New anti-theft security for Android devices

E-Scan has designed a mobile security and antivirus application that would enable users of Android mobile phones and tablets to retrieve information about their phones when stolen.

The application, tagged, ‘E-Scan Mobile Security for Android’, will be launched on Thursday in Lagos.

The company said the application would work for android 2.2 and above with minimum disk space of 2.4MB. It said, “The anti-theft feature provides security and ensures complete protection to your hone from nay unauthorized access on the event if your phone device is lost or stolen. This feature will protect when you enabled all required settings.

“If your device consists of a GPS receiver, it automatically gets enabled once the device receives a special Short Message Service command. On the event of your phone device is lost or stolen, you can block the access of the device and data stored on it through Block feature. It helps delete the selected information from the device remotely through Data Wipe feature.”

It added that the phone could also be traced through SIM card, saying, “It also helps protect your phone device from theft if the SIM is replaced by new SIM through SIM watch feature.  It assists you to locate your device remotely through GPS find.”

Other key features of the mobile security included anti-virus; scheduled updates; calls and SMS filter; backup/restore of contacts and SMS; parental control and application control; privacy advisor; advanced settings; password protection.