The usage of Mobile Technology is rapidly increasing day by day. With the usage of Android mobiles, the threat of malware is also increasing day by day. All the private and confidential data in Android devices have a high risk of malware. Various Android malware scanning tools are freely available for use. This paper analyses different kinds of Android Malware scanning tools with a proper comparison, pros and cons and their future scope.

Mobile, Android, Mobile Security, Malware, Scanning tools

[1] “AVC UnDroid”, Online Link: https://undroid.av-comparatives.org
[2] “AndroTotal: Scan Android Application”, Online Link: http://andrototal.org
[3] “VirusTotal: Analyse suspicious files”, Online Link: https://www.virustotal.com
[4] “NVISO ApkScan: Scan Android Applications for Malware”, Online Link: https://apkscan.nviso.be/
[5] “VirSCAN.org: Submit and scan your file”, Online Link: http://www.virscan.org
[6] “Hybrid Analysis”, Online Link: https://www.hybrid- analysis.com
[7] “Top 7 Online Android APK Malware analysers”, Online Link: https://www.yeahhub.com/top-7-online-android-apk-malware-analyzers-free/
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[13] “Virus Total API”, Online Link: https://support.virustotal.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002100149-API
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[17] Hybrid Analysis FAQs”, Online Link: https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/faq
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