BitDefender Mobile Security

BitDefender Mobile Security - it the anti-virus application for the mobile platform Android optimum is suitable for modern smartphones thanks to the high performance, very moderate resource consumption of the accumulator and to effective mechanisms of detection of malware.

The patent "cloud" technologies which are the cornerstone of Bitdefender Mobile Security guarantee the high speed and quality of scanning of the mobile device. Besides, thanks to the on-line nature the product is capable to identify without effort absolutely unfamiliar threats and to prevent smartphone infection with a poorly studied virus, "trojan" or the espionage application.

One of the most useful features of a product is the mechanism under the name Application Audit. This function allows an antivirus to monitor work of all applications installed on the smartphone and to take effective measures in case of detection of unacceptable behavior. Including the built-in auditor will announce the attempts of the appeal to personal information made by the application or Internet connection. The component under the name Event Viewer watches closely actions of the user, changes of the status and other important events.

BitDefender Mobile Security supports two operation modes of On-Demand Scanning and On-Install Scanning, first of which assumes scanning of a system at the request of the user, and the second in the automatic mode subjects to careful check each new program before its installation. In the second case scanning is performed only in case of the arisen need that allows the mobile device to work longer without recharge of the accumulator.

The Romanian company Bitdefender officially began in November, 2011 deliveries of the mobile antivirus of Bitdefender Mobile Security for devices running the Android operating system. The producer calls the product the first solution such on the Android platform.

Bitdefender Mobile Security incorporated all long-term practices of Bitdefender company on fight against viruses on normal computers. Nevertheless, all options of a product which are released still had the status of the beta – the company management of Bitdefender especially estimated efforts more than 120,000 volunteers who took part in beta testing.

In the end result the mobile antivirus of Bitdefender Mobile Security integrates in itself cloud computing and extensive experience of developers, offering users regularly updated security system with the minimum additional load on the battery and computing resources of mobile devices.

The structure of a packet of Bitdefender Mobile Security includes such functions as audit of applications which continuously control the list of permission, issued to each specific application in a system. The module Anti-Theft helps users to trace a stolen property or the lost device, and the module Web Security warns users of Android devices about such important potential threats as a phishing or presence of viruses on the opened web pages.

The mobile antivirus of Bitdefender Mobile Security is available in two options – paid and free. Scanning of web pages on presence of viruses and tracking of the lost devices using the module Anti-Theft are available only in the paid version. Nevertheless, even the free version can bring considerable benefit due to scanning of each new application during installation and control of permissions for all installed applications.