

If none of these options help you to track down your phone, you can use GPS to display its rough location on a map. While it is possible to lock out other users from accessing your phone, it is possible to leave available the option to call you (on a different number) or the emergency services. You can use the Avira web site to remotely log into your phone and lock it so that it cannot be used by anyone else, but there is another handy feature that comes into play if the phone is found. If you discover that your phone has in fact been stolen, there are additional options that can helps to keep your data safe. If you have simply misplaced your phone and hunting around the house has not helped, the app can be used to make it scream – even if you have it switched to silent mode – and this could alert you, or someone near it, to its whereabouts. If you lose your phone it is likely that you will be able to claim it on your insurance, but all of your contacts, messages, photos and other data could be lost forever – and in the case of phone theft, it may well be the case that your phone includes personal details that could be used in identity theft or other crimes.Īvira Free Android Security is, perhaps unsurprisingly, a free security tool for your Android device that can help you out in the event that your phone is lost or stolen.


Other features include scheduled cleanings, support for removable drives and USB keys, automatic registry backups, deletion of USB history, and more. The initial scan and cleaning process can be a little time consuming (20-30 mins), depending on the size of your disks and number of traces found.

PrivaZer can permanently wipe all traces using secure deletion methods and also reset you free disk sectors to zero to eliminate all traces from previous delete operations.
