Sophos Intercept X for Mobile - Mobile security & protection

Sophos Intercept X for Mobile offers top-notch protection against malware and various mobile threats. The application has consistently achieved a perfect 100% protection score in AV-TEST’s evaluation of leading Android security and antivirus apps.

Here are the key features of the app:

- No ads, full functionality, completely free

- Developed by Sophos, a recognized IT security provider for businesses and governments worldwide

- Ensures comprehensive protection for your Android device and privacy without compromising performance or battery life

Features include:

- Malware protection: Scans apps and storage for malicious or inappropriate content

- Web Filtering: Blocks web pages containing harmful, undesirable, or illegal content

- Link Checker: Verifies links clicked within non-browser apps for potential threats

- App Protection: Enables password protection for selected apps

- Wi-Fi Security: Detects man-in-the-middle attacks on your network connection

- Privacy Advisor: Highlights apps with access to personal data or potential cost implications

- Security Advisor: Provides guidance on enhancing device security

- Secure QR Code Scanner: Conducts security assessments while scanning QR codes containing URLs, contacts, or Wi-Fi data

- Password Safe: Safely stores account information using KeePass-compatible password databases

- Authenticator: Generates time-based and counter-based one-time passwords for multi-factor authentication

- Managed mode: Connects the app to Sophos Mobile for organizational device management

Permissions

Permissions are needed for various functionalities, including monitoring incoming data, threat detection, and prevention. 

• Permissions are required to monitor incoming data, and to detect and stop threats.

• The Wi-Fi Security feature needs the location permission to get the name of the Wi-Fi network you’re connected to, even when the app is running in the background. The app doesn’t actually access or track your location.

• When you turn on Web Filtering, the app uses the Android Accessibility Service API to check links you open in supported web browsers. The app sends link addresses to SophosLabs to check for malicious, undesirable, or illegal content. Depending on the app settings, such content is blocked. No personal information is collected.

Battery and data usage

• Malware definitions update once a day to keep you protected. This uses a small amount of data.

• The initial full scan of every installed app causes a one-time increase in battery usage.

Data safety

• The app doesn't store your web browsing history.

• When the app is managed by Sophos Mobile, your organization can see details about web pages the app has blocked or warned about.

The app ensures minimal battery and data consumption by updating malware definitions daily and conducting an initial comprehensive scan. It refrains from storing web browsing history. When managed by Sophos Mobile, organizations can view details about blocked or warned web pages.