A-Very-Good AVG

Here's a useful App for all Android & Other smart phone users.

Using the latest AVG Antivirus FREE application (available in Android Market), you can now have access to the Anti-Theft software, well it doesn't really prevent theft, but it does help in such situations or other common situations like misplaced phones and stuff.

Once the software is downloaded,to best use the Anti Theft feature, while you still have your phone with you, log in to the AVG Anti-Theft website http://www.avgmobilation.com/anti-theft
by using a Google Account ( please register if you don't have, this is NOT the 1990's , nobody uses hotmail anymore)..This will help you set a password for your phone & register your current sim card's serial number to your account.

Thats how my Anti-theft account looks like :

Here are some of the cool things you can do once you have registered on the Anti-Theft page using your Google account:


1) Locate the exact location of your phone using Google Maps- This really helps if you have misplaced your phone or if you just want to know where your phone thief lives.

2) Lock the screen from any remote PC-By logging in to the website using your g-account from any PC, you can lock the screen of your mobile phone & also insert a lock screen message-maybe of a contact number of anyone trusted so if some good soul finds it and wants to return it, they will know who to call.

3) Wipe the data off your phone-You can also wipe out all data's from your phone, such as Media files,pictures,contacts,notes etc from being accessed by others if you feel you have sensitive information.

4)Sound an alarm- It is also possible to sound an alarm from a remote PC, my suggestion is to pre-select a voice recorded audio of yourself shouting-"THIS PHONE WAS STOLEN FROM-YOUR NAME-PLEASE CALL -NO OF SOMEONE YOU TRUST-!" I bet the thief wouldn't have seen that one coming.


In addition to that, every single time the registered SIM is removed from the phone, you will get an email notification. In case if it's not you, you can then proceed and use any one of those features to help you trace your phone back.

Kind of  a really cool app that might come in handy in situations,totally worth the effort of downloading & registering, as they often say better to be safe than sorry !

And if you still feel lazy or invincible that you will never lose your phone, than perhaps you deserve to get your phone stolen. :D