Trend Micro Mobile Security

The Trend Micro company announced in November, 2011 release of the special version of the product Mobile Security for protection of Android smartphones from online of threats and cyber-criminals. The main function of a new packet is protection of users against the dangerous and harmful websites. Rendering the minimum additional load on the device, the packet of Trend Micro Mobile Security provides good protection against probable theft of personal data and other cyber-crimes.

Except safe visit of web pages, Mobile Security packet for Android supports parental control, control of the loaded files and also filtering of text messages and calls. The base of protection which is provided by a new packet of Trend Micro company is the world service Trend Micro Smart Protection Network and rich experience of the producer on fight against thefts of personal data, data loss and others online threats for 20 years.

At the moment the Trend Micro company, on her own assurances, is the only producer which provides "cloud" protection for Android smartphones. The configured lists of filtering give to end users the chance to fix or to completely block undesirable calls and messages, and control of reputation of the websites in combination with parent control ensure the safest functioning on the Internet even for beginning users.

The packet of Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android became the latest replenishment in a series of mobile solutions of Trend Micro company. Before the company already presented protective solutions for mobile devices with operating Windows Mobile system 2003 and also for devices Apple iPhone (Trend Smart Surfing iPhone).

Trend Micro™ Mobile Security allows to protect mobile devices based on Android from infections and cyber attacks. Android is the second most popular operating system for mobile devices which growth rates of popularity exceed 850% today.

Trend Micro Mobile Security for Android provides protection of files and safety of banking activities on Android devices, identifying and disarming cybercriminals, preventing network threats even prior to the attack. The Trend Micro Mobile Security annex undemanding to resources and developed especially for the Android platform, provides to modern users of mobile devices reliable protection and freedom of action.

Key lines of Mobile Security for Android:

• Safe work on the Internet
• Function of parent control
• Protection of the loaded contents
• Filtering of calls and messages

The Trend Micro Mobile Security application is developed based on Trend Micro™ Smart Protection™ Network taking into account 20 years' experience of the company in the field of protection against plunder of personal data, loss of information and others a web of threats. Users of Trend Micro Mobile Security will receive unique timely protection where they were admirers of the Android platform.

Trend Micro Mobile Security 7

The product Trend Micro Mobile Security 7 will provide effective centralized operation with all mobile devices to which access to network of the organization is provided. From the single administrator console the technical specialists given corresponding authority will be able to manage access for owners of mobile devices to networks and applications, to permit and prohibit installation of applications, to watch activity of users and to solve a broad spectrum of other important tasks.

The built-in mechanisms of data protection will provide a possibility of remote blocking of missing or kidnapped persons of devices and removal from them to confidential information. Administrators will also be able to deactivate separate components and functions of the device, such as built-in camera, Bluetooth interface or device for a read and write of data on memory cards.

Owners of portable devices will be well protected from the majority of the malware, thanks to close integration of a product with cloud infrastructure of Trend Micro Smart Protection Network. The reliable firewall, means of an intrusion prevention, mechanisms of filtering of calls and text messages will be at disposal of clients. Besides, IT specialists will be able to trace that each client device was protected using the safe password.

The list of the platforms supported by the product Trend Micro Mobile Security 7 includes popular mobile Android, IOS, Windows and Symbian OS.

Trend Micro Mobile Security 7.1

Trend Micro Mobile Security 7.1 differs in support of Apple iPad and iPhone devices and also the modern Android and BlackBerry smartphones. The mechanisms allowing to set comprehensive control over mobile devices are integrated into a unified environment of management of OfficeScan. The product Trend Micro Mobile Security 7.1 will also allow to ensure more productive functioning of personnel, additional flexibility of business processes and the increased satisfaction of employees and clients due to minimization of the existing risks.

Trend Micro Mobile Security 3.0

Trend Micro provided at the beginning of 2013 Trend Micro Mobile Security 3.0 — the innovation platform offering new approach to protection of users of smartphones and tablet PCs based on Android. Version 3.0 significantly expands "protection perimeter" of users, including information in an account of Facebook. New features and possibilities of the solution Trend Micro Mobile Security of third generation allow to guarantee inviolability of "private digital life" of the modern person. Besides, the new version also provides the accelerated scanning on existence of a malicious code and a possibility of backup of all user data in the protected Trend Micro cloud.

"For the last a year and a half we became witnesses of avalanche growth of number of threats for Android. Today we managed to detect over 350 thousand unique malware for this platform in numerous app stores and on other websites, including even such known as Google Play Store — Khoi Nguyen, the head of division of mobile solutions, Trend Micro says. — By our estimates, already by the end of 2013 the number of harmful and potentially dangerous applications for Android will reach a fantastic point — 1 million!"

However dangers to users are not exhausted by it. From 1.06 billion active users of Facebook of 680 million regularly visit the personal pages in this network from mobile ustroystv1; for many of them it is the only possible channel of access to the personal account. Not so long ago Facebook updated a set of security settings available to the user, however — according to results of the researches Consumer Reports — more than a third of users of Facebook still are in risk group. They do not know about how to configure confidentiality level, do not change these settings or at all neglect protection, freely sharing information with other people.

To meet this lack in protection, the Trend Micro Mobile Security 3.0 platform includes now a new solution of Trend Micro™ Privacy Scanner which provides the additional level of protection of the personal information placed by the user on the page on Facebook. It analyzes security settings of a profile and "prompts" how to change them to provide the maximum protection. Having once clicked the mouse button or having touched the screen, the user can browse the settings of the profile of Facebook including concerning access to personal information.

Let's notice that users can install Trend Micro Privacy Scanner on the mobile devices and in the form of the separate free application.

One more solution as a part of a packet of Trend Micro Mobile Security is Trend Micro™ Mobile Backup and Restore, the software for backup of information of the user in the protected Trend Micro cloud. Contacts, images, video, music, text messages, history of calls and events in the calendar — Trend Micro Mobile Backup and Restore allows to configure automatic backup of all these data. Besides, the new improved technology of scanning is capable to reveal quicker potential threats, helping to protect the mobile device from dangers of a new digital era. As well as Trend Micro Privacy Scanner, the solution Trend Micro Mobile Backup and Restore is also available as the separate application.