In this new practical video tutorial I am going to teach you and give the solution for all those users who are regular consumers of Android applications in apk format. Applications downloaded externally, which, more times than we think, may not be a good idea to install on our Android.
And I am going to give you the solution to be able to scan your apk for possible infections such as malwares, Trojans, viruses and other infectious agents that are purified by some of these applications that we download outside of the Google Play Store.
The first part of this practical tutorial is dedicated to the detection of infections in applications already installed on our Android terminal. For this we are going to go to the Google Play Store, through the direct link that I leave just below these lines, and we are going to download the Virus Total application.
As I show you in the attached video that I have left you at the beginning of the post, with only the installation of this simple but useful free application for Android and click on the Scan button, Virus Total will perform a scan in search of infections among the applications that we have already installed on our Android terminal. All of it analyzing it in 60 different online antivirus services of great prestige.
Once finished we will be able see in a list all our installed applications as well as if you have given any positive, which in this case will notify the antivirus in question that it has found the threat or possible security threat, as well as the name of the aforementioned threat or threats found in the applications already installed on our Android.
The second part of the practical video tutorial is more oriented to theto infection prevention before proceeding with the installation of a file downloaded in apk format. To be sure before proceeding with the installation of an application external to the Google Play Store, it is best to take the aforementioned apk file that we want to install and analyze it online through the free service offered by Virus Total from their own website.
Una web page from which we can analyze an apk file before installing it and which, as with the Android application,it will be analyzed in these 60 antivirus online for in a matter of seconds Report the analysis to us to be completely sure that the application that we are about to install on our Android terminal is completely free of infections.
So now you know, if you are looking for a good antivirus for Android, for me the only one that I use daily on my own terminal and especially the service it offers us through its website, then Virus Total is undoubtedly the best security guarantee for our Android terminals, Especially those of us who usually dedicate ourselves to testing and installing new applications downloaded externally to the Google Play Store !!.
