Spam has become an ugly word in the minds of most people and unless you live somewhere in a cave in isolation, spam touches your life in one or more ways each day. Spamming in all forms has become a worldwide scourge that frustrates people endlessly as they get bombarded with the most ridiculous junk mail, from cheap medicines to offers of poor-quality goods.

It is thus not surprising that many companies today exist solely for creating anti-spam measures to shield people from all of this. People that do not use spam filters and anti-spam measures for their email and websites are truly rare today. Unfortunately mobile phones, pocket PCs and PDA devices have not been spared from the abomination of spam either.

Rid yourself of spam

Mobile phones especially are very easy targets for spammers that can text messages to anybody and do so incredibly fast and with an almost endless capacity. At UMU Global we have developed mobile antispam solutions; UMU SpamSafe is an easy and simple to use application that works in two ways. It filters user specified numbers as well as unwanted messages that come from unknown sources.

The only effective way to rid yourself of unsolicited spam is a quality mobile antispam application, whether for your pocket PC or smartphones that run on Symbian S60 or Windows Mobile.

People often sign up innocently for ringtones or other notifications and offers that can turn their lives into a nightmare when they don’t read the fine print. Everyone should take the time to become mobile savvy so that they recognise spam techniques and then back that up with an effective mobile antispam application.

You work hard for your money and would no doubt like to spend it on yourself and on ways to make your life comfortable. Mobile phones are just one of the ways in which many people can enhance their lives.

Mobile phones offer you a myriad of functions from cameras to video capabilities, the internet, video calls and much more. Purchasing a top-end phone is an expensive investment and it becomes an integral part of your life.

You will store personal and private information on your phone, from pictures to communications with others. You will store sensitive information such as telephone numbers, emails and maybe even home addresses. All of this can cause you a great deal of trouble if it falls into the wrong hands through mobile theft. We can help you safeguard your privacy and your life.

Protection is better than hope

It is better to protect yourself through mobile antitheft precautions than to hope that your mobile phone will never get lost. Mobiles also miraculously grow legs and walk off with someone else who has thieving fingers. UMU Global can help you protect yourself by safeguarding your personal information and helping you beat criminals at their own game.

Our mobile antitheft products allow you to remotely access your phone, wipe off all your information and lock your phone from use. This will protect your information from falling into the wrong hands. Come to us for comprehensive mobile antitheft protection and peace of mind.

Business practice has changed considerably over the last decade.  With more advanced and affordable technology available and advances in mobile communications, the amount of mobile communications has increased immensely and this seems set to increase in years to come.  Of course all businesses are very aware of security issues with mobile technology as far as computers and laptops are concerned.

Virtually no one uses a laptop for personal use, let alone for business use, that does not have anti-virus programs and all the necessary software to prevent infiltration where possible.  So it seems strange that the vast majority of mobile phones, smart phones and pocket PCs have no security or mobile antivirus software.  We simply do not think about them in the same way as we think about a laptop or PC, but they are just as vulnerable.

In order to protect your business interests all mobile technology that your staff may use off premises should be secure.   From mobile phones upwards you need to start thinking about security.  Getting mobile antitheft software on the company mobiles means they can not only be blocked, but they can also be wiped.  You can have mobile antivirus on phones and pocket PCs together with mobile antispam and a host of other security options.

UMU Global is one of the UK specialists in mobile security and we offer everything a business user could need.  Getting security for your business on the move is far less expensive than you may anticipate and the cost of losing information is high.

Our mobile devices are crucial to us in our personal lives and business, and mobile viruses can do irreparable harm to any mobile. You could have your entire address book erased or stolen to be used fraudulently, or hackers getting access to your private and very sensitive information. This could be anything from your bank details, personal email and private text messages to removing funds from your bank account. Or a mobile virus can simply shut your mobile phone, your pocket PC, Symbian device or PDA down – basically killing it.

Mobile antivirus and common sense

It makes good sense to keep up to date with mobile virus information; how they disguise themselves and what to be on the lookout for. That however is simply not good enough to keep your mobile devices free from attempts to infiltrate your operating system. Your goal should be to keep all forms of mobile viruses off your devices, as that is the only effective protection. That is exactly what we offer you at UMU Global.

We offer mobile antivirus solutions that have been specifically created for smartphones that run on Windows Mobile. We also have mobile antivirus solutions for Symbian devices that operate with Symbian S60, as well as mobile antivirus solutions for pocket PCs and PDA devices.

It is simply not worth the risk to wait until your mobile devices have become infected, and then to try to save the day. Criminals have no conscience; they do not care if you stand to lose a great deal. The onus rests upon yourself to protect your mobiles with antivirus solutions.

15 January 2010

The growing threat of malware to mobile phones is once again making front page news http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8459898.stm. Swapi.B, also known as RedBrowser, is code named for ‘let me dial premium numbers off your phone and let you pay for them’, and has surfaced as a Trojan dialler that infects the mobile, causing huge phone bills.

Many diallers, including Swapi.B, are contracted from porn sites which disguise themselves as software, video clips or helper programs and are sent to the phone via a text. This is how mobile malware can just instantly steal from you by making premium-rate calls or messages.

Whilst this threat is currently on the increase, there is a way to fight it and to protect yourself. Skelmersdale-based UMU offers a mobile security package that effectively deals with threats to your mobile by processing the malware and zapping it to oblivion.

CTO Peter Harrison said the increasing threat to mobile phones has enabled UMU to grow to international status, selling it’s product worldwide. “Many people go to extreme lengths to protect the data on their PC’s or laptops and yet leave the same data on their smartphones completely vulnerable.”