Protecting Confidential Information; Using The Remote Anti-Theft - F-SECURE MOBILE SECURITY FOR WINDOWS MOBILE User Manual

3.4

Protecting Confidential Information

3.4.1

Using the Remote Anti-theft

With Anti-theft, you can make sure that your device or data stored on it is
not misused if your device is stolen and Anti-theft can alert you if
somebody changes the SIM card in your device.
With the remote lock, you can lock the device remotely by sending it an
SMS message you have created. The locked device can be unlocked
only with the lock code of your device. To use the remote lock, keep the
device lock turned on.
With the remote wipe, you can wipe the device remotely by sending it an
SMS message you have created. When the device is wiped, the
application deletes all the information stored in the device memory.
As memory cards can be easily removed, store your confidential
information in the device memory.
To set up remote lock and wipe:
1. Tap Settings in the main view.
2.
Tap Anti-theft in the settings selection list.
3.
Select which features you want to turn on:
If you want to be able to wipe your device remotely, select
remote wipe.
If you want to be able to lock your device remotely, Select
remote lock.
You can enable the remote lock only when the device lock is
turned on.
4.
Enter your Security code
To lock or wipe your device remotely:
• To lock the device, send the following SMS message to your
device:
Using F-Secure Mobile Security
and type it again to confirm it.
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