This new antivirus application called Sophos Mobile Security attempts to safeguard smartphones from malware and cautions Android fans who are called fandorids of programs that penetrate privacy. It also helps them to lock a device in case it happens to be misplaced or stolen and it can be done at no extra cost to either the battery life or the performance of the smartphone. The application that was launched on Monday is available on Google Play for download.
There are quite a number of free security scanners already for the Android OS, however the performances of a couple of them have not been up to the mark. Performances of products that can be bought like Kaspersky and F-Secure are far better. The product from Sophos is being placed to compete against the better free Android scanners such as AVG (Droid Security) and Lookout, nevertheless with the advantages of providing features like loss of hardware and privacy that are found in the products that one has to pay for.
Mobile Security from Sophos is created to scan applications by default as it is being installed, thereby preventing unwanted programmes. The know-how is also capable of finding misplaced or stolen Android gadgets, in addition to safeguarding personal details from burglars.
Sophos had penetrated into the mobile security field rather late, however instead of trying to get hold of the freebie market for Androids, their new application would be utilised to promote a Managed enterprise edition that would be launched this current year.
The concept is a rather practical one as it mingles well with the trend that says one should carry one’s own thing, a trend that permits the selections of technology by the consumer so as to outline corporate IT, which would also consist of the mobile security items that they utilised.
As per Juniper Networks, malware in Android phones grew by 155 percent when compared to what it was two years ago.
Vice President of Product Management in Sophos, Matthias Pankett stated that they did not seem to see any slowing down of numbers in malicious software, what with more owners of smartphones utilise their gadget not just to save personal details, but also to get accessibility to social network sites and browse the Internet. He said that this sort of usage together with the growth in the Bring Your Own Device (BOYD) is beginning to make Android gadgets a terrific goal for malware and criminals on the Internet.
A free application was launched by Sophos for Macs two years back. The concept then was to enhance hygiene in home users rather than thinking about licences, however mobile security was far more essential to the corporate strategies of software Security Company based in the UK, therefore the new application offered by Sophos was in no way a charitable offering.
