F-Secure Brings Anti-Theft To Windows Mobile Users

Tens of millions of mobile phones were lost or stolen in 2008, with just the UK reporting 10,000 stolen every month.* At the same time, more and more people and businesses are using sophisticated smartphones that contain highly confidential messages and pictures, banking details, e-mails and business projects. Protecting smartphones against loss and infection by mobile malware is therefore, more important than ever.

F-Secure Mobile Security and its advanced anti-theft feature is available today onward for Windows Mobile phone users. The anti-theft feature includes remote lock, remote wipe and theft control functionalities. The remote lock can be used to lock the device to protect confidential information with a single SMS. The theft control feature activates when the SIM card is changed by locking the device. As an ultimate safety measure to prevent misuse, it is also possible to erase all the data on the phone with the remote wipe by sending an SMS.

Venu Palakirti, F-Secure’s sales director India and SAARC, says, “Losing the personal and confidential data on a smartphone is a security issue for the phone’s owner. By adding the anti-theft feature to F-Secure Mobile Security, we wanted to provide an easy way to remote lock and wipe a phone in case it is lost or stolen. Anti-theft is a natural addition to our Mobile Security solution, which already has anti-virus and firewall features.”

F-Secure Mobile Security enables smartphone users to enjoy the full potential of their devices, safeguarding data even in the unfortunate event that the phone is lost or stolen. It combines real-time anti-virus and anti-spyware protection with a customisable firewall to make the phone completely safe.

F-Secure Mobile Security 5 with Antitheft is available for Windows Mobile from today.

*Statistics from UK Metropolitan Police