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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android a 30 app guy and in this quick video we're gonna take a look at 360 security so what does 360 security actually do for starters it's an anti-virus application that comes with a decent set of features they include real-time scanning of your apps and files to make sure any potential problems don't exist anymore a scanner to find pre-existing problems and it can detect adware malware Trojans and more the virus database is updated from the cloud pretty much whenever you want it to on top of that it also has a cleanup function that will find old forgotten and otherwise useless files on your device it will then clear out all of those files to help give you some extra storage this functionality is extended to applications as well you can find and uninstall apps you don't use to save on space and sometimes conserve battery there is also a boost function that clears out running applications this is actually configurable so you can leave applications in memory if you want to we recommend putting all of the applications you frequently use in the exception so they don't spend all day reinitializing and draining your battery otherwise it seems to work as intended the app has a bunch of other features as well one of our favorites was the app locking using this feature you can lock various applications to prevent access and you can set a pattern lock to keep it secure it works as expected and you can configure which applications have the lock and which ones do not there is also a newer feature that allows you to block notifications from various apps this functionality is kind of built into lollipop and marshmallow but the application takes it just a step further you can configure which applications show you notifications and then it'll hide the other ones for later viewing this is great especially for games that don't know when to shut up along with that you'll get a call in an SMS filter that will automatically block incoming SMS and phone calls from numbers and contacts that you've assigned this is a good way to get rid of free Pete telemarketers and other various annoyances 360 security has several other additional features they include an application manager to help you uninstall and view applications a data monitor that lets you set your monthly limits and keep track of that and they find my phone feature that is integrated with Google that will help you find your device it's true that not everyone will find every single feature useful but with the giant list of things available there's something there for just about everyone okay now that we know what it does here's what we liked about 360 security pretty much everything you do in this application is configurable and we really liked that if you like a feature you can configure it to your needs and if you don't want a feature you can opt not to use it the whole thing is totally your call and nothing is forced on you which we really liked the phone SMS and notification filters are really fun to play with it's nice getting those set up and knowing that when your phone goes off it's because it's something you actually want to interact with the clean up feature is pretty nifty a lot of applications have this one in 360 Security's version works as well as any of them it's a good way to get rid of old forgotten and otherwise useless files to free up some storage the antivirus security actually works and it's quick and painless during our tests that found out the mail where applications right away and uninstalling them was really easy the tertiary features also work really well in fact during our testing we didn't run into one broken feature or a forced closed 360 security as a whole seems to be a very stable application we also really liked that the Find My Phone feature was integrated with your Google account instead of trying to do its own thing it's so much easier this way and we appreciated the efforts finally it uses the Android design guidelines and it looks very good doing so it is definitely a good-looking application it's also totally free with no in-app purchases which is always a plus the application appears to be supported by advertising and the advertising isn't all that intrusive and here's what we didn't like so much we loved that the boost feature is configurable so it doesn't kill off the applications that you use often unfortunately it doesn't come configured hardly at all and depending on your usage removing that many applications from memory can result in many of them popping right back up again as you use your device continuously reloading applications this way can actually make your battery life worse if you don't use it right again that's depending on your use case many of the applications best features are in the menus it focuses on the boost the cleanup and the antivirus functionality we would have liked to have seen the various filters app lock and the Find My Phone feature more prominently represented as with any application with advertising we would have liked to have seen a way to pay to remove the ads it's a small thing since the ads generally aren't intrusive and there are no popups anywhere but having that option is always preferable finally when you first run the application 360 security will place a few icons on your home screen all of these features are available in the application so we don't understand why they did this and it can be a little intrusive overall 360 security is one of the best if not the best all-in-one optimization applications available today it's true that a few of the features require a bit of configuration to get them to work right and not everything is perfect with a set of features of 360 security delivers is quite impressive and the application itself is solid and stable if you want to try it out we'll have that link for you in the video description below along with some other important information it currently rocks a 4.6 rating in the Google Play Store and has been downloaded by over 100 million people we can see why that would be the case it is totally free to use with no in-app purchases so there is no harm in trying it out for yourself once again I'm Joe hindi the Android authority app guide don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel because we are your source for all things Android as always thanks for watching everybody and have a wonderful day