Trend Micro expands mobile protection for Android

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Trend Micro Inc, a global leader in Internet content security solutions, has announced an agreement with KDDI to provide a new security service for Android smartphones and tablets. KDDI is a leading Japanese telecommunications provider with over 33 million mobile subscribers.

Under the agreement, Trend Micro will offer “Virus Buster Mobile for au” as part of KDDI “Anshin Security Pack,” a pre-installed applications pack on au smartphones available from the middle of November 2011 by KDDI Corporation, a comprehensive communications company offering both fixed-line and mobile communications services.

“Virus Buster Mobile for au” is designed to protect users by preventing malicious applications and filtering bad websites through the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network infrastructure, which correlates data from more than 70 billion daily queries and has protected more than 130 million users since 2008. Trend Micro’s web security and malware prevention technologies will be pre-installed on Android smartphones and tablet devices released by KDDI to millions of their customers — protecting them from threats like phishing websites and malicious programs while enabling them to use their mobile devices in safer and more secure ways.

The smartphone market is growing rapidly. It is predicted that smartphone shipments for 2011 will be 19.86 million units, a 2.3 times increase over 2010 and 49% of the total device shipment volume in 2011. But security is a growing concern among Android users: according to a recent Trend Micro survey, though the majority of them (85%) enjoy using the web capabilities on their devices, over 45% of those surveyed say their Android devices are vulnerable to online threats.

In the past, Trend Micro and KDDI have collaborated in Internet security services such as: “Virus Buster for au one net,” a monthly subscription security service for PCs; and “au one net access safety service,” a web-filtering service to protect children from inappropriate websites. Trend Micro, together with partners like KDDI, is committed to protecting all aspects of consumers’ digital lives located on computers, smartphones or tablets.