1. NQ Mobile Security

The first in our list is called NQ Mobile Security. As always, there is a free of charge version and one for which you have to pay. The latter is more advanced. It offers manually scanning, remote access, contacts protection and malware detector technology.The scanning of SD cards is not available. The free version delivers firewall, remote access (Google Maps included), protected web browsing, a SIM change notifier, data backup and applications optimizer. From what we noticed, the remote functions will only be successful if your Android gadget is able to send and receive text messages.

2. Lookout Mobile Security

The second security app we recommend is Lookout Mobile Security. Its main offerings are the following: automatically applications scanning, contacts backup, malware detector in the free version. If you opt for the paid version you will have included more features: remote access, alarm, full browsing history, remote recovery and so on.

3. Avast Free Mobile Security

Next up is an app known as Avast Free Mobile Security. This one is very user-friendly. Once you download it, it is going to verify if the user wants to turn on the anti theft technology. This tool sports web browsing protection, SMS and call filtering and anti malware technology reports Droid Gator.com. A full scan of every single application on your Android device is also possible. This app is able to protect you against the untrusted USB debugging, too. The Avast Free Mobile Security can be protected with the help of a password. But there is no backup functionality. However, one of the main pros is that this app boasts a privacy module which is a way to see if one of your phone’s apps employs permissions that could harm it in the long run. The remote technology module offered by the Avast Free Mobile Security app are not going to work on an Android gadget which has Wi-Fi only; and some of them will need 3G support.

4. AVG Mobilation Anti-Virus Free

Another very good security app we found is labeled AVG Mobilation Anti-Virus Free. It comes with malware detector and applications locker technology. Each of these two does a different thing: the former offers protection via password for apps and the second scan the data and the applications. The malware scanner comes with a private data shredder, applications killer and tune up optimizer. The AVG Mobilation Anti-Virus Free can lock the gadget you own using a custom SMS.

5. Norton Mobile Security Lite

Norton Mobile Security Lite is the fifth and last Android security app that we think is very useful. It’s one of the few such tools which comes with an interface that is very easy to use. This tool delivers malware detection and remote access in its free version. There is no SIM card protection for this option and its remote access technology is activated just via the SMS commands alone. The paid version, though, sports many more advantages, such as: applications and memory card scanner, SMS and call blocking, web privacy protection and remote alarm.