New App Lock Feature for Avira Antivirus Security for Android

Article by George Norman (Cybersecurity Editor)

on 07 Apr 2015

Security company Avira recently announced that it updated Avira Antivirus Security, it security app for Google’s Android mobile operating system, to version 4.0.

Avira Antivirus Security for Android version 4.0 comes with a new App Lock feature. What it does is it protects your apps from being accessed by unauthorized users. Furthermore, it blocks an unauthorized user from installing new apps and uninstalling existing apps.

Security company Avira recently updated Avira Antivirus Security for Android and fitted it with a new App Locker feature. As the official description goes, “App Lock protects your apps from being accessed by unauthorized users of your device.”

App Lock lest you block access to any app that is installed on your Android. Let’s say that you don’t want someone to open the Facebook app. Open Avira Antivirus Security, access the App Lock feature, select the Facebook app, and select an App Lock PIN. Whenever someone wants to open the Facebook app, that someone will be prompted for the PIN.

That’s not all that App Lock can do. It also lets you protect your installed applications – it does not let others uninstall any app from your mobile. Furthermore, it doesn’t let others install new apps on your mobile.

“Our Mobile Development team is proud to offer Android users more than an antivirus application for their devices, an app that treats all privacy aspects equally serious. Data theft can occur under many forms and it is our duty to help the user benefit from extra layers of protection for all sensitive data. The updates in the latest Avira Antivirus Security version, such as the new App Lock feature, work exactly towards this goal: enhanced protection with no extra costs” said Cornel Balaban, Mobile Development Manager at Avira.

Get Avira Antivirus Security for Android from Google Play.

While using Avira Antivirus Security on my Android, I noticed that it promotes Android Optimizer, Avira’s new speed-enhancing app that can extend your Android’s battery life, make your Android run faster, free up storage space on your Android mobile, and protect your privacy by removing all traces of your web activities.



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