Comodo Anti-Theft (CAT) enables you to locate and recover your missing Android device and to prevent unsolicited access of your sensitive data by malicious people.
As the 'Swiss army knife' of anti-theft applications, CAT provides multiple ways to find and protect your missing Android device.
All security features are activated by text messaging a special code to your missing device and include device location, device lock, device wipe, take remote photograph and sound an alarm. The best part of apps - Its Free.
Features and How to use :
1. Sounding an Alarm
After activating the Anti-Theft app, your device can be made to sound an alarm in case it is misplaced or stolen.
To make your device to sound an alarm
• Send an SMS with the following text message to your device from another phone.
alarm#[your Anti-Theft password]
2. Getting the Device Location Remotely
If your device is mislaid, lost or stolen, you can get the location of your device with Google map location by sending a remote command.
To get the location of your device
• Send an SMS with the following text message to your device from another phone.
locate#[your Anti-Theft password]
3. Locking your Device Remotely If your device is mislaid, lost or stolen, you can lock the device by sending a remote command, to prevent it being mishandled.
Once you get the device back, you can unlock it by entering the Anti-Theft password or the answer for the password reset question.
To remotely lock your device
• Send an SMS with the following text message to your device from another phone.
lock#[your Anti-Theft password]
4. Wiping Data from your Device Remotely
You can remotely erase all the confidential data including stored messages, contacts, call history, browser bookmarks and all the files stored in your SD card including pictures, music and video.
To remotely wipe all your confidential data from your device
• Send an SMS with the following text message to your device from another phone.
wipe#[your Anti-Theft password]
5. Taking Photograph Remotely
The Remote Capture feature allows you to remotely take photograph from your missing or stolen device and receive it at your email, in order to identify the possessor of your device. On sending this remote command, your device will alert the possessor as if a message has been received, in order to lure the person to look at the screen. Once the possessor taps the 'Read' button to view the message, the front camera in your device will be activated to take a photograph of the possessor. If your device does not have a front camera, the photograph will be taken from the back camera. The picked-up photograph will immediately be sent to your email address registered in Anti-Theft Settings.
To remotely take a picture from your device
• Send an SMS with the following text message to your device from another phone.
takephoto#[your Anti-Theft password]
6. Sim Card Change Alert
If the device is stolen and and somebody has changed its SIM card, you can send the SMS to the new number from which the automated SIM card change alert SMS has been received in your friend's phone.
You will receive a reply SMS in the same phone with the location and a link to Google Maps, showing the location of your device in Google Maps.
You can download it through Google Play or Direct Download.
