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<blockquote data-quote="Mimi26" data-source="post: 977635" data-attributes="member: 94454">On the AV Comparatives test:&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/avc_stalkerware_2021.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/avc_stalkerware_2021.pdf</a>&nbsp; &nbsp; Different AV&#039;s have different detection rates. Here they used 20 stalkerware apps, some AV&#039;s detected more than others. So for example, Here we can see that Avast didn&#039;t detect Stalkerware 14, Stalkerware 16 and Stalkerware 17, While BitDefender detected Stalkerware 14,16 and 17. My questions : So let&#039;s say you are using Avast and it doesn&#039;t detect 14,16 and 17. If you download BitDefender without deleting/uninstalling Avast, will Bitdefender be able to detect 14,16 and 17(I wrote be able because Avast is present on the system)? Will Avast cause problems for Bitdefender&#039;s detection/protection capabilities and vice versa? Basically can these two AV&#039;s work together on one android smartphone or will they stop each other from working properly(detecting stalkerware)? Can two different Android AV&#039;s work on one Smartphone? If they can work together on one Android, would using both Avast and Bitdefender give you 100% detection rate of the listed stalkerware apps? On this AV Comparatives test : <a href="https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/mobile-security-review-2021/" target="_blank">Mobile Security Review 2021</a>&nbsp; We can see that Avast has a protection rate of 99.6% while BitDefender has a protection rate of 100%. So again can you use these two AV&#039;s together at the same time for maximum protection? And here they used 3568 Number of Testcases. What exactly do these test cases include?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mimi26, post: 977635, member: 94454"] On the AV Comparatives test: [URL]https://www.av-comparatives.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/avc_stalkerware_2021.pdf[/URL] Different AV's have different detection rates. Here they used 20 stalkerware apps, some AV's detected more than others. So for example, Here we can see that Avast didn't detect Stalkerware 14, Stalkerware 16 and Stalkerware 17, While BitDefender detected Stalkerware 14,16 and 17. My questions : So let's say you are using Avast and it doesn't detect 14,16 and 17. If you download BitDefender without deleting/uninstalling Avast, will Bitdefender be able to detect 14,16 and 17(I wrote be able because Avast is present on the system)? Will Avast cause problems for Bitdefender's detection/protection capabilities and vice versa? Basically can these two AV's work together on one android smartphone or will they stop each other from working properly(detecting stalkerware)? Can two different Android AV's work on one Smartphone? If they can work together on one Android, would using both Avast and Bitdefender give you 100% detection rate of the listed stalkerware apps? On this AV Comparatives test : [URL="https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/mobile-security-review-2021/"]Mobile Security Review 2021[/URL] We can see that Avast has a protection rate of 99.6% while BitDefender has a protection rate of 100%. So again can you use these two AV's together at the same time for maximum protection? And here they used 3568 Number of Testcases. What exactly do these test cases include? [/QUOTE]

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