Computing has transcended from Desktop to Mobile computer for everyday purposes. The mobile OS ecosystem has matured over the last decade.

Smartphones have become a pocket-sized computer that is used for numerous purposes besides the good old way to communicate.

We use it every day for all sorts of purposes, and therefore store a significant amount of sensitive data including our private photos, videos, chats, messages, bank details and even personal data of our friends and family in form of their email address, phone numbers, photos on our smartphones.

This has led to the growth of viruses, trojans, malware, spyware, etc. as well, which keeps looking to extract data or hack into our smartphones.

Therefore it is necessary to have an extra layer of protection in the form of an antivirus which can protect us from those unwanted popups on-screen and ads that appear out of nowhere.

Do I need an Antivirus for Android?
Android does not need an antivirus provided you keep a watch permissions granted to the installed apps and exclusively use the Playstore for installing new apps.

Google Playstore’s Play Protect was launched and integrated into the store to monitor apps on the platform in real-time. The app-protection removes any app with confirmed malicious activities/mobile malware presence from the Playstore as well from the smartphones having a copy installed.

According to a post from ZDnet Google knocked out about 1.9B malicious apps that was discovered in the Google Playstore.

List of 6 Best Free Antivirus for Android Smartphones

Click here to see the list: https://hackauthority.org/6-best-free-anti-virus-for-android/

none for corona virus?

Lol