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.


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