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Bitdefender App For Android Updated With Anti-Theft & SD Card Scanning

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If you are too concerned about the security of your Android device, then here’s a news that would surely relieve you big time. Bitdefender – a trusted cross-platform antivirus/antimalware solution – has recently updated its Android client with some of the most sought-after security features. While the client itself was covered on our website a couple of months ago, now it’s time to inform you about its latest updates and features. The updated Bitdefender Mobile Security app for Android lets you remotely locate your lost device and wipe vital data on your phone by logging into the Bitdefender website. Also, the updated client comes with the ability to transmit location of your device and scan SD-card upon mount or upon user request. Various other performance tweaks have also been made that we shall look at in detail past the break. Read More

Remotely Install Plan B To Track Down Your Lost Android Phone

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Having a ‘plan B’ up your sleeve for most instances in life is not a bad idea, and when it comes to securing your beloved Android phone, you better have one. While reviewing a couple of phone security/ locating apps such as TekTrak and Remote Ringer over the last week, we found that both demanded some sort of pre-configuration on your device to work effectively. But what if you somehow lose your mobile without any security app installed on it? There’s no need to panic because now we have Plan B – a free phone locating app for Android that, once remotely installed, is activated automatically and immediately starts sending geographic coordinates of your device on the associated mail account. Effectively, the app is your last-ditch effort to save your Android phone. Read More

TekTrak – Remotely Secure, Call, Text & Trace Your Android Device

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In quest to secure your beloved mobile phone, you may find plenty of phone protection apps but most of them don't provide you with an all-in-one solution. TekTrak is an Android app that brings comprehensive device protection and tracking solutions so that you can remotely secure your private information and locate your lost device easily. The iOS client of TekTrak has already had sound impact in the iTunes App Store while the Android client has been launched just recently. With TekTrak client installed on your Android, you can remotely access/secure your lost device from TekTrak website. Read More

Visidon AppLock For Android Uses Face Recognition To Unlock Protected Apps

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Protecting the private data on your mobile device from prying eyes often comes at the price of convenience. To what degree your preferred security tool hampers your day-to-day usage depends on the method it employs to secure your privacy. Most users prefer setting a lock screen password, PIN or pattern. Although said method is the simplest, typing in a password/PIN or drawing a pattern every time you unlock your device can prove to be quite a hassle, especially if you only need to secure a select few parts of your device – messages, photos and contacts, for instance. Developed for Android devices with a front-facing camera, Visidon AppLock is a free tool that eliminates the need for going through said ordeal over and over again. The app allows you to lock any number of apps and set one or more faces as passkeys for unlocking them. Read More

Website Security Monitor Scans Website For Virus, Errors, Scripts, & More

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If you are using CMS system for your website, like Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, etc with installed 3rd party plugins, it can be hard to determine whether your website has been affected by malware or a phishing script or not. In order to identify such issues or to check your website for malicious agents, you can use Website Security Monitor. It allows checking your webpages for unauthorized links, scripts, ads and inappropriate content. Additionally, it provides information regarding your website accessibility, performance, web server, database integrity, number of external and internal links, and web server security. Website Security Monitor has been created by the same developer who brought us the previously reviewed Social Monitor and Internet Security Controller. Read More

PermissionDog For Android Rates App Threat Levels Based On Permissions

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Android is a fast-flourishing mobile operating system, but, on the other hand, it is also among one of the most vulnerable ones out there. The open source nature of the platform means plenty of opportunities for developers to contribute towards making Android a dynamic OS. That having said, this liberty also bears with it various threats that your device could face in the form of permissions that an app may require in order to work effectively. Nowadays, you can’t blindly trust each and every application that you install from the Android Market. Though there are several anti-malware apps on the Market that can provide continuous and seamless protection for your system, said genre seldom includes the option to view detailed info on each and every installed app. PermissionDog for Android is a free, handy security app that lets you view the permissions of all user (installed) apps and indicates the threat level of each according to its permissions. Additionally, the app runs an on-access scanning service in the background, displaying within the notifications bar the permissions and threat level of apps as they are launched. Read More

AndroidLost Gives You Remote Access To Your Lost Android Phone

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The private data that you carry around with yourself on your smartphone can really hurt you if your phone gets misplaced and lands in the wrong hands. AndroidLost is a free app for Android phones that, in combination with a web interface, allows you to remotely sound an alarm on or send a popup message to your misplaced Android phone from your computer, view your phone’s location on a map, lock it with a pin code of your choice, read its status (battery, temperature etc.), toggle WiFi and/or GPS, send SMS, read received SMS, forward incoming calls to a number of your choice, wipe your phone’s SD card or order it to execute a factory reset via web or SMS commands sent from another phone. The app is in beta as of this writing. Read More

