AVG anti-virus for Android

[idlemarvel]

As I use AVG on my PC I thought I would try the free Andoid version. I get the impression it is still really in beta as many of the tools on the menu are beta versions. But the basic scan function seems okay, doesn't take very long, only a minute or two (there aren't that many files on Android, not like Windows, last time I looked there were over 1,000,000 files on my Windows 7 system!). It did not find any viruses, but it did recommend I turn off USB debugging (needed for rooting) and to remove z4rootmod. Also it seems to scan every download. Whether it is any good at finding actual viruses is hard to say, I am kind of relying on AVG reputation to assure me of that.
Not much of a recommendation I know, but at least if you want to try it, it doesn't seem to do any harm!

[Detection]

Pointless having an AV on android, its linux based and there is like 1 virus in the whole world that affects it.

And even then, it was only aimed at Android phones, to call premium rate numbers

All your doing is making a slow device slower

[Warpedflash]

If you want an antivirus go with lookout. its lightweight and does more than just scan every so often.

[JimmyW]

I use the AVG one too.. I'm happy how it scans each download before allowing it to install.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware

863 known viruses/torjans/malwares for linux as listed in 2008 - It's a complete myth that linux is immune and virus free... especially if you're rooted as you give them free reign on a rooted 'nix system

[Mac]

viewtopic.php?f=26&t=361&p=4051#p4051
as mentioned its the root aspect that is the issue, run in a normal user account the issues reduce/go away