WebGuard: Integrated Android protection from dangerous sites, advertising and social surveillance
Android / / December 19, 2019
Today Layfhaker will tell you how to use a single application to protect your Android from the entire set unpleasant things that we can encounter when accessing the Internet with our Android smartphones and tablets.
Unfortunately, the wild growth of popularity of Android, in conjunction with its not the best protected, provoking the emergence of all kinds of malicious software. In response to the skeptical statements about The Phantom Menace and tricks competitors respected Cisco He has published a report on the situation in the field of network security. And there, there was a proposal that puts the bullet in question "everything is so bad."
99% of all mobile malware is focused on Android-devices.
Believe it or not Cisco - your work, and our part is to find a solution.
At the moment, Google Play is a set of highly specialized and complex applications to protect Android. Complex application is often more preferable: why put 5 different applications, where there is one, can replace them all? This has a positive effect on memory and battery. In addition, the complexity must be correct - it is necessary to close all the loopholes expired.
Today we tell about WebGuard - this is the most appropriate, in our view, a variant of Android integrated protection at the most relevant scenarios using a mobile device.
In addition to being a free application that does not require root, and does not ask to register anywhere, it was pleasant to us range of problems to be solved. All the functions described below may be switched on and off independently of each other in the application settings.
dangerous sites
After starting WebGuard creates a local connection through the VPN-built-in VPN-server application. Thus, there is control of mobile Internet traffic. The service itself is provided with updated database of websites seen in the spread of malicious content, as well as fraud. When working WebGuard random and targeted referrals to such sites become impossible.
The Left applications
It so happens that the user does not aware of the protection status of your smartphone and tablet, and keeps permitted the option to install applications from unknown sources. One of the most common scenarios of attack - tossing left-apk file that is placed on the device and runs the malicious code. In this case, forcibly WebGuard blocks any attempt to place the application is not officially source.
Advertising
Another problem of the modern Internet - hype. It is everywhere, and, in this case, the WebGuard works as AdBlock known to all, but only in the mobile browser. According to the first observations, cut more than 90% advertising, but this number may vary from one site to another.
Surveillance of the social networks
There is no person who would have liked the fact of constant surveillance for his actions. Watching us the Google, VKontakte, Facebook, Twitter - all and sundry. Any social service diligently collects data on all of our preferences and interests. WebGuard is good because it makes it possible to selectively disable shadowing from any social service.
Information about the browser and privacy
As a bonus, the WebGuard can hide from sites name and version of the browser from which the user logs into the network, as well as its Internet address.
Taken together, it turns out is an acceptable level of protection can significantly reduce the requirements for accuracy and user awareness in terms of network threats and other unwanted things that might be encountered, go online mobile.