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This has been a very busy week.
Two kids back in school and one more to go! We’ve done all the back to school shopping for clothes, back packs and paper and pencils but to me one of the most important back to school supplies is their mobile phones.
None of us leave home without phones which means that we are on them all the time… and that opens us up to some security threats. This year we are starting off better! I just discovered ESET Mobility Security and I tested it out on my husbands Note 2!
It took seconds to download and we were good to go!
ESET Mobility Security is an application that protects your Android smartphone and tablet.
I think this product is pretty brilliant. We’ve had something like this on our computers for a long time, but nothing like it for our mobile devises. With ESET Mobile Security you can explore the web with confidence while being protected by ESET’s Antivirus technology that scans files, websites and emails 24/7. Anti-Phishing shields your identity and personal data against theft (so important with the kids), while SMS & Call Filter helps you manage your time by making it easy to define who can contact you and when. All installed apps are scanned and organized with Apps Audit to show permission levels and what information on your phone or tablet they can access. In addition, proactive Anti-Theft increases the chances of recovering your lost or stolen device by enabling it to email you notifications, transmit its current location so you can track it on my.eset.com, sound an alarm, or even erase the contents remotely.
I plan to add this to all of our Android devices since you can install ESET on up to 5 devices on the same Google Play account, so you easily and economically protect all of your family devices.
It’s nice to know that we have that protection when downloading files and emails.
That always worried me before and this gives me total peace of mind. You can also scan your device with a touch of a button. Knowing that there were no threats found was very nice to see.
ESET also offers protection from these common threats:
- Phishing: an attempt to steal info like usernames, passwords, credit cards (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading in an electronic communication as a trustworthy source.
- Malware: “Malicious software” is software intended to damage or disable devices; gather sensitive information or gain access to your data.
- Ransomware: a type of malicious software (malware) designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid
How do you protect your mobile devices?
Wow, i never really thought about some of this. I think I will have to look into this device and see what my husband thinks. We do all have androids.
I know I was here once. Hubby just got home from work and I wanted to show him. Thanks again for sharing this!
A little extra security never hurt anyone, especially in the current state of our society. I will be sure to share this with my boyfriend. Thank you!
I’m not doing anything to keep my info safe on my smartphone, but I know I should be! I’m good about it on the desktop and PC, but have been ignoring mobile.
What a cool app to have on your phone. I am going to have to do more research about this. Thanks for the info.
Sounds like a good option for Android users. I like that it has so many settings so you can set it to your liking.
It’s very important to make sure our devices are safe. I’ll have to check out this app.
Unfortunately I do not have this. A few blogs I visit prompt me to download software through ads that pop up. Thus I think this app would be useful.
I honestly haven’t given too much thought to keeping my data safe on my smart phone. I guess I need to remedy that!
I haven’t ever thought of using something like this, but now I’m actually thinking – why hadn’t I! What a great idea. x
This is a great thing to have for your phone, it seems you need protection with all electronics now.
Wow, never considered a breech in security on our smartphones or tablets. Thank you for bringing this to my attention I will have to look into ESET.
At this point we only have passwords on our phones. Which really doesn’t do a lot to protect us. We need to be better about thinking of protecting or phones. We need to get this app!
This is a great idea since it seems that just about anybody can hack into anything anymore.
Oh, this is a great idea! I work in insurance, and one of the main ways hackers are getting to people now is through their smart phones! We sell insurance for that, but this is a fantastic idea!
Never heard of the Eset Mobility Security for Androids before. I will have to check it out more. Thanks for sharing.
What a great app! I don’t have any android devices though. Wonder if there is something similar for apple?
Mobile security is so important these days. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
Gosh I never thought to get our mobile devices protected. And we have so many too, I really need to look into this.
Looking forward to looking into getting this! We have 5 smartphones in our household and I feel like we could be our own statistic!
I don’t get on the internet with my phone. Yes, I’m old school like that. haha! But for my tablets I use a software for them.
Very cool. I love the idea of a little extra security. We truly carry our lives around in these devices!
Great info. Had not thought about some of this. So important to be secure.
omg! a must have app! i’ve never heard this before!
I make sure I don’t download apps which are not rated or have bad reviews.