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BitDefender Mobile Security provides permanent antivirus protection for mobile devices running SymbianTM or Microsoft® Windows Mobile™. Relying on the valuable BitDefender experience in fighting computer threats, BitDefender Mobile Security is a light, easy to use instrument that will keep your mobile device on the move.

FAQs

Q: How can a mobile become infected?
The ways to infect mobile devices are pretty similar to infecting PCs:
- by executing infected files
- some viruses may even execute automatically taking advantage of certain
exploits

Q: How can a virus get on a mobile device?
- download from Internet (GPRS)
- synchronization with a PC or with another mobile device (via   cable, Bluetooth or infrared)
- infected storage card
- Bluetooth communication between two smartphones
- email attachments
- MMS (multimedia messages)

Q: What are the effects of mobile viruses?
Viruses for mobile devices can:
- Delete files, databases, etc.
- Infect files
- Dial premium tax numbers or send SMS/MMS to premium tax   numbers
- Send private information from the mobile device
- Facilitate external attacks (like a backdoor)
- Drain the battery

Q: Is there a real threat to mobile devices?
The threat of viruses infiltrating handheld devices is increasing as the popularity and functionality of these devices continue to rise.

Q: How is a mobile device scanned for viruses?
The process is the same as the one for PCs. The difference is that it is essential to scan the running processes first. Scanning includes the Flash memory (RAM) and SmartCards (removable storage).

Q: What should people do to protect themselves from mobile viruses?
One way would be to avoid activating or using much of the functionality of their smartphones unless really necessary. For instance, they should not keep their Bluetooth connection in discovery mode at all times. This kind of discipline becomes inconvenient after a while, though, so the best advice would be to use an antivirus, preferably one which is light on the already-limited computing resources of their phone or PDA.

Q: How does BitDefender detect and block viruses on mobile devices?
Similar to a PC antivirus program, there is a virus shield (a file driver that integrates within the OS) that scans the files before copying/executing them.

Q: How is the virus definition database updated?
An update can be performed:
- directly from the Internet (through GPRS)
- by synchronizing the signature database with the PC   component.

Q: What operating systems are supported?
BitDefender Mobile Security v2 works on the following types of mobile devices:
- Windows Mobile Pocket PC versions 2002 and higher
- Windows Mobile Smartphone versions 2002 and higher
- Symbian™ 60 (Symbian 7.x/8.x),
- Symbian™ 80 (Symbian 7.x).

 

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