Connect Infotech partners with UMU Global

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Bangalore: Connect Infotech, a Pune based mobile security company has partnered with UMU Global to offer its security products to dealers, resellers and retailers in India. The UMU products include UMU Scan - Mobile Antivirus, UMU SpamSafe - Mobile Antispam and UMU StopThief - Mobile Antitheft applications designed specifically for Symbian Series 60 and Windows Mobile smartphones. On the tie up with UMU, Bhushan Chandak, Director, Connect InfoTech said, "Till now, only pirated mobile antivirus products were available to Indian customers, but with this launch Indian customers will get a feature rich licenses antivirus application to protect their Symbian and Windows Mobile smartphones." As more and more businesses integrate smartphones into their networks, the UMU Mobile security suite will help in combating network vulnerabilities and commercial risks. The application will be receiving regular virus updates over a multitude of user-defined connections and will receive pushed updates for newly recognized high-risk malware threats. Chandak says, "The application has capability to scan the viruses 30 percent faster than any antivirus software available in the market." Through UMU SpamSafe, users can easily block or filter nuisance, unwanted or unsolicited SMS and MMS messages with four modes of operation using easy definable white and blacklists to combat the global upsurge of mobile messaging abuse. If the mobile gets stolen or SIM has been changed, UMU StopThief automatically locks the device and notifies the owner and will provide an exact location if the handset is GPS enabled; it will also enable users to remotely lock the handset or delete all information stored on the device. Peter Harrison, Chief Technology Officer, UMU Mobile said, "It is being expected that SMS spam will be a growing problem in India over the next few years and UMU's Mobile security suite is likely to play large role in protecting handsets against all of these threats. We are excited to be working with Connect Infotech to help Indian smartphone users to protect their handsets appropriately." In India UMU Scan mobile antivirus is available in six and 12 month license retail pack. As an introductory offer company is providing six month license for 349 and one year license for 499.