Protectstar Antivirus AI Named a Winner of the 2026 Evan Kirstel’s We Love Tech Awards

Protectstar Inc. today announced that Protectstar Antivirus AI has been named a winner of the 2026 Evan Kirstel’s We Love Tech Awards in the Mobile Apps (Product) category. The annual awards program recognizes individuals, organizations, and products that shape how businesses operate, communicate, protect data, improve customer experiences, and responsibly bring artificial intelligence into practical applications.

Protectstar Antivirus AI is a privacy-first Android security app that combines signature-based malware detection and AI-powered analysis in a dual-engine architecture. The award recognizes a solution that combines protection against malware, spyware, ransomware, potentially unwanted programs, and emerging mobile threats with privacy, high performance, and ease of use.

“Security apps should not function like surveillance apps. This award confirms exactly the standard we built Antivirus AI for: strong protection, clear user control, and consistent privacy in an app that simply works in everyday use.” — Chris Bohn, CEO and Founder of Protectstar Inc.

Antivirus AI is designed to identify known and new attack patterns early, without unnecessarily transmitting private content. The app uses two complementary layers of protection: proven signatures and heuristics for known threats, plus AI-powered analysis for new, suspicious patterns. When a new risk is detected, protection signals can be created from it that may benefit all users more quickly.

Independent validation is a central part of this approach. In the AV-TEST report for Android security products from January 2025, Protectstar Antivirus AI 2.1 achieved 99.8 percent real-time protection against the latest Android malware attacks, 99.9 percent detection of widespread Android malware, 6 out of 6 points for performance, and 6 out of 6 points for usability. In addition, Antivirus AI for Android 2026 was again verified according to DEKRA MASA L1. The assessment covers, among other things, secure app architecture, privacy requirements, encrypted communication, permission minimization, and technical hardening.

Evan Kirstel, Founder of the We Love Tech Awards, particularly emphasized that mobile security can be possible “without trackers, ad IDs, or data harvesting”. He also recognized the combination of dual-engine scanning, AV-TEST certification, DEKRA MASA L1 validation, and an easy-to-use Android app as an example of privacy-first, trust-based technology.

“In mobile security, trust is not an add-on feature. Trust is the product. Users give a security app deep insight and far-reaching responsibility. That is why such an app must not only detect threats; it must also be developed according to the highest security and privacy principles.” — Chris Bohn

The 2026 We Love Tech Awards honor winners across the nomination types Individual, Organization, and Product. Solution categories include Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Customer Experience, Cybersecurity, SaaS, IoT, Networking, and Mobile Apps, among others. Nearly 400 volunteer judges evaluated submissions using a category-specific judging framework. The complete winners list is available at welovetechawards.com.

About Evan Kirstel

Evan Kirstel is a prominent voice in the B2B technology space, with a reach of more than 550,000 followers across podcast, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, and Instagram. With many years of experience working with Fortune 1000 brands, Evan helps companies use social media strategically for growth, audience engagement, and social selling.