viaProtect App for Android Review
An antivirus or anti-malware app could defend your phone from virus/malware attacks. But could it also protect your privacy by preventing other apps from transmitting your data to untrusted parties? Possibly not. Here is a utility – viaProtect for Android – that could reduce the risk of a potential privacy breach significantly. You can get viaProtect app for free from Google Play Store.
viaProtect App Features
viaProtect app for Android let you keep track of potential risks that could compromise your safety and privacy. It basically gathers crucial info from your phone such as system, network, mobile forensics etc and analyzes it to see if you’re at risk. The app provides a detailed report indicating your vulnerability to potential privacy threats. So if you have installed badly written and unverified apps, you’ll know which ones are potentially dangerous and which ones are benign. viaProtect app for Android is fairly easy to use. Once you install the app, you can straightaway start using it as a guest or registered user. Registering yourself has its own perks. For example, if you register yourself with your email, you can access its advanced metrics via web dashboard.
Using viaProtect you can a risk report that shows your device current status. It also provides you a personalized report that comprises of three sections: encrypted traffic, countries and organizations. If you click ‘Learn More’ button right-below, you’ll be able to see the factors that contribute to your device status. You can view the device’s active sensors by clicking on the side menu. Further, the app supports real-time sync so that you can always view the latest results without having to press the ‘refresh’ button.
On the flip side, the app does not seem to support landscape mode. Also, you can’t download a copy of the full risk report. It also won’t tell you the exact app that is creating trouble. You got to find it out yourself. viaProtect is compatible with Android OS versions 4.0 or higher.
Conclusion
viaProtect app for Android helps you to track suspicious behavior among your installed apps. It provides a detailed report on your vulnerabilities so that you’ll know what is going on with your data and how, where and when it is being sent. Based on the info, you can take steps to plus the security risk. If has some drawbacks for sure. But overall, the app still it does what it intends to do perfectly. Verdict: Check it out.
Category: Free Android Apps, Free Android Tools
