NetQin Antivirus
by Paul Wilks
Apr 18, 2011 4:09 PM –
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NetQin Antivirus. Mobile Antivirus. Remove Spyware and Viruses. Get Protected Now. Your Android may not be safe. NetQin Antivirus FREE from NetQin(NQ) detects new applications installed on your system, and check with our cloud security database for known malicious apps. It uses minimum battery, and alerts you when virus, malware or spyware is detected. This app will protect your mobile network, whenever you play with your mobile pet or mobile TV. You can even track your stolen phone on Google Map with the Anti-Theft feature.
Price: Free
Pros & Cons:
Pros
- Protects your phone from malware and evil viruses.
- Anti-lost functions that help you locate your phone should you lose it.
- Reassuring real-time protection.
- Easy to navigate interface.
- Contacts backup.
Cons
- No web interface to track lost or stolen phone unlike competitors, must be done from another phone… which works
NetQin Anti-virus for Android is a smart all-in-one security solution for smartphone. It provides anti-virus scanning, real-time protection, contacts back-up and an ‘Anti-lost’ function that helps locate and control your phone if it *gulp* goes missing. 
Features:
It has always been my belief that anti-virus software, whether it be for your home computer or smartphone, should be ‘seen but not heard’. That is, it should be there, occasionally showing it’s face for your confidence but besides that, quiet and unobtrusive. It is perhaps a function you want to be able to switch on and forget about, and only consider it again if you have a problem.
Initially, NetQin Anti-virus will don it’s rubber gloves and provide your phone with a deep and intimate scan of every last file on your phone. It can scan both your files and your ’Cloud’ applications. After (hopefully) giving your phone the ‘all-clear’ it gets on with its job of protecting, like a discreet, yet burly, security guard that respects your privacy.
The real-time protection pops up automatically whenever you download an app from the market, which is reassuring. The contacts back-up, to a NetQin server and/or your SD card, is a nice idea, although I found my contacts mainly derive from my Gmail, Facebook and Twitter accounts which load automatically when I sync. The Anti-lost function is there for the worse-case-scenario; you lose your phone, or have it stolen. From this you can send messages, from another phone, which can locate, lock and message your lost phone. Ever dropped your phone down the back of the sofa, or hidden it under a mass of paperwork? The NetQin Anti-virus software will set off an alarm to help you find it- especially useful if your phone was on silent when you last had it.
NetQin Anti-virus lacks a website interface that allows you to perform these functions without needing another phone, but this doesn’t hinder usage and really just a matter of preference.
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NetQin Antivirus Main Menu
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NetQin Antivirus Application Virus Scan 1
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NetQin Antivirus Application Virus Scan 2
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NetQin Antivirus No Viruses Found – All Clear!
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NetQin Antivirus Cloud Virus Scan
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NetQin Antivirus Lost Phone Demo 1
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NetQin Antivirus Lost Phone Demo 2
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NetQin Antivirus Lost Phone Demo 3
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NetQin Antivirus Contacts Backup
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NetQin Antivirus Cloud-Market Virus Scan
Frequently Used & Usefulness:
Unlike other applications on your phone, you probably won’t be using NetQin Anti-virus every day. You install it, you scan, you back-up and then forget about it all; safe in the knowledge that it’s there, in the background, doing it’s thing.
Ease of Use & Interface:
The menus and navigation are simple to use, and there is a wizard which guides you through the set-up process. The interface is clear and intuitive and would only be a challenge for the most technophobic.