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Rating: Actually it’s all built into Avast!’s Mobile Security app

Over a year ago, GoMo News bothered to research how an ordinary person could ‘root’ an Android handset. (See ‘How to migrate an Android handset to Froyo’). The purpose of ‘rooting’ the handset is to enable you to change bits of the handset’s OS. Normally, it’s used for updating the OS to a new version – say going from Gingerbread (2.3) to Ice Cream Sandwich (v 4.0). We’ve accidentally discovered that ‘rooting’ also serves a useful purpose for data security applications. This revelation was made when installing Avast! Software’s Mobile Security app on our test Motorola Razr. You can find the Avast! app on the Android Market here. Continue reading →