Dr Web security 8.0 has Android 4.2 support

BANGALORE, INDIA: Dr.WEB, a Russian developer of information security software, has released the eighth version of Dr.Web for Android.

According to a company release, version 8.0's major innovations include faster scanning on multi-core smart phones, Android 4.2 support, and Anti-theft Module recognition of multiple, trusted SIM cards.

With the new version, anti-virus scans on the latest Android smart phones are now significantly faster thanks to multi-thread scanning that divides tasks between the CPU cores, a company release said.

The new version supports Android 4.2.

The release adds that with Dr.Web for Android 8.0 subscribers can use multiple trusted SIM cards with the Anti-theft enabled. Dr.Web also lets you disable the detection of adware and risk-ware by the file monitor SpIDer Guard and the anti-virus scanner.