Spyware scanner and removal for phones

Spyware is a type of malware that infects your phone, tablet, or computer. On a phone, it can gather your texts, call logs, location, photos, browsing history, usernames and passwords, and payment information. You could have a spyware infection and never know unless you’re technically savvy enough to understand where to look for it.

Yes, because your privacy isn’t secure online. Spyware follows your online activity and personal information by infecting your phone to initiate illegal activities such as stealing your identity or breaching your data. It can be difficult to remove without spyware protection.

When you’re looking for mobile security, don’t settle for a tool that only scans. Look for protection that also blocks scam texts, malicious links, and other ways spyware gets onto your phone in the first place.

On Android, Malwarebytes for Android searches your phone for spyware, sniffs out threats wherever they’re hidden, and removes them. Real-time protection then blocks infostealers, malicious apps and infected files before they can do harm.

On iPhone, Apple doesn’t allow security apps to scan for malware, so Malwarebytes for iOS focuses on keeping spyware out. It detects jailbreaks, blocks malicious sites, filters scam texts and calls, and warns you about insecure Wi-Fi.

Yes, though it’s less common than on Android. iPhone spyware usually gets in through a jailbroken phone, a malicious configuration profile, or a phishing link that steals your Apple Account password. Rarely, highly targeted spyware attacks journalists, activists and other high-risk people. If that’s you, consider turning on Apple’s Lockdown Mode.

For everyday protection, Malwarebytes for iOS closes the most common entry points by detecting jailbreaks and blocking scam texts, calls and malicious sites.

Yes. Mobile spyware hides undetected in the background and can steal information such as incoming or outgoing SMS messages, call logs, emails, browser history and photos. Spyware can send your stolen information via data transfer to a remote server or through email.

Android spyware often arrives through apps downloaded from outside Google Play or through malicious links. Malwarebytes for Android scans for and removes spyware, malware, ransomware, and other threats, and blocks new ones in real time.

Not in the traditional way. Apple doesn’t let apps scan an iPhone’s files or other apps, so no security app can run a full spyware scan on iOS. Instead, keep iOS updated, remove apps and configuration profiles you don’t recognize, and use Malwarebytes for iOS to check for a jailbreak and block the links and messages spyware relies on. If you still suspect spyware, back up your data and reset the phone to factory settings.

Scam Guard is Malwarebytes’ scam checker, built into Malwarebytes Mobile Security for Android and iPhone. Share a suspicious text, email, link or phone number and it tells you whether it’s likely a scam, combining an AI chat companion with Malwarebytes threat intelligence. Because spyware often arrives through scam messages, checking before you tap is one of the easiest ways to keep it off your phone.