Trend Micro launches mobile security solution for Android platform

 

Trend Micro, a global cloud security provider and
long-time innovator in mobile security, announced the latest addition to Trend
Micro’s Mobile arsenal, Trend Micro Mobile Security Personal Edition, a
solution designed to protect both Android smartphones and tablets that includes
a free app scanner, lost device protection and enhanced security to block
threats while surfing the Web, calling or texting.

 

Trend Micro’s threat researchers have tracked new threats
targeting Android devices growing at 800 percent since February 2011. In this
version, which also follows the release of Trend Micro’s Enterprise solution,
Trend Micro Mobile Security 7, a consumer’s mobile devices will be better
protected based on the new data that has been discovered over the last six
months. New and enhanced features include:

 

New App Scanner: Designed to block infected apps from
installing and stealing your personal information, New Lost Device Protection:
From a personal online portal, you can locate a lost device, trigger an alarm,
remotely lock it or even wipe it clean to protect your personal information.

 

Enhanced Surf, Call, and Text Security: Designed to block
online threats like banking scams, blocks unwanted calls and text messages and
designed to block inappropriate websites to protect your children.

 

“We believe mobile users need to be protected
against malicious applications. To help protect as many people as possible and
stifle criminal attempts to steal personal and financial information we are
offering our anti-malware scanner for free.” said Carol Carpenter, general
manager, Consumer Business at Trend Micro.

 

Additional enhancements offer a secure Web-based portal
that enables users to remotely find a lost device on a Google map and set off
an alarm, even if the device is set to silent. If the device can’t be found it
can be locked from the portal and if all else fails the user can wipe the
contents by triggering a factory reset.

 

As a safeguard, if the SIM card is removed the device is
also automatically locked. The Web-based portal provides an easy user
experience for those who may be in a state of panic over the whereabouts of
their device. They just need to login Trend Micro’s website.  

 

With the sheer amount of personal information now being
stored and transacted via these devices it is imperative that misplaced devices
be recoverable or the sensitive information deleted. Not only do these devices
allow a 3rd party to run up phone and data bills, but they could potentially
grant access to online banking, social networking and in some cases even
provide access to home automation systems including doors and alarms.

 

Trend Micro Mobile Security Personal Edition also gives
users the ability to protect their web surfing, calls and texts. Leveraging the
power of the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network infrastructure, which blocks
over 5 billion threats daily, all websites visited on the device browser are
checked against the same reputation databases that protect Trend Micro’s global
customer base.

 

Trend Micro recently announced the release
of the company’s web gateway solution, which delivers greater visibility and
control over the growing use of cloud-based applications such as instant
messaging, peer-to-peer, video and audio applications, and web mail.

 

Trend Micro InterScan Web Security 5.5 provides superior
protection against Internet threats, while reducing costs through datacenter
consolidation by supporting bare-metal, VMware Ready and Microsoft Hyper-V
virtual appliances.

 

By Telecomlead.com Team

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