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Hypatia Malware Scanner icon

Hypatia Malware Scanner

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Hypatia is the world's first FOSS malware scanner for Android. It is powered by Clam AntiVirus style signature databases.

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License model

  • FreeOpen Source

Country of Origin

  • GB flagUnited Kingdom

Platforms

  • Android
  • Android Tablet
  • F-Droid
Discontinued

Due to lack of funding and only one person managing the entire project, DivestOS and its apps will not receive any further updates. This includes Hypatia, which, along with Carrion icon Carrion will no longer receive database updates. https://divestos.org/pages/news#end

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  Malware Analysis
  3.  No Tracking
  4.  Automated Malware Scan

 Tags

  • antivirus-security
  • virus-protection
  • offline-antivirus

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Hypatia Malware Scanner information

  • Developed by

    GB flagDivested Computing
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.5
  • Alternatives

    102 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Hypatia Malware Scanner, and it has gotten 11 likes

Hypatia Malware Scanner was added to AlternativeTo by headlines on Oct 7, 2021 and this page was last updated Dec 23, 2024. Hypatia Malware Scanner is sometimes referred to as Hypatia.

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Top Negative Comment
Navi
Apr 1, 2025
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This was forked with the same name and that version is still maintained. Unfortunately it still has the same issue of minimal effectiveness due to being.based on detecting known malware not malicious behavior of apps and services. There is a lot an app can do without any permissions given.

What is Hypatia Malware Scanner?

Hypatia is the world's first FOSS malware scanner for Android. It is powered by Clam AntiVirus icon Clam AntiVirus style signature databases.

Features:

  • Near zero battery impact: you'll never notice any impact on battery at all
  • Extremely fast: it can scan small files (1MB) in <20ms, and even large files (40MB) in 1000ms.
  • Memory efficient: with the default databases enabled it uses under 120MB.
  • Regular scan: allowing selection of /system, internal storage, external storage, and installed apps
  • Realtime scanner: can detect malware in realtime on write/rename in internal storage
  • Completely offline: Internet is only used to download signature databases, files will never ever leave your device
  • Persistence: will automatically restart on boot/update
  • Tiny codebase: coming in at under 1000 sloc, it can be audited by even someone with basic programming experience
  • Minimal dependencies: the app only uses libraries when necessary
  • Signature databases can be enabled/disabled at the users demand