The basic functions that the program covers are scanning programs and downloads for malware scanning websites as you surf for phishing and other dangers backing up your contacts, call log, and photos helping you find a lost device and locking or erasing it if it was stolen snapping “thiefie” photos and sending them to you via email when certain events occur and showing you which applications have access to your info on the phone.
While this saves on device memory and end-runs the need for most updates, it does incur minor data usage. Lookout performs its guard-dogging by sending information to its website and processing it there. That said, the latest results from AV-TEST pegged Lookout as below par in malware detection and perhaps too aggressive in picking out suspect software. The program’s variety of email alert settings is without peer. Android security suites generally have a lot of tricks up their sleeves, but Lookout Premium has taken it up a notch with anti-theft and recovery features.
