New hope for Android: Free virus scanner Hypatia in the test!

New hope for Android: Free virus scanner Hypatia in the test!

The digital world harbors its own dangers: unknown apps scurry into the smartphone, the device gets hot, the battery wanks away and advertising banners suddenly pop up everywhere. All of this can be alarming signs of a malware infection that secretly acts on your Android phones!

In such worrying moments there is a brand new solution: Hypatia! This revolutionary app is a free and source -open virus scanner that wants to protect you from the dangers of the cyber world. Hypatia taps the databases of the renowned virus protection program Clamav to identify the latest threats and scan your system.

Your data will remain

The best of Hypatia? It works completely offline! Your sensitive data does not leave the device, the developers assure. The app only uses the Internet to download the latest Virus signatures from Clamav. So you stay on the safe side!

If Hypatia finds a suspicious result, you have the opportunity to consult the service of Virustotal. This checks the result again with about 70 different antivirus programs - an important extra to exclude any incorrect reports.

practical and efficient

Hypatia not only scores with her data -safe way of working - it is also quick and battery -efficient! After installation, the real-time scanner is deactivated by default, which means that your battery is not unnecessarily stressed.

A manual scan can be easily started over the green play triangle in the upper corner. The three-point menu gets to the settings where you can determine exactly which areas you want to check for threats. Make sure that both system files as well as installed apps as well as the internal and external memory are selected - security is going on!

Hypatia can only be found in the alternative Android store F-Droid, which is dedicated to the spread of free software. If you haven't installed F-Droid yet, you have to make up for it first before you download and install Hypatia.

The protection of your smartphones has never been so easy and safe - with Hypatia you play it safe and protect yourself from the insidious attacks of the cyber world!