Popular Antivirus vendor, AVG has launched a new mobile and Internet security app for Android smartphones and tablets. This new Android antivirus app comes in a free as well as in a paid version and known as AVG 3.1 Antivirus.
AVG boasts that new version of the app comes with a new user interface that is designed to be simple. New interface tries to make navigation easier that older versions of the app.
App now includes call and SMS blocker that allows users to filter unwanted calls and SMS. Users just need to create a black and white phone lists. This feature is not new and many other antivirus apps already come with the feature. Users can also set automatic SMS reply to certain numbers.
AVG 3.1 also comes with anti-theft and privacy protection feature. This feature was also available in the older version of the app. With this feature, users can easily track their lost smartphone, remote lock and remote wipe.
“Our customers are increasingly telling us that so much of their daily lives are now connected with their mobile devices, so we recognize the importance of constantly improving the protection available to them,” said Omri Sigelman, vice president of Mobile Sales for AVG Technologies.
Sigelman added, “With a range of different options available to customers we are showing that device protection needn’t cost more than the device it is on or be overly complicated. No matter the budget, the main thing is that our customers feel confident that their devices will be able to support them in their busy digital lives.”
Paid version of the app has few advantages and comes with few added features. One noticeable feature is real time scanning of files and apps. It also protects users while surfing the web.
Samsung users can get the paid version of the latest antivirus app for free. AVG has partnered with Samsung to offer paid app with Galaxy users but limited to UK users only.
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