Add Security Layers Over Your Laptop With LapSec

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It is always recommended to make your portable devices as secure as they can be. No matter which type of mobile device you’re using, there is always a need of having an efficient security application which can instantly protect it from data theft and other general vulnerabilities. Take laptops for an instance, security concerns should be addressed right from the outset to ensure that nobody will ever break in and exploit administrative privileges. LapSec is a security application, developed especially for laptop owners to add security layers for keeping the system always safe from any kind of exploitations. The provided security measures are based upon diverse protection scales, including, disposing off pagefile before system shuts down, activating screen saver after defined time, removing autorun in USB and local drives, enabling password in recovery mode, disabling administrator account, and checking user password complexity. Furthermore, it also allows user to cipher My Documents folder to protect classified projects and information whilst option to encrypt user-defined directories is also available. Read More

Gain S-Off On HTC Desire GSM With AlphaRev 1.8 Custom HBOOT

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S-Off is a flag on Android phones that stands for security off. It disables the default read-only lock set on /system and /recovery partitions and enables you to directly replace system files and flash custom recoveries when other automated methods aren’t an option. You can now gain S-Off on your HTC Desire GSM with an HBOOT reflash, courtesy AlphaRev 1.8 Custom HBOOT. Read More

Lock Keyboard, Mouse, CD Drive With Toddler Keys

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Back in 2009, we covered a tool called Kid-Key-Lock, which is written to prevent kids from pressing keys on keyboard and mouse. Mistakenly pressing some keys can lead to serious problem like, your important files can be moved, deleted, or running application can be closed. Today, reader Aaron, shared another tool called Toddler Keys, which allows users to lock down major components and peripheral devices of their PC. You can lock Keyboard, Mouse, CD Drive doors, and Power-Off button. While all the devices are locked, it shows user-defined images and play sounds when any keys are pressed.
Editor's Note: If you have a a family computer where are you working on some important task, it is always recommended to save it and then lock your Windows. All it takes is two hotkeys, Ctrl+S to save, and Win+L to lock.
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DemocraKey Provides Internet Security For Anonymous Web Surfing And More

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DemocraKey is one of the most useful suite for privacy and security advocates, sadly not many people know about it. If you want both security and anonymity while browsing the web, give this portable privacy suite a shot. It includes a variety of different open source tools for performing tasks from secure browsing and virus scanning to encryption and anonymous email sending. Read More

How To Lock/Wipe Your Android Phone If Lost Or Stolen

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Lost your Android Phone? Worried about all the data and information you have in it? Well, finally there is a easy solution for it. Norton Symantec recently released a beta version of Norton Security for Android Devices, available in the Market Place. Its free for now, quick to install and easy to use. With this smart app you can remotely lock or wipe your phone completely, if lost or stolen. Ergo, both respective features of the app can come in handy in various situations that a typical modern smartphone user is confronted with these days. Read More

Check Vulnerabilities And Update Applications Security Patches To Protect Your System

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Secunia PSI (Personal Software Inspector) addresses the OS-specific vulnerabilities and seek out all the obsolete & out-dated programs and extensions/plug-ins which can exploit your system or make it vulnerable to numerous kind of attacks and threats. It offers a staunch armor to prevent users from programs that can exploit system loop holes or directly attack your PC. Read More

WinGuard Pro 7: Block Software Installation, Lock Task Manager, Windows Explorer, & More

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WinGuard Pro 7 is an application that allows you to password protect a program, folder, and drives, lock task manager, windows explorer, and block software installation. On launch it requires password-setup, where you can use the default password too. Password protecting any program is fairly simple, hit the Protect a Program or Website link from Welcome tab or directly access it from Access Control tab. It will list major applications which you can lock by putting a password. You can also put password on any current running tasks, click on Browse button, select the task from the list and hit Lock. Read More

Lock Folders And Disable USB Port For Flash Drive With BuduLock

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Data security is a big concern if you use a shared or public computer. Putting password and locking folders containing important data is a solution. Though there are enormous tools which provide such facility, yet we can't stop reviewing some new tool which we come across.  BuduLock is a simple tool which enables you to lock  folders smartly. It also lets you disable USB port for flash drive to prevent access. Read More

BlackBox: Free Advanced Security Monitoring System

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The need of having an efficient Security Monitoring tool is steeping high day-by-day, as users are more concerned about the security in general and unauthorized access in specific. Many tools have been made public, which promises to cover & resolve utmost security concerns. Security breach in any aspect is inevitable, as long as you don't deploy full security monitoring system. Amongst many solutions, you can try out a free utility: BlackBox, which addresses the very same security concerns & other relevant monitoring phenomena. It's built keeping multiple elements in mind, be it mailbox, website, program information, instant messaging, etc, you can monitor almost every action under one hood. Read More

Free Windows Security Software Downloader

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SSDownloader or Security Software Downloader is a portable opensource application that allows user to download multiple popular security software, both free and paid, from an easy-to-use interface. In layman’s term, it is a batch security software downloader. Read More

Protect Files On Your USB From Accidental Deletion & Modification

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USB flash drives are one of the most popular data transfer media these days, and while their massive use brings great ease of use, it also puts data at the risk of loss, corruption, theft and such other hazards. However, to those who have experienced it, nothing appears more devastating and unfortunate than to have your flash drive accidentally formatted, deleted or modified, resulting in irrecoverable loss of precious data. Read More