With the current advancement in technology, your devices need to be secure from viruses and possibility of being hacked into easily. You cannot simply ignore your devices be it a PC or a mobile device. In this, you will be protecting not only your privacy but also you will be protecting the functionality of the device. Though the market is flooded with different types of antivirus programs, you should look into Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) and Lookout Security and Antivirus (LSA).
While they both seek to ensure security, the Lookout Antivirus protects mobile device running on Android against theft as well as viruses. MSE on the other hand protects PC’s against viruses, spyware and Trojans operating on Windows XP, Vista and 7 operating systems.
Both the Lookout Security & Antivirus and the Microsoft Security Essentials comes for free where you only need to download it onto your device. This aspect makes cost a void consideration. They also provide for background automatic updates so you do not have to worry about keeping a timetable of when to make updates.
LSA is accompanied by a robust antivirus scanning engine which first scans anything you seek to install in an attempt to find any threats. With the numerous apps everyone is downloading, it is important to keep your mobile device safe. This program will also backup all your data to its server so you can retrieve it in the event your device is stolen or destroyed.
Protecting you from theft, this program can help you locate your stolen device. Though it requires a subscription on a yearly basis, it also comes with a security advisor and browsing protection. In addition, if anyone tries to access your phone by keying in the password wrongly three times, the program will take a photo of the intruder automatically and send it to the owner’s email address. This is accompanied by a map to help the owner locate the phone thanks to its lock cam feature.
Microsoft Security Essentials on the other hand is more of a larger scale protective program. It offers protection to your PC’s at home or even for a small business. With just one download, you can protect a few PC’s and not just one. In addition, it does not interrupt any ongoing programs on your laptop or PC. It indicates the level of security by highlighting a given color between green, yellow and red. Green is good levels whereas the other two indicate a threat and the program will let you know what to do next.
These two security antivirus software are seeking to meet the same objective but they are targeting different end users. They are both available for free. Looking at their capabilities, the going with the Microsoft Security Essentials will be better. This is because it protects more than one device and it does not interrupt ongoing programs of your device.