One of the things that tends to make a little skittish is surfing websites with my iPhone browser. Typically this isn’t as up to date as it should be. There is no protections of any kind really. Now, the folks at Trend Micro have announced a free security tool to protect iPhone/iPod Touch users.
From CBR Online:
Trend Micro has launched its Trend Smart Surfing, a free web browsing security application for iPhone and iPod touch that is reported to offer another layer of protection against web threats by blocking access to malicious websites.
According to Trend Micro, Trend Smart Surfing is an internet browsing tool, which uses its web reputation technology, a component of the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network, to block users of iPhone and iPod touch from unintentionally visiting websites that may contain malicious content designed to steal confidential information and personal data.
This might sound like a good idea but, I’m more concerned about perfectly legitimate sites that may have been compromised. Those are the sites that tend to be of a far greater concern. There isn’t really any indication that this tool will afford any protection in these instances.
The company said that key features of Smart Surfing include: in-depth browser security powered by the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network that blocks access to malicious web pages; color-coded search results that make it easy to identify harmful web pages; three protection strength levels that users can modify according to their needs; and able to support browsing of multiple web pages at the same time.
As near as I can tell this is little more than a list of bad sites. Not sure that this offers any real protection at all.
Thoughts?
[tags]iPhone Browser, iPhone Security, Trend Micro[/tags]