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| Avast! Anti Theft |
- Track SMS
- Track Phone location (Auto Enabled GPS)
- Track calls
- Lock your phone
- Erase all data
- Sound a siren
- Deny program manager access
- Deny phone setting access
- Receive SMS with the new phone number and phone location
- These actions will take place if the SIM card is changed or the device is marked as lost.
- Disguise itself with any desired name
Avast! Anti Theft Installation
- Open up the Google Play Store
- Search for avast! Mobile Security
- Tap Install
- Tap Accept & download
- When you open the app, you’ll be prompted to accept to the license agreement.
- Enter avast! account or create a new account. The application may update the virus definitions. After the definitions are updated, a scan might begin.
- From the main avast! page, click Avast! Anti Theft and then tap continue. Select Easy Installation Mode or the Advanced Installation Mode (rooted device only) to installs avast! as a rooted installation. Avast! Anti Theft will download the customized installation package. Just tap Install until the installation of Avast! Anti Theft complete.
- You must set up Avast! Anti Theft as the device administrator. Tap Avast! Anti Theft Setting button and then on the screen that appears, set Avast! Anti Theft as a device administrator. The screen will look like this. Just click activate.
- Set up Avast! Anti Theft basic settings. From within the Set up Avast! Anti Theft basic settings window, fill out all the information.
- Enable Avast! Anti Theft and go into stealth mode. Avast! Anti Theft will not be visible in Menu. In order to access Avast! Anti Theft when in stealth mode, you must dial the Avast! Anti Theft PIN you set up in the basic settings window. Once you’ve done that, Avast! Anti Theft will be visible until a phone reboot.
- Set up Avast! Anti Theft advanced settings. Protection behavior. You can set Lock phone, Sound siren, Deny program manager access, Deny phone setting access, and Low battery notification. Once you’ve taken care of the Protection behavior, go back to the Advanced Settings window and configure the rest of the settings that you want to enable.
How to Use Avast! Anti Theft
Now that you’ve set this up, how do you use Avast! Anti Theft?
If you lose your Android mobile (or you know it was stolen), send an SMS to the number of the stolen/lost device.
All commands must begin with the Avast! Anti Theft PIN that you set up. For example, if the PIN you created is 1234, here are the commands you can send:
1234 LOCK: Lock the device
1234 LOST: Set the phone to “lost” mode
1234 FOUND: Unset “lost” mode
1234 UNLOCK: Unlock the phone
1234 MESSAGE <message>: The <message> is the message you want to send to whoever has your phone
1234 SIREN ON: Turn the siren sound on
1234 SIREN OFF: Turn off the siren sound
1234 LOCATE: Locates the device
1234 LOCATE <interval>: Continuously tracks device for <interval> minutes
1234 LOCATE STOP: Stop tracking
1234 CALL <phone number>: Use the phone to call a number
1234 FORWARD SMS <phone number>: Forward all text messages to a new number
1234 FORWARD SMS STOP: Stop forwarding text messages
1234 CC SMS <phone number>: CC all SMS messages to a new number
1234 CC SMS STOP: Stop CC’ing texts
1234 CC CALLS <phone number>: Forward all incoming calls to a specified phone number
1234 CC CALLS STOP: Stop forwarding calls
1234 CC ALL <phone number>: Forward both SMS and phone calls
1234 CC ALL STOP: Stop forwarding all
1234 WIPE: Wipe the phone
1234 GET <number> SMS: The <number> is a numerical value of SMS messages
1234 GET <number> SENT SMS: Gets the last <number> of send text messages
1234 GET CONTACTS: Gets the contacts from the address book
The avast! Anti-Theft system is a great way to help you retrieve your lost phone or, at least, keep unwanted eyes from seeing your important data. Give this Avast! Anti Theft a try, and see if Avast! Anti Theft isn’t exactly what you need to keep your information secure.
Note: If you want to spy someone, just install Avast! Anti Theft on their android device. You can control the device later from the Avast! website whether you want to retrieve their location, SMS, calls, etc.
