Kalkhan Anti-Virus

The virus scan runs inside your phone

CleanPulse uses the anti-virus engine of Kalkhan Security. The database ships with the app; a scan needs no internet connection and uploads no file.

A virus scan in progress: progress ring, percentage and the app being scanned

How it scans

Four layers of inspection

76,475

File signatures

The fingerprint of every app and file is compared with the signatures of known malware.

632

Stalkerware packages

The package names of commercial spyware used for covert tracking are recognised.

52 + 31

Family patterns and rules

The code of an app is inspected with 52 patterns of known malware families and 31 rules.

87

Known vulnerabilities

Your Android version and installed apps are checked against recorded security vulnerabilities.

The result screen

It tells a threat from a suspicion

A named threat and a match that merely deserves a look are not the same thing. CleanPulse shows them in separate sections, counts only real threats in the headline and explains in one sentence why each review item was flagged.

Scan result: no threats found, items scanned and duration

Scan types

A scan for every need

Quick scan

Installed apps and the Downloads folder. Apps that were scanned before and have not changed are passed in seconds.

Full scan

Installed apps and the whole shared storage. Installers and archives are scanned whatever their size, other files up to 32 MB.

Custom scan

A single file you pick, or files you share from another app.

What it does not do

To trust a security app you need to know its limits.

  • CleanPulse does not use an always-running background service; scans run when you start them, when a new app is installed and at scheduled checks.
  • The private folders of other apps are closed to every app by Android and cannot be scanned.
  • No anti-virus finds every threat. A clean result means the scanned items matched no record in the database.
  • A detected app is never removed on its own; you decide what to do.

Give your phone some room today

Free. No account needed. Scans run on your device.

Get it on Google Play