“We would definitely warn consumers that they should look into more than just AV. “Antivirus for the mobile platform is really just starting for some companies-a lot of the antivirus for Android may even be their first iteration,” says Max Wolotsky, a PhD student at Georgia Tech who worked on the research. Of the 58 programs AVPass tested, only two–from AhnLab and WhiteArmor–consistently stopped AVPass attacks. Taking on the mindset of an attacker, the researchers built a tool called AVPass that works to smuggle malware into a system without being detected by antivirus. Researchers at Georgia Tech who analyzed 58 mainstream options found that many were relatively easy to defeat, often because didn't take a nuanced and diverse approach to malware detection. Now, as antivirus products gain in popularity for Android devices, they appear to be making many of the same old mistakes.Ī key part of the current shortcomings stems from relative immaturity in Android antivirus offerings.
While generally useful, they still have to play catch-up with evolving threats–and their deep system access has on occasion enabled even worse attacks. Antivirus programs on PCs have a mixed track record.
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