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11 Mobile Antivirus Software Options

Feb. 5, 2007 (Vol. 28, No. 3)

Looking to protect your users’ smart phones from attacks? Here are 11 antivirus products we found for mobile devices. The prices stated are for individual devices, though some vendors indicated they offer volume discounts.

CA eTrust AntiVirus  
www3.ca.com/solutions/Product.aspx?ID=156  

  • OS Supported: Palm OS, Smartphone
F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus  
http://mobile.f-secure.com/downloads/trial/index.html
  • OS Supported: S60 1st edition, S60 2nd edition, Nokia 7710, Pocket PC 2003, Pocket PC 5.0, Smartphone 2003, Smartphone 5.0
  • Price: 1 to 3 licenses for $79.90
F-Secure Mobile Security  
http://mobile.f-secure.com/downloads/trial/index.html
  • OS Supported: S60 3rd edition, S80
  • Price: 1 to 3 licenses for $79.90

Fonoinfo Commander Mobile Anti-Virus   
www.fonoinfo.com/downlaod_commander.htm

Kaspersky Anti-Virus Mobile (coming in February 2007) 
www.kaspersky.com/enterprise?chapter=204434372&%23=OK
  • OS Supported: Nokia 7610, 6600, N-Gage QD, N-Gage, 3660, 3620, 3650, 3600, 6670, 6630, 6260, 6620, 7650, 3230, 6680, 6681, 6682; SonyEricsson P900; Siemens SX1; Samsung SGH D710; Panasonic x700, x800; Lenovo P930;Sendo X, X2

McAfee VirusScan Mobile  
http://us.mcafee.com/root/landingpages/afflandpage.asp?lpname=vs_mobile

  • OS Supported: Windows Mobile 2003 1st and 2nd editions

Sophos Mobile Security  
www.sophos.com/products/es/endpoint/

  • OS Supported: Windows Mobile 5 and Windows Mobile 6; plans to support Symbian and BlackBerry in the future
  • Price: $11,868.12 for 999 users for one year

Symantec Mobile AntiVirus for Windows Mobile  
www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/overview.jsp?pcid=1322&pvid=1901_1

  • OS Supported: Windows Mobile
  • Price: $47.70 each for 10-24 licenses; $38.20 each for 25-49 licenses; $36.55 each for 50-99 licenses; $34.90 each for 100-249 licenses; $32.30 each for 250-499 licenses; all per year, includes 12 months of “basic” support

Symantec Mobile Security for Symbian   
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/overview.jsp?pcid=1322&pvid=921_1 

  • OS Supported: Symbian
  • Price: $44.90 each for 10-24 licenses; $42.70 each for 25-99 licenses; $35.90 each for 100 licenses; all per year, includes 12 months of “gold maintenance,” $2.60 per phone for a monthly license

Trend Micro Mobile Security 2.0  
www.trendmicro.com/en/products/mobile/tmms/evaluate/overview.htm

  • OS Supported: Windows Mobile 2002/2003 SE for Pocket PCs Phone Edition, Windows Mobile 2003/2003 SE for Smartphones, Symbian OS 7.0s/8.0a/8.1a with Series 60 Platform User Interface, Symbian OS 7.0 with UIQ 2.0/2.1 User Interface 
  • Price: $24.95 per phone annually

Trend Micro Mobile Security 3.0    
www.trendmicro.com/en/products/mobile/tmms/evaluate/overview.htm

  • OS Supported: Windows Mobile 5.0
  • Price: $34.95 per phone annually
Source: Compiled from interviews and vendor Web sites
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Feb. 5, 2007
Vol. 28, No. 3