Download Mobile Security Report 2014 - AV

Product Review: Mobile Security ‐ July/August 2014
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Anti-Virus
Webroot's Anti-Virus component is intended
to protect the user against malicious
software. Various real-time protection features
can be activated in the "Shields" settings.
These are: real-time protection during
installation of apps, file-system guard, appexecution protection, and dialer protection.
Webroot SecurityAnywhere Mobile
Complete
Webroot SecureAnywhere Mobile Complete is a
balanced security product, which has a
feature-limited free version. For users who
require more functionality, a premium version
is available.
An automatic malware scan is also provided,
which can be scheduled to run hourly, daily or
weekly. The same applies for updates; these
can also be started manually.
Secure Web Browsing
This feature is intended to protect the user
when surfing the Internet. If the user believes
that a website has been blocked in error, this
can be defined as safe, whereby Webroot will
not block it any more.
In our quick test with Google Chrome, this
functioned very well.
Installation
We installed Webroot SecureAnywhere from
the Google Play Store. Once the licence
agreement has been accepted, the user has to
create a Webroot Account or log in with an
existing one. The password for the account
has to have at least 6 characters. The product
is then registered as a device administrator.
Starting the program
When the program is first started, an alert in
yellow points out that the Android lock screen
has not been activated, and the installation
of apps from unknown sources is allowed.
When both of these problems have been fixed,
the status display turns green and makes clear
that the product is now protected. An
automatic malware scan is also carried out.
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