Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Symantec Releases Antivirus for Android

Symantec announces Norton Mobile Security for Android 2.0 to provide maximum protection, can even help track down a lost device.


"A total of 600 thousand applications have been downloaded Norton Mobile Security and rating 4 out of 5 stars in the Android Market," said Effendy Ibrahim, Symantec's Director for Consumer Business in Asia on Monday.

Android Market has grown significantly in recent years, accounting for 6 billion downloads done until today. Unfortunately, users should be careful because, according to research Internet Security Threat Report Symantec, the malware that threaten the Android-based devices quadrupled from a year earlier.


Norton Mobile Security for Android 2.0 has anti-phishing protection to block Web fake Web sites and protect users connected to the Internet through smart phones. Phishing is a form of fraud that can occur in mobile phones, tablet or computer.

Norton Mobile Security for Android 2.0 can lock a lost phone remotely when it is stolen or lost so as to prevent foreigners stealing important information.

"This security system also keeps track of the device is lost," he said.

Users can find, lock, or delete data on Android devices with a simple short message. Norton Mobile Security sends the GPS coordinates of the right to tell the location of mobile phones so users can track it down.

Security application that detects and removes threats, viruses, and spyware from your SD memory card (Secure Digital). With regular updates, Norton Mobile Security for Android 2.0 gives a sense of security to the user.

Norton Mobile Security became available in September and can be purchased at retail stores across Indonesia at a price amounting to Rp139.000 license. That price includes one year subscription and receive protection updates from Symantec.

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