ESET Mobile Security Beta Program

Smartphones enable you to navigate, communicate and shop online - in short, they let you manage your life from the palm of your hand. For many of us, losing our smartphone or having it compromised would be a personal disaster. ESET Mobile Security brings a new level of protection to Symbian and Windows Mobile smartphones, so you can be confident in the safety of your device - even if you lose it.

Now available for beta testing, ESET Mobile Security does much more than just block malware for smartphones. It revolutionizes personal mobile security with anti-theft features like SIM matching and remote wipe to prevent unauthorized use of your smartphone and to remotely delete all confidential data on the device via a SMS command. Our firewall allows users to select one of the predefined profiles or set up custom rules to manage incoming and outgoing communications. MMS and SMS antispam filters unwanted messages using customizable blacklist and whitelist, so you only see messages from numbers you accept. Run our on-demand security audit right on the smartphone to see if your device is configured in a potentially risky way, so you can make adjustments to be as safe as possible. You can even schedule security audit as a silent periodic task so you can be alerted to any unauthorized changes to the configuration of your smartphone.

ESET Mobile Security for Windows Mobile
STEP 1: Click here to have your your beta username and password emailed to you.

STEP 2: Choose and download one of the following installation packages below. for Pocket PC (.cab) 453.3 KB for Pocket PC (.exe) 536.0 KB for Smart Phone (.cab) 453.2 KB for Smart Phone (.exe) 536.0 KB Product Manuals Download the User Guide

ESET Mobile Security for Symbian
STEP 1: Click here to have your your beta username and password emailed to you.

STEP 2: Choose and download one of the following installation packages below. for Symbian (.sis)
536.0 KB Product Manuals Download the User Guide

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Latest News

April 22, 2010
Public Beta 1 of ESET Mobile Security for Symbian and Windows Mobile, ESET's antivirus software for mobile operating systems is now available for testing. This software includes the following new features and functionality:

New Features

Anti-Theft features, including SIM Matching and Remote Wipe
SIM Matching enables users to define a list of trusted SIM cards on a certain device
Remote wipe allows users to remotely delete sensitive information using a pre-defined password and SMS command
Fully integrated firewall monitors ingoing and outgoing communication in accordance with user-defined rules and profiles
MMS/SMS anti-spam includes black/whitelisting and blocks unwanted messages
Security audit checks phone features relevant to mobile security and notifies the user of security concerns
Remote Administration support in the Business Edition

Improvements

Heuristics have been optimized for use on mobile platforms
Infected files can be placed in a Quarantine folder, from which the user can then choose to restore or permanently delete them
On-Demand scanning scans the entire device or specific folders
Advanced On-Access scanning scans all created, used or incoming files
Logs and statistics are in a more accessible format
The user interface has been enhanced to promote ease of use with settings dialogs and an intuitive menu

Beta Considerations and Requirements

The beta test version is a precursor of the final product without full functionality and documentation. It is intended for experienced users and should not be installed on operating systems or devices that perform critical tasks because it may cause errors or crashes.

The ESET Mobile Security Public Beta 1 software runs on Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 or 2, Symbian S60 5th Edition and Windows Mobile versions 5.0, 6.0, 6.1 and 6.5.

Feedback

Please provide feedback or questions about the Beta of our software test group directly to betasupport@eset.sk or in the EMS Beta Forum section of the ESET Antivirus Forum.

Assistance with beta software is not available from technical support.

General Questions

Q1: What is ESET Mobile Security?
A1: ESET Mobile Security is ESET's antivirus software for Symbian and Windows Mobile devices.

Q2: How do I obtain a copy of ESET Mobile Security?
A2: Sign-up information and download links are available at http://beta.eset.com/mobile.

Q3: Do I have to provide my name and email address to download the beta?
A3: You need to provide a valid email address to receive your username and password for ESET Mobile Security. You do not have to provide any additional information to download the beta. If you fill out the form under the "More Info" tab, we will be able to contact you via email during the beta test cycle to announce new releases or provide other urgent information.

Q4: How many beta test releases will there be?
A4: ESET does not have a public schedule for when new beta test builds will be released. New beta test builds will be released in response to feedback from bug reports and feature requests as well as to add additional functionality to the software.

Q5: How long will the beta test program run for?
A5: The beta test cycle for ESET Mobile Security will run until the program reaches the necessary levels of quality, performance and reliability.

Q6: What happens at the end of the beta test program?
A6: At the end of the beta test program, a message will be sent to testers who provided a contact email address letting them know the exact date the beta test version ceases to work.

Q7: How do I provide feedback on ESET Mobile Security?
A7: To contact ESET in order to report a bug, request a feature or ask a question regarding ESET Mobile Security, write a message in the ESET Beta Forum or send email to betasupport@eset.sk. Please keep in mind that ESET may not respond to your report unless additional information is required in order to replicate the problem.

Q8: Why do I need a product for mobile security?
A8: Smartphones are rapidly gaining market share. Users often store a significant amount of sensitive data on their smartphones. Moreover, large amounts of data are transferred wirelessly thanks to improved connection speed. Various types of files, e-mails, text and multimedia messages can contain confidential information, which need to be protected from misuse by third parties. ESET Mobile Security is ESET´s answer to rising security concerns in the mobile communication sector. It offers fully integrated real-time protection against malicious attacks, SPAM and other forms of mobile malware.

Q9: What is proactive protection and heuristics?
A9: ESET Mobile Security provides ESET´s unique proactive protection concept optimized for mobile devices. Using advanced heuristics capable of proactive threat recognition, the identification of known as well as unknown threats is possible.

Q10: What is the difference between On Access and On Demand?
A10: On-Demand functions require user interaction whereas On-Access functions are executed automatically.

Public Beta 1 Questions

Q1: What are the system requirements for ESET Mobile Security?
A1: The system requirements for ESET Remote Administrator Console are as follows:

Operating System: Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 or 2; Symbian S60 5th Edition; Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0, 6.1 or 6.5
1 MB of free memory

Q2: How do I activate the Public Beta of ESET Mobile Security for Symbian and Windows Mobile?
A2: To activate ESET Mobile Security Beta, use the username and password that were sent to you in your registration email. If you did not receive your license information, check your spam folder to be sure it was not filtered by your email client.

Q3: How do I get the updates?
A3: Updates are delivered over the Internet through various types of connections (WiFi, Bluetooth, PC-sync, GPRS, EDGE, etc.).

Q4: Does the installation of ESET Mobile Security affect the performance of the operating system?
A4: ESET Mobile Security was developed for use on mobile devices. Therefore all processes and applications are designed and optimized to utilize minimal system resources.

Q5: What triggers the Remote Wipe functionality?
A5: Users must first set a certain password to verify the validity of the remote command. This password can be set in the ESET Mobile Security anti-theft settings.
Remote wiping is triggered by a simple SMS command sent from another mobile device. Users just have to send an SMS with the following text:
#RC# DS <password>
Where <password> represents the actual password chosen by the user and entered in the anti-theft settings.

Changelog for ESET Mobile Security

1.1 Public Beta 1 (April 22, 2010)

This release contains the following changes:

Initial Release (no changelog)

System Requirements

ESET Mobile Security

Operating Systems: Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 or 2; Symbian S60 5th Edition; Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0, 6.1 or 6.5
Free Memory: 1 MB

Optional

By participating in ESET's beta test program you will have the opportunity not just to test our products and services, but to provide feedback directly to our development staff for changes to program behavior and feature requests.

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