“More than half the people in the US own a smartphone and consumers are growing more concerned by the day about the security of the information on their mobile devices,” said Vincent Steckler, Chief Executive Officer at AVAST. AVAST found that not only are consumers lax in using anti-theft features to prevent losing their mobile device and the data on it but nearly 50% of US smartphone owners do not back up their content as well. In a customer survey with more than 167,000 worldwide respondents, AVAST found that one in four smartphone users in the US has lost or had their device stolen at least once, costing an average of $372 per person.
Anti-theft, along with mobile backup, addresses consumer’s primary concern of losing important content such as pictures, contacts, and even financial information when their mobile device is either lost or stolen. Geofencing, a core anti-theft feature of avast! Mobile Premium, creates a virtual perimeter around a device sounding a loud alarm if someone attempts to take the device beyond a user-set distance. avast! Mobile Premium offers customers new superior anti-theft and backup technologies that will help them recover a lost or stolen phone and the data stored on it.
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REDWOOD CITY, California, Aug– AVAST Software today announced the release of avast! Mobile Premium, the premier version of its award-winning mobile security app for Android smartphones and tablets, which is currently used by more than 25 million people. ~ AVAST surpasses 25 million customer milestone with its free Android security app and now releases advanced innovative features to combat device theft and data loss ~