DroidSecurity has launched DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite, a consumer anti-malware and physical security app for Google’s Android operating system.

 

The company officials claimed that DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite is a powerful, mature security application that provides a wide-range of protection against viruses/malware and SMS/text spam, plus enables users to track lost smartphones and remotely wipe data for enhanced security and control.

 

Officials said that the core platform was publicly beta-tested by Android (News - Alert) users under the DroidHunter brand, and was downloaded over 100,000 times during the six-month beta. DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite is the first Android antivirus application to leverage the Java Virtual Machine technology.

 

“Smartphones today are essentially unsecured mini-computers hosting your email, documents, contact lists and much more,” said Eran Pfeffer, chief executive officer at DroidSecurity, in a statement.

 

Pfeffer said that Smartphones, and their future Android-powered netbook cousins, are much more prone to being lost, and therefore physically falling in the wrong hands.

 

People are worried about security, yet are depending on cloud apps because of hardware limitations, opening up new attack vectors. GPS enables hijacking and transaction fraud. And new operating systems, like Android, are incredibly tempting to hackers looking for new victims, he said.

 

Dror Shalev, chief technology officer at DroidSecurity said that as with laptops and desktops, all smartphones and netbooks will eventually require an independent security layer.

 

“The threats follow the users, and however hackers can access your data, they will. We customized DroidSecurity specifically for mobile behaviors, while still adhering to the core fundamental security features that consumers rely on today for their PCs,” said Shalev.

 

The company said that DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite includes-VirusFree and VirusFree Pro that inspects and cleans Android smartphones from malware, viruses, SMS spam and suspect applications to secure device integrity; FindR, which tracks and locates lost/stolen phones, enables remote memory clearing to protect data privacy and CheckMate that helps manages security rating of Android and issues warnings on suspect security profiles.

 

DroidSecurity, makers of the first full-featured Android anti-malware application DroidSecurity Internet Security Suite, was founded in 2009 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.