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Most of the tested apps performed really well. TrustGo: Mobile Security 1.3 managed to earn a perfect score and therefore the top spot.

Today, the independent testing lab AV-Test released their findings from a comprehensive review of 22 Android security apps, looking at how these portable protectors performed on handled Android devices. The competition was tight, but TrustGo and Lookout took the top slots.

John Iasiuolo speaks with TrustGo Head of Marketing, Jeff Becker, about mobile security and the threats to users from malicious and high risk apps.

"The mobile security company TrustGo has released its delightfully named "Mobile Mayhem" report for the fourth quarter of 2012 in which they rated the safest and most dangerous Android app stores around the world."

"The amount of malware targeting Android is still growing fast, and Google has promised to crack down. Turns out, that's not going so well."

"TrustGo Antivirus is a useful security app for your Android device. The app is like a box of tricks; not only does it provide anti-malware solutions, but also a number of management features..."

"Today I am looking at TrustGo Mobile Security which is definitely one of the best ones and its free too!"

"According to TrustGo, 23 of the top 500 Google Play apps are considered high risk. Malware over all is up 580%."

"According to scans conducted by TrustGo, at least 10 of the top 500 apps are classified as ‘high risk’ apps or worse."

"All of you using the Android devices and downloading apps from Google Play be on the alert as a new malware that is said to be strong enough to steal your confidential data has been detected."

"Researchers from security firm TrustGo have recently spotted on Google Play a bogus app that supposedly automatizes the updating of a batch of other apps."

"TrustGo Antivirus & Mobile Security scans your phone and SD card to remove all the wicked contents – viruses, malware, spyware and trojans."

"Mobile malware continues to multiply at an alarming rate. Mobile security company TrustGo Mobile Inc. released its TrustGo Summer Mobile Mayhem Report last week, reporting skyrocketing numbers for malicious and risky apps on marketplaces around the world over the summer months."

"Google Play is fairly safe compared to other shady app markets, but it’s far from being the safest. According to TrustGo, the company ranks 5th on a global scale."

"The amount of apps containing malware has increased by 216 percent between June and August, compared to the previous three month period, with China-based app stores being the most at risk, according to mobile security company TrustGo."

"The most recent warning comes from mobile security provider TrustGo, which undertook the monumental task of scanning 175 Android app markets from around the world – a total of more than 1.7 million apps – before rating each one according to the level of risk (risky, malicious or safe) they carry."

"TrustGo, a mobile security company, scanned 175 Android marketplaces all over the world, checking 1.7 million apps and categorizing them as safe, malicious, or risky. They also tracked which countries had the most infested marketplaces, fingering China as the most dangerous country in which to download an app."

"Not all app stores are equally safe. That’s the bottom line from security firm TrustGo’s ‘Summer Mobile Mayhem Report’ on mobile app marketplaces."

"TrustGo Mobile Security, a relatively new mobile-oriented AV company, scanned more than 1.7 million apps and 175 marketplaces to bring you the five safest Android app marketplaces in the world."

"Earlier this month we ran a series covering the most popular free Android Security apps, and then compared them to see which one was the best. TrustGo Antivirus was an app that we overlooked at the time and after testing it out I found that it is better than many of the competitors."

"Among the number of antivirus and mobile security apps you can find in the Google Play Store, one will definitely impress you with its extensive usability. That app is Antivirus & Mobile Security by TrustGo Mobile Incorporated."

TrustGo is one of the most robust Android security apps we've seen, and it's completely free."

"After fielding feedback from security pros, here in no particular order is Dark Reading's list of the five most dangerous, sophisticated, and prolific pieces of mobile malware that have appeared thus far in 2012."

"TrustGo Security Labs recently uncovered new malware called SMSZombie, which can be found in several Chinese Android markets."

"TrustGo, a startup company at the US-China technology incubator InnoSpring in Silicon Valley, has discovered a new virus attacking Android mobile users, mainly in China. CCTV's Mark Niu explains what it means for cell phone users."

"TrustGo is a Silicon Valley security software company with a way to flip the script on smartphone thieves: If they try to get into your Android phone without knowing your password, the company's "Candid Camera" software automatically takes a photo of them."

"Researchers from mobile security firm TrustGo have recently discovered a new, resilient mobile threat targeting Android phones that is said to have infected roughly 500,000 devices, mainly in China."

"The good folks over at TrustGo, a Silicon Valley-based security software company, have made it that much easier for you to get your stolen phone back -- and see who took it. "