How to Secure Your SMART PHONE

            With the advent of smartphones there is very thin line that seperates mobile phone from traditional computers. Nowadays we use our mobile for variety of entertainmemt and work related purpose.every thing  from taking picture,listning to music,chating with friends,socialnetworking site,reading emails,surfing websites,gaming,e-commerce and even banking is nowadays benig done on smartphones.it has become very comman for user to download files and install application on their phone from the internet or from other mobile phone using Bluetooth.smartphone have become smaller version of laptops.but at the same time they have also become problem ,and so its important to take precautions and protect phones against various security threats,like viruse

             The days are gone when viruses could only infect your computers and laptops.in the last few years,there have been hundreds of incidents of mobile phones getting infected with such malware. Mobile viruses can even spread to contacts that users have stored on their mobile phones. In enterprises, these viruses can pose a serious threat to the network and can contribute to loss of service and productivity. so,just the way we have antivirus on our computers .its important to install an antiviruse software on our cell phone as well.some of popular antiviruse for your mobile phone includes

 1) NetQin Mobile Antivirus

NetQin Mobile Anti-virus is recommended by nokia.com and is the first Symbian platinum partner in China’s security field, along with the important partner of Windows Mobile in security area. NetQin Anti-virus supports almost all mobile phones across the world. Download NetQin Mobile Antivirus.


2) Airscanner Mobile Antivirus

Airscanner Mobile Antivirus detects, Quarantine or eradicates spyware, Trojans and other malware easily. The virus signatures are updated automatically to prevent your mobile device from latest threats. It also kills the viruses that are present in the memory area of a mobile phone with an advanced task manager/process killer. Airscanner Mobile Antivirus supports Windows Mobile 5.x/6.x Pocket PC/Pocket PC Phone. Download Airscanner AntiVirus for Windows Mobile.


3) Kaspersky antivirus solution

Kaspersky antivirus solution is one of the best available antivirus solutions available. It protects you mobile against deadly viruses like cabir that is transmitted via Bluetooth and against all types of viruses and malware. The virus database is updated in background when you are connected to internet. For more information about Kaspersky Mobile Security

4) Norton Smartphone Security

Norton Smartphone Security is equipped with Mobile Antivirus and Mobile Firewall that protects your smartphone against all types of viruses and other threats. It minimizes SMS spam by blocking short text and multimedia messages from unknown senders. It also blocks snoopware from turning on your camera and thus prevents intruders from entering and exporting data from the mobile phone. The Norton Smartphone Security solution is available just for USD 29.99. For details visit smarphonesecurity.

5) McAfee VirusScan

McAfee VirusScan Mobile provides real-time protection against viruses, worms and spyware Trojan horses, and battery-sapping malware. The antivirus provides protection against all type of threats that originate through email, IM, SMS, MMS, Bluetooth and downloading files via internet. VirusScan Mobile comes along with McAfee’s “Triple Play” protection offerings, McAfee Total Protection™ 2008 and McAfee Internet Security 2008, subscribers need one of the supported Microsoft Windows Mobile compatible device using versions 5 or 6 and a mobile/wireless data subscription. Visit here for more details.


          it is also advisable for mobile phone users to disable  bluetooth whenever they are not using.it.a lots of viruse,and warms spreads through Bluetooth.but even you have good antivirus already installed on your smartphone.and you have your Bluetooth switched off,you must be carefull about where they download data,apps and files from.do not download things from untrusted  sources.

        If you have any sensitive application and data on your smartphone,it is important to passward protected them using this very cool application called app lock.this ensure that if somebody hacks into your mobile phone,they will be asked to enter passward before they can access any sensitive data on your phone.think of this as a secondry layer of protection against criminals.
           so,keep downloading files ,applications and music from internet but with precautions as mention above and dont forget to install any of above mentioned mobile antivirus.