Samsung Galaxy smartphones protected by Norton

11 Apr 2012

Norton by Symantec announced that Samsung Electronics will provide Norton Mobile Security an application for Android OS to select smartphone users worldwide. Samsung will offer a full-featured, complimentary 90-day subscription of Norton Mobile Security in multiple languages to Samsung Galaxy users through Samsung Apps.

"We are pleased to extend our valued relationship with Samsung by helping to protect more of its customers' devices and data from theft, loss and mobile threats," said Kara Rawden, senior marketing manager Middle East and Africa, consumer business unit at Symantec. "With smartphone sales now outpacing PC sales, cybercriminals are devising new threats everyday to steal from mobile users. Consumers need to be protected more than ever."

Various features to protect data

Norton Mobile Security combines anti-theft features with powerful anti-malware to protect user's important data from loss, theft, viruses and other threats through features such as remote locate, lock and wipe; anti-malware; SD card scanning, and automatic LiveUpdate.

Norton Mobile Security can be downloaded from the 'Utility' category in Samsung Apps or by entering 'Norton Mobile Security' into the search query at the Samsung Apps. Norton Mobile Security supports all Samsung Galaxy Android smartphones, including Galaxy S2 LTE, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Neo, Galaxy S Hoppin and Galaxy A.