SMobile Systems yesterday announced the availability of VirusGuard from RIM’s Blackberry devices. VirusGuard is the first antivirus product compatible with the Blackberry platform. For the last two years, SMobile VirusGuard has been the world’s most downloaded security application and has led the smartphone security market.

SMobile VirusGuard available for many different platform, including Palm, Treo, Pocket PC, Nokia, and Symbian. The Blackberry edition offers the same features as its big brothers, including real-time on-device protection with automatic over-the-air updates and portable licensing (list of features below).

Mike Patterson, SMobile’s CEO, said on the Press Release, “We are determined to provide protection for every mobile user, regardless of what platform or operating system they are using. Our latest offering for Blackberry proves to the world that we are number one in mobile security, and we will continue to lead the pack in protecting every new smartphone device,“.

VirusGuard for Blackberry features:

• Easy-to-use interface
• Real-time Monitor auto-scans files received at the device via any file transfer mechanism (e.g., Bluetooth, IR, desktop synch)
• On-demand scan of internal memory, memory card, and/or full device
• Autoboot when phone is restarted
• Subscription-based license, good for 1 year of virus updates
• Auto-deletion of infected or suspicious files
• Full logging of scan and detection activity
• Full protection from the latest discovered viruses and malware

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