Kaspersky Lab Presents Phound, a free Anti-Theft app for Android

Kaspersky Lab presents a new free Android app, a tool which enables users to protect the

things that are valuable to them – their mobile devices and personal data. Phound! – derived

from the words Phone and Hound – helps to find a lost gadget quickly and keep any valuable

information stored on it away from prying eyes.

According to a survey of Internet users, over a one year period one respondent in 20 on

average – and as many as one in six for some countries! – lost their smartphone or tablet as

a result of carelessness or theft. At the same time, 38% of users admitted that their devices

contained confidential data that they would definitely not want to fall into the wrong hands.

Kaspersky Phound! was developed to prevent this kind of alarming situation.

Phound! offers gadget owners the ability to control their devices and the data stored on

them remotely, via the My Kaspersky portal. If a device is lost or stolen, users can quickly

block it to prevent unauthorized access, as well as using GPS, GSM or Wi-Fi networks to find

its position on the map. To make searching for the device easier, users can also take pictures

with the front camera or bring up a message on the device’s screen.

If the telephone or tablet was lost at home or in the office, it can be found with the help of

the Alarm feature – the device makes a loud sound and continues until the owner enters a

secret code. As a last resort, the owner can use Phound! to remove all personal data from

the device and the SD card remotely, including contacts, messages, photos etc., as well as

perform a hard reset of the device, if required.

“For many users, mobile devices serve as storage for their most valuable and important data

– contacts of friends and colleagues, personal messages, private photos and many other

things. This means that today’s smartphones and tablets need the same security as a bank

vault. However, unlike bank vaults, smartphones are small, portable and easily misplaced.

That is why we created a solution for our users to prevent their mobile ‘vault’ from falling

into the wrong hands,” said Alexey Chikov, Senior Product Manager, Kaspersky Lab.

Kaspersky Phound! is now available in 8 languages from Google Play Store, the official app

store for Android. This app complements the Kaspersky Lab portfolio of free and freemium

mobile products for home users, which includes Kaspersky Safe Browser for iOS and

Windows Phone, Kaspersky QR Scan, Kaspersky Threat Scan, Kaspersky Internet Security for

Android and Kaspersky Password Manager for iOS and Android.