launches free cloud anti-virus software, SkyAV
software that meets an unmet need: protecting the cloud-based files on Dropbox
for emerging market users who only use mobile devices. Best of all, this new
solution, SkyAV, is free.
Rawstream founder Brian Azzopardi: “We always thought it was unfair that
people in developed markets had their Norton and McAfee anti-virus software
protecting their files on their laptops and PCs while emerging market users
really had no protection. After all, Dropbox doesn’t offer anti-virus
protection to users so their files in the cloud — everything that is
important to them — are completely vulnerable to attack.”
first freemium cloud anti-virus software
consumers are currently using over one billion smartphones. Many of these are
lower end phones that cannot run resource hungry security apps without making
the phone sluggish. “SkyAV is for the people who don’t have the iPhones,
the Galaxys and other high-end Android phones,” Mr. Azzopardi added.
“We made it free for them because we know that in many, if not most, cases
they couldn’t afford to buy it.”
SkyAV is
security-as-a-service. It runs in the cloud and scans your files for viruses
and malware. There is nothing to install on your phone so there is no impact on
your phone’s performance. The first release of SkyAV on December 15 scans
Dropbox folders. The Google Drive upgrade will launch in the second quarter of
2017. Another benefit of SkyAV is it that also helps consumers save storage
space by compressing documents. That way consumers will be able to add more
files to their Dropbox accounts. And they will know that they are safe.
“We believe the world’s first freemium cloud anti-virus software is our
small contribution to making the world a better and safer place,” said Mr.
Azzopardi.
Users can download SkyAV from www.skyav.co
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