Avast Mobile Security provides protection against Stagefright exploit that may be stored in files on your device.

Avast has updated its Mobile security software for Android providing protection against Stagefright exploit that may be stored in malicious files on your device. Remember this exploit was discovered back in July by a company called Zimperium. Google and most OEMs provided  a patch, but it was not completely patched as another company said that at least one exploit remained unpatched. So make sure you apply this update as a layer of protection until a patch is released.

This update also includes some fixes listed below:

• AppLocking fixed on newer versions of Android.
• Fixed webShield Sitecorrect feature.

Download/Update Avast Mobile Security & Antivirus in Google Play Store.

Avast Security & Antivirus makes it easier to login to Google+ and gets new Wi-Fi Finder.

I use Avast on my Android devices as protection against viruses and malwares. While there is an ongoing debate about the necessity of such apps, I can say that we saw some freaking news recently about apps doing illegal things in the background. I'd rather be on the safe side than be sorry. Avast mobile Security and Antivirus protects 230 million people globally. I don't know if this number covers Android devices only, Avast being available for PCs also. 

Another great feature Avast offers is anti-theft which lets users control their Android devices remotely via a browser, locate a phone on a map, basic features like locking the device, activate siren, or wipe memory to protect data. And my favorite feature is the notification sent when the SIM card is changed. I recovered a phone this way and the thief spent some time in jail.

Avast also contains in-app purchases that adds unlimited app locking, Ad detector, Password check, Geo-fencing, Remote SMS, Remote Data recovery, Remote identification, backup features. These additional features can be bought for $1.99 monthly or $14.99 yearly.

Avast has been updated to version 4.0 with the following changes:

• Login easily with Google+.
• Added new Wi-Fi Finder explorer feature.
• Significantly reduced battery usage.
• More fixes and optimizations

Download: Google Play store

App updates: Google Translate, Google+, Maps, Avast, CNN, Box.

This is a list of updated apps I have installed on my Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.3. Checkout those apps if you do not have them on your Android. 

Google Translate
What's New:

• Handwriting input is now available for Hindi and Thai.
• Camera input is now available for Afrikaans, Greek, Hebrew, and Serbian.

Google+

What's New:

• View, edit and share photos stored in Google Drive
• Pull to refresh content in the stream and notifications
• Locations improvements: share your city-level location, control who is displayed on the map
• Easier switching between different accounts and pages
• Google Apps for Business support: restrict posts to the domain, domain icons to identify members
• Hangouts app replaces Messenger for messaging and video calls. Visit Google Takeout to download your Messenger data.

Maps

What's New:

• Scale bar lets you see distances on a map 
• Bug fixes

Avast Mobile Security & Antivirus

What's New:

• New App Locking Feature (Premium)
• New Ad detector feature in privacy advisor (Premium)
• Dashboard redesign, plus additional interface changes to improve user experience
• New features inside Anti-Theft (e.g Geo-fencing, picture taking)
• New Backup functionality
• Bulgarian language added

CNN

What's New:

• Crash and bug fixes to resolve video player issue experienced after updating devices to Android 4.3

Box

What's New:

v2.2.1: Bug fixes including those for uploads on Android 4.3 and Nexus 7 layouts

New left-swipe navigation drawer

Revamped updates feed with document preview and new filtering options

New resizable home screen widget with scrolling

Ability to sort a folder by name, date, or size

Grid (icon) view for files

Ability to switch between multiple Box accounts from inside the app

Real-time updates to offline files while inside the app

Localized file and folder sizes

Finnish language support

Happy download :-)

avast! Mobile Security for Android gets slew of updates and fixes.

A lot have been written about Android being the target of malware or other sorts of attack targeting the platform and its users. The result was the increasing availability of security apps each of them claiming to provide the most secure protection against all sorts of cyber attack. While I've never personally been victim of such attacks, touch wood, I decided to be on the safe side and downloaded avast! Mobile Security on my Galaxy Nexus to serve as a barrage just in case I become a target. But there's more to avast! Mobile Security. 

The app also provides an anti-thief module. In the event your phone gets stolen and the SIM card is replaced, a SMS is automatically sent to a pre-set number without the thief even knowing. A feature that has helped in the past on my Windows Mobile 2003SE phone. The thief landed in jail for a year. So if you haven't got avast! Mobile Security yet, I strongly recommend you download it from Google Play Store. It is free, so there's really no excuse for you not to get it. The apps also works as a firewall and antivirus.

What's in this version:

• Fixed "Invalid context during scan" issue
• Simplified Anti-Theft installation
• New "Low-battery notification" feature in Anti-Theft component.
• Network Meter now has a "Billing day" option
• Fixed various issues in Firewall and Call/SMS filter
• Web Shield now supports Boat Browser app and Boat Browser Mini app
• Added a Turkish language pack
• Minor user interface (UI) changes
• Other tweaks and bugfixes