Some of the users most common to date OS for mobile devices - Android, think about the possibility to check your smartphone or tablet for viruses, using the Functions of the Specialized Software for Windows. The following material presents instructions that allow you to implement such an opportunity.
Despite the widespread and effectiveness of antiviruses for Android, the use of a PC in order to verify its mobile device seems to be many more reliable, and sometimes the only possible method of getting rid of malicious software. It should be noted that such a belief is erroneous, and if you are suspected that the smartphone / tablet is infected, it is still better to use Android applications that detect and eliminate viruses.
The computer should be used if installing / running anti-virus Android applications on mobile device is not possible, or as an additional tool for eliminating threats in the Operating System under consideration.
Checking Android drives for viruses with PC
As you know, many modern smartphones and tablets operating under the control of Android are equipped with a memory card slot. Thus, conditionally procedures for checking mobile devices for viruses using a computer can be divided into two stages: scanning an external removable drive and analysis of the content of the internal memory of the device.Option 1: Removable Drive
The owners of Android devices, which often use them as a means for transferring files and folders from one computer to another, can be copied to a mobile device memory card along with valuable information. One of the viruses intended for Windows infection (most often "Autorun" and the like). If suspicion of harmful software on the removable smartphone or tablet carrier is present, we do the following:
- Remove the memory card from the android apparatus slot. We place it in the card reader connected to the PC.
Read more: Connecting a memory card to a computer or laptop
Attempts to connect a mobile device to a computer in order to use it as a card reader to solve a removable drive scanning task for viruses. It is meaningless to achieve the desired result.
- We carry out one of the instructions available in the material on the following link, that is, scan the removable Android device drive using any anti-virus software for Windows, as a regular USB flash drive.
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Option 2: Internal memory
If you wish or need to scan for the existence of an android device harmful on the internal memory, you should use a specialized software equipped with a module intended for the implementation of the specified purpose. It should be noted that in any of the well-known antiviruses for Windows, the scanning function connected to the PC mobile devices is not provided.
Despite the foregoing, the toolkit that allows you to analyze the storage of the phone or tablet from the computer and identify viruses in case of their presence, still exists. We use a little-known, but judging by the reviews, a fairly effective means - Quick Heal Total Security , More precisely, the PC2Mobile SCAN module integrated into this anti-virus complex.
Download the Quick Heal Total Security application with a module for scanning mobile devices from the official website
The program applies to a paid basis, but the user is provided with a 30-day trial period, which is enough to solve the issue from the header of the article.
- We download and install Quick Heal Total Security on a computer or laptop:
- We temporarily turn off the antiviruses and firewalls from third-party developers. "Windows Defender" can not be deactivated, it does not interfere with the installation of Quick Heal software.
- Go through the link located before this instruction.
- Scroll through the web page slightly down to the display of the list of products offered by the developer, and click on the link under the name "Quick Heal Total Security".
- Click the "download" button below the description of system requirements for software.
- Indicate the path to save the distribution, click "Save".
- Expect the file download to complete Qhtsft.exe. , go along the way where it is saved and run the installer.
- In the window that opens, specify the path where the files needed to install the antivirus will be placed and click "Download".
- We expect the download to download the desired Quick Heal Total Security component installer.
- As soon as everything needs is downloaded, the "Master of installation" will start the anti-virus complex.
- We set the marks in two checkboxes under the "license agreement" and click "Next".
- If you wish, specify the path on the PC disk, where it will be installed using the "Browse" button. Click "Next".
- Waiting for the completion of the installer.
- At the end of installing the "Register Later" click in the final window of the wizard.
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- We launch and activate the antivirus.
- Open the application, for example, click on the Quick Heal Total Security icon on the desktop windows.
- Clause "Activate Now" in the Red area of the main application window.
- Click "Next" in the first
And the second windows of the launched "Master of registration".
- Fill out the Fields of the User Information window (the authenticity of the "Contact Number" and the addresses are not checked, any values can be made). Click "Next"
twice.
- Click "Finish" in the "Activation SuccessFully Completed" window, and then we can move to the full use of antivirus from Quick Heal.
- Scan android apparatus for viruses:
- In the main window, Kvik Hel Total Securiti tickling "Scan".
- In the context menu that appears, select "Mobile Scan".
- We connect the running Android device to a computer using a USB cable.
- As a "USB connection mode" on the mobile device, select "File Transfer".
- In the "Mobile Scan" window, the "Search Mobile" clickey, and then "Start Search" in the query window.
- We expect the device to be determined in the application.
- Click on the name of the device in the "Select Mobile Device ..." field and then click "Start Scan".
- Wait for the completion of the scanning of the Android apparatus. The process is visualized using the procedure execution indicator in the Quick Heal Total Security window. The time spent on the analysis depends on the volume of the mobile device storage.
- Upon completion of the work, the antivirus shows a window with the results, which in the absence of detected threats should be closed. At this, the task of checking the Android device for the presence of viruses in it using a computer or laptop is considered solved.
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Conclusion
At the end, once again, we note the very mediocre effectiveness of the procedure for scanning mobile devices for viruses using a computer. We recommend for identifying and removing malicious software on smartphones and tablets to apply specialized Android applications produced by most well-known antivirus software developers and in abundance presented on Google Play Market.