Make your mobile phone theft-proof with F-Secure

MANILA, Philippines -In the country’s busy streets, at least one person loses his phone during the day. The grief of losing one’s phone, together with the fear of having personal messages and stored data in the wrong hands, intensifies this incident.

Thankfully, Nokia offers a free application in Ovi Store that will help users avoid these disasters and keep things under control.

F-Secure allows users to protect personal information and locate their phone immediately in the event that it gets lost or stolen. F-Secure can trace, wipe data or lock a mobile device remotely with a single text message.

F-Secure is a global leader in providing software in mobile data security solutions. For more than 10 years, it has developed successful apps, which are available in Ovi Store, including Anti-Theft and Mobile Security that are dedicated to providing security features and functions for Nokia mobile devices. 

Anti-Theft is an app that uses advanced system resources to lock a mobile device, erase its important data, and locate the lost phone in emergency situations.

The app includes a theft control feature that activates as soon as the SIM card is replaced. It immediately locks the device and informs an appointed contact with the new numbers, thus prohibiting the thief to use a phone.

Anti-Theft also provides users the option to clear all stored data from anywhere with just one text message, which will prevent the thief from having access to the data. And users can remotely locate their lost phone by viewing its whereabouts on a map from a friend’s mobile phone.   

The Mobile Security app is a complete security solution for Nokia smartphones. It safeguards personal information and confidential data if infected by malware or spied on, and locates a lost or stolen mobile device.

The new Browsing Protection feature automatically blocks harmful sites to ensure safe surfing and with the help of the GPS location feature, mobile device users always know the location of their phone.  

The security and convenience that F-Secure provides through its apps has been very successful in Ovi Store with over 1.4 million downloads in more than 200 countries in less than a year.

Benoit Nalin, general manager of Nokia Philippines, describes the company’s success with Nokia Ovi Store as overwhelming with positive feedback.

“F-Secure apps for mobile devices have gained more than a million users in 210 different countries, including the Philippines, just in the last few months alone. We have seen tremendous success in Nokia Ovi Store and look forward to maintaining the momentum for our other security apps,” Nalin says.

The F-Secure apps are available for free download to all Nokia Symbian (5.0 and 3.x) devices, including the Nokia N8 and Nokia C7.