14 DAY TRIAL // Symantec announced Symantec Mobile Security 4.0 for Symbian, as the only security solution for Symbian OS mobile devices to provide integrated antivirus and firewall technologies.
The solution is running on Symbian OS-based Series 60 and Series 80 smartphones, such as the Nokia 9300 and 9500 enterprise devices.
Symantec Mobile Security 4.0 for Symbian is available as a two-year downloadable service for users of select Nokia and Panasonic smartphones. In addition, a free 60-day trial version of Symantec Mobile Security 4.0 for Symbian is available for download from the Symantec website.
Symantec Mobile Security 4.0 for Symbian offers protection from the security concerns surrounding today's evolving wireless computing environment. Smartphones are increasingly being used in much the same way as notebook computers, putting these devices at risk of threats that are similar to their mobile PC counterparts.
According to a recent survey conducted for Symantec by InsightExpress, smartphone owners use their wireless devices not only for entertainment but also for emailing, instant messaging, browsing the Web, and downloading and sharing files over the Internet as well as for checking financial accounts. The survey found that 54 percent of smartphone owners use their devices to send and receive emails that include confidential personal data; more than 40 percent access bank accounts using their smartphones; and nearly one third of respondents access credit card accounts. The majority of smartphone users (55.7 percent) also store confidential personal, business, or client data on their devices.
From the moment it is installed, Symantec Mobile Security 4.0 for Symbian provides integrated antivirus and firewall capabilities for select Series 60 and Nokia 9300 and 9500 smartphones. This solution delivers proactive protection against all Symbian file-based forms of malicious threats, such as viruses, Trojan horses, and worms. Real-time automatic and on-demand virus scan capabilities protect files that are stored on the smartphone, while the firewall intercepts both incoming and outgoing connection attempts and blocks or permits them based on a list of rules. To ensure that devices are protected against new threats, LiveUpdate Wireless allows users to download the latest virus protection updates when the device has access to a wireless Internet connection.
Symantec Mobile Security 4.0 for Symbian is backed by Symantec Security Response, a team of dedicated intrusion experts, security engineers, virus hunters, and global technical support teams that work in tandem to provide extensive coverage for enterprise businesses and consumers. Symantec Security Response provides customers with comprehensive, global, 24x7 Internet security expertise to guard against today's complex Internet threats.
Symantec Mobile Security 4.0 for Symbian is available as a two-year downloadable service to consumers from www.symantecstore.com/symbian. The estimated retail price for the service is US$44.95.