F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus

Today's challenges

The first viruses have emerged for mobile terminals and it is possible to create malicious code that makes a smartphone unusable. A malware incident may result in end user support load, terminal downtime, negative customer experience, slow service adoption, and bad publicity. Protection against harmful content is required on every terminal, but smartphone users should not be troubled with security more than necessary.

The solution

Mobile operators and terminal vendors are the natural antivirus service providers for phone users. The easiest and the most efficient way to offer the required protection is a hosted service, which allows automated distribution of the antivirus software and updates directly to the mobile device over a wireless connection. F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus is the most comprehensive solution in the market for protecting mobile terminals against terminals against harmful content such as viruses, worms and trojans. It provides real-time on-device protection with automatic over-the-air antivirus updates through a patented SMS update mechanism or HTTPS connections.

Key features

• Transparent, real-time protection against harmful content in the device and on the memory cards
• Automatic antivirus database updates from F-Secure Anti-Virus Research to the mobile terminals over an HTTPS data connection, or incrementally with SMS messages
• Automatic detection of data connections (e.g. GPRS, WLAN, UMTS) for updates
• Over-the-air activation of the antivirus service through HTTP
• Automatic self-updates of the F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus client
• Digitally signed antivirus databases and virus definition database updates
• Secure web interfaces for the channel partners and support administrators for sales and subscription management
• Support for localization, customization and co-branding of all user interfaces

Business Benefits

• Embedded security applications and automated security services differentiate the terminal offering and minimize the end-user support load in case of a virus incident.
• The wireless antivirus service can be used to complement existing services and to increase revenue per subscriber through the existing billing systems.
• Many end-users are concerned about phone viruses and they value service providers and phone models with advanced security features.
• The hosted service model offers the benefits with low initial investments and decreases time-to-market when introducing the security service.