Sophos Mobile Security: overview

Sophos Mobile Security protects smart mobile phones from viruses and other malware, and is included under the licenced product: Sophos Endpoint Security and Control

It is currently available for all devices running the following versions of the Windows Mobile operating system:

• Windows Mobile 6 Professional Edition
• Windows Mobile 6 Classic Edition
• Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Edition
• Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Phone Edition.

NOTE: the following are not currently supported: Windows Mobile 6 Standard Edition, 128 dpi screen modes on Windows Mobile 6 devices, Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone Edition, Windows Vista Device Center.

For details on how to install and configure Sophos Mobile Security, see the following documentation

• administrator guide
• startup guide
• configuration tool user manual
• release notes.

Information on how to use Sophos Mobile Security can be found in the Help file on the mobile device.

For advice on how to deploy Sophos Mobile Security, see the deployment guidelines.

Related articles

Configuration information

• Sophos Mobile Security: detection of EICAR
• Sophos Mobile Security: updating mechanism
• Sophos Mobile Security: default settings
• Sophos Mobile Security: credentials
• Sophos Mobile Security for Windows Mobile: initiating an update manually
• Sophos Mobile Security: executables scanned 

Troubleshooting

• Sophos Mobile Security for Windows Mobile: incoming calls can be routed to voice mail if files are being downloaded
• Sophos Mobile Security for Windows Mobile: unable to launch if device is low on memory
• Sophos Mobile Security for Windows Mobile: forced uninstall
• Sophos Mobile Security: unable to read update progress texts