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AVG Technologies Brings Family Safety to Windows Phone 8 Devices
AMSTERDAM and SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
AVG Technologies [http://www.avg.com ] N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the provider of Internet and
mobile security, privacy and optimization to 146 million active users, has today announced
that its AVG Family Safety mobile application is now available for Microsoft Windows(R)
Phone 8 devices.
Aimed at protecting children while they surf the web on mobile devices, AVG Family
Safety [http://www.avg.com/avg-family-safety-mobile-win ] is a free, secure, mobile web
browser, previously only available for Apple devices and Windows Phone 7.5. Adding to the
existing built-in mobile security already provided by Microsoft, the application uses data
from AVG's Linkscanner(R) technology to block websites that are known to be malicious, and
its own filters will also prevent visits to any sites that are deemed to contain mature
and inappropriate content such as anything relating to violence, drugs or pornography.
The latest version of AVG Family Safety is ideally suited for use in the Windows Phone
8 Kid's Corner [http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/how-to/wp8/basics/set-up-kids-corner ].
This newly introduced feature allows parents to set up an area on their smartphones where
children can play with pre-added games, apps, music and videos, but can't access the
content or applications on the rest of the device. Adding AVG Family Safety as the default
browser on this section is an easy and great way for parents to open up the Internet to
their children but within a safe environment.
"Parents today know only too well the fascination that smartphones hold for children.
I am sure that we've all been guilty in the past of handing over our device, with our only
concern being about its safety rather than the safety of our children using it," said Tony
Anscombe, AVG's Senior Security Evangelist. "But are we stopping to consider the type of
content we could be exposing our children to? As our previous research has shown, the
digital literacy of children nowadays is astounding so while it is absolutely important to
nurture this, and allow our children to experience the online world, it has to be in a
controlled way. AVG Family Safety gives parents that peace of mind."
As part of its Digital Diaries [http://www.avgdigitaldiaries.com ] research series,
AVG discovered that more than twice the number of children aged 2-5 years could play with
a smartphone application (26 per cent) versus tying their shoelaces (11 per cent). The
research, entitled Digital Skills, also showed that more children can open a web browser
(29 per cent) than swim unaided (17 per cent).
For further family protection, users who already have an AVG Family Safety account for
their home computer can combine this with their Windows Phone 8 application to access even
more security features. These include easily customizable lists of allowed and blocked
sites, as well as the ability to block social networking sites per mobile device.
To download the AVG Family Safety for Windows Phone 8 application directly please
visit - http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid f94db9-d1b4-4a6a-942e-4e04c97fb32c
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About AVG Technologies (NYSE: AVG)
AVG's mission is to simplify, optimize and secure the Internet experience, providing
peace of mind to a connected world. AVG's powerful yet easy-notto use software and
online services put users in control of their Internet experience. By choosing AVG's
software and services, users become part of a trusted global community that benefits from
inherent network effects, mutual protection and support. AVG has grown its user base to
146 million active users as of December 31, 2012 and offers a product portfolio that
targets the consumer and small business markets and includes Internet security, PC
performance optimization, online backup, mobile security, identity protection and family
safety software.
http://www.avg.com
Keep in touch with AVG
- For breaking news, follow AVG on Twitter at
http://www.twitter.com/officialAVGnews
- For small business security trends analysis, follow the AVG small business
blog at small-business.blog.avg.com [http://small-business.blog.avg.com ]
- Join our Facebook community at http://www.facebook.com/AVGfree
- Join our LinkedIn community http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid'19797
AVG Technologies
CONTACT: Contacts: US, Ty Sheppard, Finn Partners for AVG, ty@finnpartners.com +1(415)249-6775. UK, Amy Bunn, Waggener Edstrom for AVG, abunn@waggeneredstrom.com, + 44(0)20-7632-3857.
AVG Technologies Brings Family Safety to Windows Phone 8 Devices
AMSTERDAM and SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
AVG Technologies [http://www.avg.com ] N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the provider of Internet and
mobile security, privacy and optimization to 146 million active users, has today announced
that its AVG Family Safety mobile application is now available for Microsoft Windows(R)
Phone 8 devices.
Aimed at protecting children while they surf the web on mobile devices, AVG Family
Safety [http://www.avg.com/avg-family-safety-mobile-win ] is a free, secure, mobile web
browser, previously only available for Apple devices and Windows Phone 7.5. Adding to the
existing built-in mobile security already provided by Microsoft, the application uses data
from AVG's Linkscanner(R) technology to block websites that are known to be malicious, and
its own filters will also prevent visits to any sites that are deemed to contain mature
and inappropriate content such as anything relating to violence, drugs or pornography.
The latest version of AVG Family Safety is ideally suited for use in the Windows Phone
8 Kid's Corner [http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/how-to/wp8/basics/set-up-kids-corner ].
This newly introduced feature allows parents to set up an area on their smartphones where
children can play with pre-added games, apps, music and videos, but can't access the
content or applications on the rest of the device. Adding AVG Family Safety as the default
browser on this section is an easy and great way for parents to open up the Internet to
their children but within a safe environment.
"Parents today know only too well the fascination that smartphones hold for children.
I am sure that we've all been guilty in the past of handing over our device, with our only
concern being about its safety rather than the safety of our children using it," said Tony
Anscombe, AVG's Senior Security Evangelist. "But are we stopping to consider the type of
content we could be exposing our children to? As our previous research has shown, the
digital literacy of children nowadays is astounding so while it is absolutely important to
nurture this, and allow our children to experience the online world, it has to be in a
controlled way. AVG Family Safety gives parents that peace of mind."
As part of its Digital Diaries [http://www.avgdigitaldiaries.com ] research series,
AVG discovered that more than twice the number of children aged 2-5 years could play with
a smartphone application (26 per cent) versus tying their shoelaces (11 per cent). The
research, entitled Digital Skills, also showed that more children can open a web browser
(29 per cent) than swim unaided (17 per cent).
For further family protection, users who already have an AVG Family Safety account for
their home computer can combine this with their Windows Phone 8 application to access even
more security features. These include easily customizable lists of allowed and blocked
sites, as well as the ability to block social networking sites per mobile device.
To download the AVG Family Safety for Windows Phone 8 application directly please
visit - http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid f94db9-d1b4-4a6a-942e-4e04c97fb32c
# # #
About AVG Technologies (NYSE: AVG)
AVG's mission is to simplify, optimize and secure the Internet experience, providing
peace of mind to a connected world. AVG's powerful yet easy-notto use software and
online services put users in control of their Internet experience. By choosing AVG's
software and services, users become part of a trusted global community that benefits from
inherent network effects, mutual protection and support. AVG has grown its user base to
146 million active users as of December 31, 2012 and offers a product portfolio that
targets the consumer and small business markets and includes Internet security, PC
performance optimization, online backup, mobile security, identity protection and family
safety software.
http://www.avg.com
Keep in touch with AVG
- For breaking news, follow AVG on Twitter at
http://www.twitter.com/officialAVGnews
- For small business security trends analysis, follow the AVG small business
blog at small-business.blog.avg.com [http://small-business.blog.avg.com ]
- Join our Facebook community at http://www.facebook.com/AVGfree
- Join our LinkedIn community http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid'19797
AVG Technologies
CONTACT: Contacts: US, Ty Sheppard, Finn Partners for AVG, ty@finnpartners.com +1(415)249-6775. UK, Amy Bunn, Waggener Edstrom for AVG, abunn@waggeneredstrom.com, + 44(0)20-7632-3857.