In my continuous search for the best Android mobile security, Today I will talk about Norton. I have tested this while was on beta version and now the product is finished under the Lite name for the free version.
From the beginning I can confirm that Norton keeps the same engine style which requires resources - the same as the PC version. And here I am referring to battery as lasts with about 5% up to 10% less with this security suite installed. For the rest the Norton Mobile Security is a classic protection software with modules like antivirus for threats, anti-malware and virus prevention. It has an online scanner which notifies the user live if a downloaded application is infected and a remote lock which locks the smartphone in case is stolen.
If you wish to upgrade to the paid version you get other three modules like web protection for your browser, anti-theft for location and wipe the device. Last module is call and text blocking which works like a black list application. Now I remember while I had this installed in the beta version that there was one time when my phone turned-off automatically as battery was very low. After charging and when I turned it on, Norton detected a new SIM card (and it was the same card) so was asking me for password. I spent about 30 minutes to remember the password (my bad here) and at the end I unlocked my phone. However during this time I was able to call my 3 contacts added as backup in case I forgot the password. This was great but I know that some users had to reset the phone to factory settings as they did not remember the password.
Did I mention that scans the SD card together with the entire phone memory and that has a notification bar icon? In conclusion this is another mobile security suite for Android which users can install but personally I was not very impressed. It takes about 2-3 MB of internal space.
