{"id":13712,"date":"2011-06-23T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-23T05:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=13712"},"modified":"2011-06-23T15:37:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-23T05:37:18","slug":"web-security-added-to-bitdefender-mobile-security-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=13712","title":{"rendered":"Web security added to BitDefender Mobile Security BETA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Web security added to BitDefender Mobile Security BETA <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Cloud scanning alerts Android smartphone users to potential web threats <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>SYDNEY &amp; AUCKLAND<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/em><strong><em>23 <\/em><\/strong><strong>June, 2011<\/strong> <em>\u2013<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitdefender.com\/\">BitDefender<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/span>, an award winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, has announced the addition of web security to its popular BitDefender Mobile Security BETA. The new feature uses BitDefender\u2019s cloud services to alert users to webpages that contain malware or are fraud-related.<\/p>\n<p>Web links are quickly and invisibly checked against BitDefender\u2019s live database before they are accessed, and sites that may present a threat are then blocked. From here, the user has a choice of whether to continue or to exit. If the site is reported as being \u2018clean\u2019, the user\u2019s browsing experience will not be interfered with.<\/p>\n<p>Alexandru Balan, Senior Product Manager at BitDefender, commented:\u00a0\u201cThe importance of securing mobile devices is growing all the time, with users now faced by a range of threats. In combining BitDefender security technology with a great interface and low system demand, BitDefender Mobile Security offers Android users a fantastic solution to make sure they\u2019re secure when on the move.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BitDefender Mobile Security BETA provides smart antivirus and web security for devices running Android. Using in-the-cloud scanning technology, it detects even the latest threats with minimal battery use. The product also provides information about billable services and applications&#8217; requirements for access to the Internet or to private user data, helping users make informed choices about their privacy and data security.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0BitDefender Mobile Security BETA is available free to download from the <a href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/details?id=com.bitdefender.security\">Android Market<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Android malware, read Catalin Cosoi\u2019s blog post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitdefender.com\/blog\/%28Almost%29-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-Android-malware-but-were-%28too%29-afraid-to-ask-024.html\">(Almost) everything you wanted to know about Android malware but were (too) afraid to ask<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web security added to BitDefender Mobile Security BETA Cloud scanning alerts Android smartphone users to potential web threats SYDNEY &amp; AUCKLAND\u00a0\u2013\u00a023 June, 2011 \u2013 BitDefender\u00ae, an award winning provider of innovative internet security solutions, has announced the addition of web security to its popular BitDefender Mobile Security BETA. The new feature uses BitDefender\u2019s cloud services<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=13712\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13713,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13712\/revisions\/13713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}