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Like Norton’s Android protection, Trend Micro scans the apps you look at and
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past Play Protect, this is a very handy feature.
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scanning. From the Trend Micro portal online, you can locate, lock, or wipe a
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An icon marked Reset made me think that in addition to wiping personal data
from the device, you could trigger a full factory reset. In truth, that’s not what it
does. You can use Reset to force stop all active apps on the phone, thereby
foiling a thief who got hold of the phone with those apps logged in. If it seems
that the Android-napper has guessed or stolen your lock-screen PIN, you can
reset it remotely.
In the app itself, you can edit the message displayed on a locked device, and
enable Uninstall Protection, which requires your Trend Micro password to
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similar feature in McAfee Total Protection, Panda Dome Premium, and others,
it secretly photographs anyone who repeatedly tries and fails to unlock the app
or to uninstall it.