I found that Norton was quick to detect potentially malicious apps, but if I dismissed the warning I had to perform a full device scan to get the warning back. It quickly detects potentially malicious apps, and makes uninstalling them a snap. In addition to performing on demand and scheduled scans, Norton also scans all apps as soon as they're downloaded from the Google Play store, or sideloaded onto the device. Rebooting the phone took a mere 30 seconds, which is how long my Samsung Galaxy S III takes to without security software installed. That's about three times as long as our Editors' Choice for paid Android security apps Bitdefender Mobile Security and Antivirus, but about twice as fast as avast! Mobile Security & Antivirus, our Editors' Choice for free Android security. Thankfully, it shouldn't be too annoying since even with a dozen apps running in the background a scan of the device and its SD card only took 23.3 seconds. In my testing I noticed that the CPU usage jumped to about 94 percent when performing a malware scan.
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