The mobile phone has come a very long way in a quite short time.  Once the size and shape of a brick and the almost exclusive play thing of the sales representative, they are now small and sleek and most people in the UK over the age of ten own one.  Not only have they shrunk in size, but they have also grown in sophistication to the point where many of them are actually computers in our pockets.

Interestingly, although many of us use our mobiles to access the internet we have not made the mental connection that they are just as vulnerable to hacking as our PC or laptop.  Ask most people and they will admit they have no mobile security or mobile antivirus, but ask them if they have internet security on their computer and it will be a rare that a person says no.  Many will not even realise, until it is too late, that mobile antivirus packages or mobile security packages are available.

At UMU Global, for example, we have some brilliant security software packages available for mobile phones.  The software is inexpensive, especially compared to computer security software and easy to load onto your mobile phone.  Originally this type of program was designed for mobile phones used by businesses or government departments where security was of paramount importance.  However, we are all now aware of how simple identity theft can be and the problems that a virus, let alone a hacker, can cause in our desktop computers, so it is time we remembered the computers in our pockets and mobile antivirus software came to the forefront.

Just like any personal computer or laptop, your mobile phone can connect you to the internet.  You might not know that just like them, your mobile can be hit by a virus.  However, unlike your personal computer or laptop the chances are that you have no mobile antivirus.  In fact, unless the company you work for has provided your mobile phone and had a mobile antivirus program installed on it, you probably didn’t even know that mobile antivirus packages were available for your phone.

We all know that computers are likely to be attacked by viruses, and if it has happened to you then you will know that they can wipe out your computer before you even know what is happening, which is why it is rare these days to find a computer with no antivirus protection.  Having your mobile phone wiped out by a virus can be highly inconvenient to say the least, as anyone who has lost their phone will tell you.  So it seems thoughtless to risk it when mobile antivirus packages are quite cheap and easy to use.

As more and more of us use the internet via our mobiles, they will become the medium that the hacker uses to access your life because they are less sometimes secure than a protected computer.  Don’t let anyone into your phone to steal all your information and use it for their own purposes. Pick up a mobile security package from a company like UMU Global at the same time as you get your antivirus.