What is McAfee Mobile Security?

What is McAfee Mobile Security?

McAfee® Mobile Security is part of McAfee Security from Bell Better or Best editions. It protects all your Android mobile devices and your personal information in a number of ways.

It protects you from viruses and malware, allows you to control the information your apps access, offers remote data backup and allows you to remotely access and lock your device if it is lost or stolen. You can manage the application on your mobile device, or from the McAfee Mobile Security website.

Feature Description
Scan for threats Scan data on your mobile device in real time or run a manual scan anytime to detect viruses, malware, and potentially unwanted programs.
Get automatic updates Get automatic software updates for the latest threats. You can also update McAfee Mobile Security manually any time.
Lock your device Lock your mobile device to safeguard your personal information if your device is lost or stolen.
Lock or unlock your apps Lock your mobile device to safeguard your personal information if your device is lost or stolen.
Block incoming text messages Block incoming text messages that contain keywords you specify.
Note: This feature is available only on Android devices.
Block unwanted calls Automatically block unwanted incoming, outgoing, and roaming calls.
Block unwanted text and multimedia messages Automatically block incoming text and multimedia messages from unwanted numbers.
Note: This feature is available only on Android devices.
Learn about your applications Find out what type of data your applications can access and share.
Note: This feature is available only on Android devices.
Wipe out your data Remotely delete your data if your mobile device is lost or stolen. Note: If you are using an Android device, you cannot wipe out your calendar information or email.
Surf the web safely Automatically block malicious websites when you surf the web with your Android browser.
Note: This feature is available only on Android devices.
Manage your mobile device using text messages Manage your mobile device remotely using text messages. Lock and locate your lost device, back up data, and wipe out data on your lost or stolen device.
Prevent unauthorized removal of McAfee Mobile Security Stop anyone from removing the McAfee Mobile Security application from your mobile device without your six-digit PIN.

McAfee and the McAfee logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of McAfee, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

What is App Protection?

App Protection is part of McAfee® Mobile Security. It shows you the type of information applications can access so you can keep the ones you trust and remove those you think are sharing too much personal information. For example, applications may access your location, contacts, network, calendar, passwords, microphone, camera, or GPS.

App Protection allows you to:

  • Review the privacy information that apps can access.
  • Select apps to add to a trusted list.
  • Select apps to locked so others using your device cannot use them.
  • Receive notifications of apps that you need to review.
  • See information on whether websites accessed by the apps are safe. This is determined by using Trusted Source and McAfee Secure.

McAfee and the McAfee logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of McAfee, Inc. in the United States and other countries.