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<blockquote data-quote="goodjohnjr" data-source="post: 1031269" data-attributes="member: 73546">Android comes with <a href="https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2812853" target="_blank">Google Play Protect</a>, which you can enable from your settings in the Google Play Store, I recommend having that enabled &amp; all the settings for it; it is better than nothing, automatic, free, by Google, comes with Android, et cetera.If you want, you can also add a free third party antivirus that can automatically scan whenever an app is updated or installed, like <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitdefender.antivirus" target="_blank">Bitdefender Antivirus (Free)</a>; which is free, lightweight, only requires maybe two permissions (if you enable the option to scan memory cards), scans automatically, do not annoy you with a lot of ads, and is from a respected company.You can also change your Private DNS setting to something like the public <a href="https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html" target="_blank">AdGuard DNS Default server</a> or <a href="https://support.quad9.net/hc/en-us/articles/360046736911-Configure-Android-to-use-Private-DNS-feature-with-Quad9" target="_blank">Quad9 DNS</a>, and use a web browser like <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.browser" target="_blank">Brave Browser</a> that has built-in ad / tracker / malicious website blocking; this gives you free blocking of several annoyances / threats at the DNS level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="goodjohnjr, post: 1031269, member: 73546"] Android comes with [URL='https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2812853']Google Play Protect[/URL], which you can enable from your settings in the Google Play Store, I recommend having that enabled & all the settings for it; it is better than nothing, automatic, free, by Google, comes with Android, et cetera. If you want, you can also add a free third party antivirus that can automatically scan whenever an app is updated or installed, like [URL='https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bitdefender.antivirus']Bitdefender Antivirus (Free)[/URL]; which is free, lightweight, only requires maybe two permissions (if you enable the option to scan memory cards), scans automatically, do not annoy you with a lot of ads, and is from a respected company. You can also change your Private DNS setting to something like the public [URL='https://adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html']AdGuard DNS Default server[/URL] or [URL='https://support.quad9.net/hc/en-us/articles/360046736911-Configure-Android-to-use-Private-DNS-feature-with-Quad9']Quad9 DNS[/URL], and use a web browser like [URL='https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brave.browser']Brave Browser[/URL] that has built-in ad / tracker / malicious website blocking; this gives you free blocking of several annoyances / threats at the DNS level. [/QUOTE]

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