
The test is especially geared to devices of consumer users, which means that games and entertainment apps were also installed and fewer business applications. Thus, the best apps in the evaluation achieved up to 18 points. The lab can award up to 6 points for each area.
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All apps in the test were examined in the areas of protection, performance and usability. Add to this by comparison the 15th app, the embedded service Google Play Protect. The test lab at AV-TEST evaluated the performance of 14 security apps. High time for security apps that are able to get the job done.

In the test with over 6,700 malware apps, Google Protect failed to detect 1.4 to 6.7 percent of the attackers. It also doesn't help that Google seeks to protect users with its Play Protect on all Android devices, yet does not detect all malicious apps there either. While Google repeatedly filters malware apps from its store, it cannot come close to detecting them all.

By comparison, AV-TEST is already aware of nearly 35 million different malware apps in its AV-Atlas system. Because according to Statista, there are 3.5 billion apps in the Google Play Store. A look into the statistics answers the question "Security app for Android?" with a resounding "Yes".
