Apps To Protect Your Phone From Hackers

Humans always protect their valuable things so that it remains safe and secured. They protect their important gadgets, house, and vehicle with proper security systems. They provide good security to them so that it remains safe. It’s always found that people give more protection to expensive devices because once it gets stolen it is not easy to buy that device again. Unlike another device mobile phones too play an important role in people’s day to day life.  As mobile phones are important, it is the duty of every mobile user to give proper protection to their phone. A mobile user cannot leave his phone open to spam and other virus as cell phones contain a lot of personal and official information. Since cell phones have in store a lot of crucial information certain important applications must be installed in phones for good protection.



In this article we would mainly be talking about 4 important security Applications for the protection of mobile phones.

1. McAfee Virus Scan Mobile

This application prevents phone from malicious virus, Trojan, malware, worms and many more. Apart from protecting mobile phones it also offers protection to internet downloads emails and instant messages.

2. Lookout

This one is one of the popular security applications. This award winning mobile security application proves to give good security to Smart phones namely Android, Windows Mobile, and Blackberry phones. This application scans and detects spyware, Trojan from the mobile devices. The application also serves as a backup system for restoring information.

3. MobiSecurity

MobiSecurity is again a mobile security application which aims in giving mobile security to mobile phones. Apart from giving security to mobile phones it can track lost mobiles. This Application can very easily be installed cell so that people do not panic in case of phone loss. It has the capacity to locate the exact location of people’s lost phone and wipe out all the important information stored inside the phone.

4. Norton Mobile Security

This application offers good protection to phones running under Android platform against phone thefts and virus.

M-commerce Shoppers Worried About Mobile Security

Mobile phones these days are making a lot of business with the help of m-commerce or mobile commerce as we call it. Now, mobile commerce means making financial transactions and carrying out promotional activities with the help of mobile phones. With the advancement in technology internet connection is very easily available on all Smart phones. Thus, with mobile net connections consumers no longer need to make use of their computers and laptops for carrying forward online transactions.

Though online shopping is believed to be safe and secure consumers are worried about using their cell phones for shopping online. In a conducted research it was found that around 60% of people were worried about their mobile security getting hampered. However, they believe that their mobile security will not be disturbed if they make use of e-commerce electronic commerce through laptops and computers. 

The last year witnessed quite a lot of cases of identity theft and credit card frauds through m-commerce. While, only 13% of security fears were noted during online transaction via desktop and laptop. Despite of such security transaction risks the m-commerce market is believed to grow further in the coming years. Shoppers are hence worried about their smart phone security.

 A good Security is quite necessary for phones because phones play a vital role in every individual’s life. With all such security risks the mobile commerce in UK is expected to increase by 53% in the year 2012. Consumers should now make it a point to install some good mobile security application in their phones to drive away their m-commerce worry.

A good security application will surely protect user’s phone from all such online threats. So, consumers get a good mobile security application for a risk free online promotion and transaction.

Absence Of Mobile Phones Creates Phobia

People undergo a lot of disorders in their day to day life. These disorders include anxiety disorders, depression etc. Now, these anxiety disorders mainly consist of different phobias. Phobia means an immense deep fear against something. 

I Love My Phone

There are different types of phobia like necrophobia, claustrophobia, hydrophobia but, have you ever heard about nomophobia? It might sound strange but nomophobia is a situation faced by people generally when they get separated from their mobile phones.

There is no doubt that today cell phones have more or less become a necessity for every individual. People are just addicted to their phones all the time. Off late it has been seen that majority of people are addicted to their phones. In a study conducted it was noted that lot of people were addicted to their phones. Mobile researchers have found that out of five, four mobile users get scared and panic if they get separated from their phones. These people cannot stay away from their phones even for a single minute.

 The study also proved that young adults suffer more compared to elders. The percentage of phone addicts has indeed increased in these four years from 53% to 66%. Addicts tend to suffer from nomophobias because they rely a lot on their cell phones. They depend over cell phones for doing all kinds of activities which indirectly makes them habituate to mobile

The survey stated that 77% of people who were nomophobic range between the age group of 18 to 24. The study conducted by SecurEnvoy stated that women got more worried about losing their phones compared to men. Also there are people who own 2 phones which shows how addicted they are to their mobile devices. Some people do not give their phones to others even for a single minute as they dislike others reading their texts and contacts.  Lastly it was seen that the maximum of nomophobics reside in UK and there has been no decrease in the rate of nomophobics.

A Good Wi-Fi Security App for Android

People today use basic and smart phones extensively for a lot of purpose. In Smart Phones specifically people use internet for checking mails and making other business deals. It has been noticed that people who use internet on public Wi-Fi networks tend to leak out their personal and company information. Public Wi-Fi connections do not have any security hence user must be carefully while using cell phones in public Wi-Fi. Smart Phones especially must not be used.  However to give good security to Android phones, Mr Heinrich Gurke has come up with an App named Wi Fi Protector. This App has the capacity to detect virus and prevent and protect Android phones from any external threats.

Google Android

This App must be installed in your Android Phones before you start using it to a wireless corporate LAN. This App is not totally free and costs minimal rate in the UK. This App is the only App so far which can make countermeasures on Android Smart Phones. This means it can be easily installed in rooted handsets too for security purposes. This App gives protection to the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) ARP spoofing etc. apart from this the App also gives protection to some other rare important software. 

People who surf social networking sites from their Android Smart Phone must definitely use this security App as it will protect their Android phone from dangerous Malware and Virus. Though this App was developed at a very early stage its current version can with stand Wi-Fi snooping in public networks as well as private networks. In short we can say that this App is a very essential and useful for every Android phone. 

Hence those people who really want to protect their Smart Phone and give it good security must use this App.