Microsoft released a version today previewof the software protections from viruses for Android devices. The company revealed that Windows Defender will launch for iOS and Android in early 2020, but he didn't give us more details about what to expect.
Of course since Defender will not run on Windows, it was named Microsoft Defender.
Public preview for Android includes phishing protection and will go one step further than Google's built-in malware protection to offer signature malware detection.
"The scans that will be performed will immediately detect malicious programs and potentially unwanted applications (PUA) ”, he says Kanishka Srivastava, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft.
"If a secure application is downloaded, the end user will see a small notification informing them that the application is clean."
Microsoft software as mentioned above will have anti-phishing, so that unsafe websites sent via SMS, WhatsApp, email or other applications are immediately blocked. Microsoft will also use Defender SmartScreen technology to block unsafe network connections that may attempt to download malicious applications without the knowledge of the end user.
Microsoft also plans to release an antivirus app for iOS devices, but we don't know when. By default, all Apple iOS apps run in a sandbox and block most users to download apps that are not in the App Store.
