Get Norton Safety Minder For Android

droidandroids | Norton Safety Minder For Android - In consideration of the increasing number of children who use smart phones to access the Internet, Symantec issued a security application that is useful to monitor the use of Android as well as blocking a certain sites.

Yes its about Norton safey Minder that aims to protect children and young people from the threat of the application which contains malware, phishing, and cyber bullying. Application security is working on Android 2.2 Froyo and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Next will follow a version that can be used on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Application security which is made by Symantec offers two levels of protection. After downloading to the handheld's and make the rules at home, parents who use Norton Online Family service can log on via a PC or Mac to monitor and block access to certain sites in their son smart phone or tablet's.

In addition, Norton Online Family also provides some additional functionality, such as search history and sites visited. Whereas at a higher level of protection, parents need to subscribe to paid services at Symantec.

The paid service called Norton Online Family Premier, gives additional control to the users. For example, the ability to monitor SMS and MMS messages, as well as applications that have installed and uninstalled in the smart phone or tablet belongs to the children. In addition, in the category of messages, parents can make a black list or white list of contacts, see the history of the message, preventing delivery of the message and view the contents of the message.

According to Marian Merritt, Internet Safety Advocate for Norton, younger children are generally not aware that the Internet is public space. To stay safe, they need to be careful on the comments made and the pictures they send.

Symantec's own research conducted showed that approximately 93 percent of parents said it had made a rule about the use of internet and telephone. But, 60 percent of them have not implemented a specific parental control program. Its nice to have Norton Safety Minder On Android