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Is it okay (beneficial) to have more than 1 antivirus installed on android device?

You mean for bitcoin use? Personally I wouldn't let my bitcoins anywhere near an android phone but that's just me.

I have two antivirus actually  on android phone and have been using Multibit wallet with two-factor authentication to make it even more secure.

is it ok to use more than one condom at once? ;)

lol. Yes, and in a recent situation, I wish I had. I shall say no more ;)

Really, so the guy above you that has been using 2 condoms plus DNA testing is actually not being that safe?

You should always use 3 condoms. That is the safest.

Hell, why not 6 plus a gunpowder cannon just in case.

Think of the  cost ;)

I am thinking, you can last for ages. Because your dick can't feel shit.  ;D

Sounds right in theory, you should try it and give us a report ;)

Okay, bottomline, is it okay/better to have more than 1 antivirus / anti malware?  Or 1 antivirus + 1 anti malware, or just 1 comprehensive antivirus is enough?

Just my opinion, but it is better not to run a bitcoin wallet on Android at all. Wasn't there an exploit found recently that left all wallets susceptible. Nothing to do with anti-virus, anti-malware ...... in the OS itself.

I don't care about running android wallet.  I don't run it anyway.

i don't trust my android phone enough.. there's too much junk on there. i usually like to wipe everything out and start anew, and i think it's about time.. but it can be a pain in the ass to set everything up again.

Multiple antiviruses might lag your device and prevent usage of many apps, especially the resource intensive ones.

I don't have any antivirus software on my android phone, but I don't download android games either. I did play around with a few android antivirus software a couple of years ago, there were some that offers "realtime" protection, and some offer app scanning only when you install new apps. If you decide to install 2 antivirus software, choose one from each type and you should be relatively safe.

I believe sensible use of the device is much more important (like no rooting, no games and only install apps from reputable developers)

Its not a good idea:

They will try to kill each other. They search your system for programs that are monitoring and sending information about your system, a competing antivirus program that is monitoring and sending information about your system tends to look like a virus, so it will attempt to block it and remove it.

They will fight over viruses. When an antivirus program encounters a virus, it removes it and quarantines it. But if a competing antivirus program sees that quarantined file and wants to remove and quarantine it in accordance with its own objectives, then it will repeatedly send reports and notifications about this virus that it is detecting.

They will sap your power. Antivirus programs use a lot of your system memory to conduct system scans and other related operations. If you have two of these operating simultaneously, your system’s effectiveness can be greatly diminished or completely wiped out altogether, and without any benefit, since the two are performing redundant operations.

Anti-virus software is just another piece of software running on your machine. Can you trust it? Can you trust someone won't infect it?

Any computer should have the minimum amount of software running, not the maximum.

Looks like you guys are too paranoid  ;D

I think having more than 1 antivirus installed on android device is fine, but it should be at least a quad-core phone.

Don't store or transmit sensitive information on a device where hardware and software is designed 100% for convenience. Problem solved.

Install the Xposed Framework and activate XPrivacy. It acts as a firewall. This, together with one antivirus should make you feel a litlle bit safer.

Or buy the Black Phone or Snowden Phone. Both of these phone are modified android with extra tight security.