More and more dubious apps are offering their services for espionage or stalking in order to secretly monitor ignorant people, acquaintances or (ex) partners. With a good security app for Android, you can also expose these perfidious attackers, such as Pegasus.
The market for Android apps, which can be used to secretly monitor, track and spy on devices, is growing steadily. The demand for so-called spying stalker apps is high, as they can be used to monitor Android devices such as smartphones or tablets. The perfidious thing about it: once installed, the monitoring software hides on the device or sometimes disguises itself as a harmless service or game app.
Stalk, monitor, spy on - on Android
The apps from Antiy, Bitdefender and Trend Micro detect the espionage programs 100 percent in the test (Image: AV-TEST).
The possibilities of these apps on the device are great, as they often work in administrator mode and thus have the highest rights on a device. If you are unsure and feel monitored, you can help yourself. A good security app recognizes the surveillance apps for spying or stalking. The AV-TEST laboratory has checked what these security apps can do.
18 security apps for Android put to the test
18 security apps for Android show in the laboratory how well they protect against espionage and detect stalkerware. The apps from AhnLab, Antiy, Avast, AVG, Avira, Bitdefender, ESET, F-Secure, G DATA, Google, Ikarus, Kaspersky, LINE, McAfee, NortonLifeLock, Protected.Net, securiON and Trend Micro are also being tested.
The apps from Antiy, Bitdefender and Trend Micro recognize the spy programs 100 percent in the test and are fully recommended.
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