GDVX_333

Thanks very much for your reply. Galaxy S4 with the latest (general release) Android OS version update that is available for it. I will look into what you wrote, and see if I can get a better handle on the battery usage related to MBAM. It's just that every time I looked at the phone, it seemed to be running another auto-scan, even though I had set it for the max. interval, which I think was 6 hours. That's a lot more activity than seemed necessary on such a lightly used phone, so I assumed it must be related to the apparent increased drain. I'm much more of a computer person than a phone person, which I know runs counter to the trend these days. This is my first smartphone -- have had it just around a year now. That should be too soon for the battery to be deteriorating, no ?

Some very recently installed app is inordinately draining the battery on my Samsung phone . . . and I nominate Malwarebytes Mobile for Android as a most likely culprit. If this is correct, it is probably because this MBAM app insists on running constantly, and doing various things on its own. I don't see any Settings option to run the app (for Scans or later updates) Manually Only, and there should be. That is to say, strictly on user demand, not automatically. I got along fine for a long time without any AV for my phone, and would go back to that reluctantly, but I can also do without needless extra battery drain. I'm a rather light phone user: NO streaming of anything, and infrequent internet access with the phone.