time threats, i.e. undetected malicious apps, which Google’s answer lets by means of often. It’s good you probably have a behavior of putting in apps from much less protected sources like downloaded apk information.
Retains shady hyperlinks out
Along with good app safety, net safety is included for many cell browsers together with Chrome, Edge, Opera, Samsung Browser and Courageous. You’re additionally protected in opposition to rip-off hyperlinks in textual content messages, the chat apps Whatsapp, Messenger, Discord and Telegram, and in emails.
Throughout my check with Bitdefender on my cell phone, I acquired a rip-off textual content message from a faux “Postnord” sender that wished to direct me to a dodgy web site with a suspicious URL. Bitdefender agreed and wouldn’t let me blindly click on on it.
The app additionally selects apps that you may put behind a biometric lock or pin code to launch. This ensures that nobody can open apps that aren’t authorised, together with different apps. It’s an additional layer of safety when you’ve left your telephone unlocked.
Good theft safety, minimal vpn
You get anti-theft safety that may be activated by way of an internet interface. It permits you to find your telephone by IP and GPS, lock it when you lose it, take an image to see when you can see who the thief is, or activate an alarm.
You must even be capable to remotely wipe your telephone, if protecting delicate information in your machine away from unauthorised folks is extra essential than getting it again.
You get a easy VPN with out a location selector, restricted to 200MB per day. Simply sufficient to learn emails and do banking securely and anonymously. However not for streaming video, for instance. You’ll must get Bitdefender’s separate VPN app and subscription.
The interface is straightforward and Bitdefender’s Autopilot function that repeatedly provides you clever suggestions makes it simple to make use of. Some options and settings are simpler to seek out than others, however none are notably hidden.
Specs
- App management
- Anti-theft
- Shopping safety
- VPN
- Wi-Fi management
- Identification monitoring
- Android 5
This text initially appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and tailored from Swedish.