Norton Smartphone Security


symantec-securityNorton, one of the earliest anti-virus companies, also has an app to guard your smartphone. Norton Smartphone Security protects against viruses and malicious threats from entering your smartphone. It minimises SMS spam, blocking short text and multimedia messages from unknown senders. Norton Smartphone Security also blocks snoopware from turning on your camera, preventing intruders from entering and exporting data from the mobile phone.

Norton Smartphone Security also automatically scans, detects, and quarantines viruses, worms, and mobile spyware. Its SMS antispam feature blocks short messages (text and multimedia) from unwanted senders. Real-time protection on the Norton Smartphone Security includes enhanced firewall to block hackers, intrusions, and denial-of-service attacks.

Norton Smartphone Security supports Symbian and the Microsoft Windows Mobile platforms for the mobile phone. With the Norton Smartphone Security you can easily manage and schedule antivirus scans and updates, set the firewall protection level, and manage file encryption. Norton Smartphone Security protects the mobile phone against malicious code downloaded from the Web, sent via email, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or infrared ports.

Norton Smartphone Security also delivers product and virus definition files wirelessly through its LiveUpdate feature. Its activity log shows all recently logged events. User alerts on the Norton Smartphone Security allow you to respond quickly to potential threats.

Norton Smartphone Security works on the following mobile operating systems: Windows Mobile® 5.0 Pocket PC/Smartphone, Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional/Standard, Symbian OS 9 (Series 60 Version 3, UIQ 3.0). Device requirements to run Norton Smartphone Security include: Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition and 6.0 Professional: 1.8 MB of storage; Windows Mobile 5.0 Smartphone and 6.0 Standard: 1.7 MB of storage; Symbian OS 9 (Series 60 Version 3, UIQ 3.0): 1.1 MB of storage. PC requirements: Microsoft ActiveSync 4.1 or later (for use with Windows Mobile phones) and Nokia® PC Suite (for use with Symbian OS phones)