7 Habits That Are More Important Than Using Antivirus on Your Phone

The biggest threat to your phone isn't malware, it's how you conduct yourself online.

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Using antivirus software on every device you own made sense in the early days of personal computing, but modern smartphones are built to be more secure. Both Apple and Google include extensive protections that make phones much harder targets for traditional malware than older PCs were.

Today's biggest smartphone threat often isn't malware at all. It's phishing texts, fake websites and account takeover scams. That's why there are more effective ways to improve your security than buying antivirus software for your mobile device.

Your phone is already doing a lot of the work

Both iPhones and Android devices are designed to keep apps separated from one another. An app can usually access only the information and features you've specifically allowed it to use. If a malicious app doesslip through, it's generally much...

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