NetQin Mobile Antivirus Review
Who says you have to pay to get a good antivirus?
Virus threats on mobile phones are increasing. In the past two years, Trend Micro and F-Secure have released several reports — the most notable ones being at the CTIA (Cellular Telephone Industries Association) annual gatherings — that talked of a trend where viruses have been on the rise in cell phones.
The bulk of these viruses were found to be on two platforms: Windows Mobile and Symbian. Needless to say, antivirus companies from Symantic to Kaspersky were quick to launch several mobile antivirus kits.
As users of one of the two platforms, we eagerly await to see a solution from one of the big three Windows desktop freeware antivirus companies, viz. AVG, Avast, Avira. Till then, a possible alternative is Chinese firm NetQin’s mobile antivirus package.
The installation is pretty easy and straightforward, and doesn’t take up much disk space either (varying, depending on the platform).Upon installation, it’ll prompt for an update of the virus definition files, done quickly over your wireless connection.
The first scan will, of course, take a long time and users should be prepared to start it at night, before sleeping.The software claims to dig into the core of each file to scan it and uses battery power effectively while at it — two aspects that have been verified by several reviewers.
Still, if you do start the scan during the day and need to use the phone in between, hit the helpful ‘pause’ button and resume the scan whenever you have the time.
What’s more, the software features a great real-time monitoring tool. NetQin is vigilant about any data that is being sent over SMS, MMS, Bluetooth, infra-red, GPRS and other network connections, and claims to detect and block threats effectively. We didn’t test this, but the software worked fine overall, so there’s no reason to doubt it.
The smashing part about this program is that apart from WinMob and Symbian, it’s also compatible with almost every Nokia phone out there; and given the average Indian’s affinity for the Finnish company, that’s great news for us.
Platforms: Windows Mobile, Symbian, Nokia S40 operating system
Price: Free
Download: www.netqin.com
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As mobile devices adopt more and more PC capabilities, performance speed and power consumption become critical issues. The NetQin Mobile Guard applies the best technology for accurately detecting and deterring internet accessing applications. Featured by advanced system optimization, software management and active defense, that is designed to provide users with simple, convenient and power efficient security services.
since there is no such thing as “free lunch” – i wonder about their business modell. i.e.: if their software is free, how are the folks at netqin making money?
could that be it?
NetQin Accused of Bundling Malware with Antivirus Software
By: Fahmida Y. Rashid
2011-03-24
Article Rating: / 7
Chinese mobile security firm NetQin has been accused of partnering with software company Feiliu in bundling malware with antivirus applications and charging users before removing the malware.
A Chinese mobile security firm has been accused of bundling viruses with its anti-malware software in an expose aired on Chinese state-run television…