F-Secure Brings Anti-theft to Windows Mobile Users

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tens of millions of mobile phones were lost or stolen in 2008, with the UK alone reporting 10,000 stolen every month.* At the same time, more and more people and businesses are using sophisticated smartphones that contain highly confidential messages and pictures, banking details, contact information, e-mails and business projects. Protecting smartphones against loss and infection by mobile malware is therefore more important than ever.

Internet security firm, F-Secure, today announced the upcoming release of an enhanced version of F-Secure Mobile Security that includes advanced anti-theft functionality. The latest version of F-Secure Mobile Security will be available on June 24, 2009 for Windows Mobile phone users.

The anti-theft feature includes remote lock, remote wipe and theft control functionalities. Using remote lock, a user can lock the device and protect confidential information quickly and easily by sending a single SMS message. A change of SIM cards activates the theft control feature, which locks the device. As an ultimate safety measure to prevent misuse, remote wipe erases all of the data on the phone when its user sends an SMS message to the device.

Samu Konttinen, Vice President of F-Secure’s Mobile Solutions Business Unit, says, “Losing personal and confidential data on a smartphone is a security issue for the phone's owner. By adding the anti-theft feature to F-Secure Mobile Security for Windows Mobile users, we wanted to provide an easy and fast way to remote lock and wipe a phone in case it is lost or stolen. Anti-theft for Windows Mobile is a natural addition to our Mobile Security solution, which is already known for its award-winning anti-virus and firewall features.”

F-Secure Mobile Security enables smartphone users to enjoy the full potential of their devices, safeguarding data even in the unfortunate event that the phone is lost or stolen. It seamlessly combines real-time anti-virus and anti-spyware protection with a customizable firewall to make the phone completely safe.

F-Secure Mobile Security 5 with anti-theft is available for Windows Mobile beginning on June 24, 2009, and is already available for S60 3^rd and 5^th edition smartphones through the F-Secure eStore (www.f-secure.com/estore), as well as F-Secure partners. The F-Secure Mobile Security portal is available at http://F-Secure.mobi.

*Statistics from UK Metropolitan Police

About F-Secure Corporation

Innovation, reliability and speed of response – these are the qualities that have made F-Secure one of the world’s leading IT security providers since the company was founded in 1988. Today F-Secure’s award-winning and easy-to-use products are trusted in millions of homes and businesses around the world. We provide powerful real-time protection that works quietly and smoothly in the background, so computer and smartphone users can enjoy the benefits of connected life to the full. F-Secure’s solutions are available as a service subscription through more than 180 Internet service providers and mobile operator partners around the world, making F-Secure the global leader in this market. F-Secure has been listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd since 1999. The company has consistently been one of the fastest growing publicly listed companies in the industry. The latest news on real-time virus threat scenarios is available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/.