John McAfee of the McAfee anti-virus fame has released a mobile app that alerts you to any apps on your device that is surreptitiously sending out your personal details or spying on you. Called the D-Vasive Anti Spy, this is claimed to be the “1st Antispy app” that will help protect your privacy from these invasive apps by alerting you if an application is trying to spy on you, using your phone’s camera, microphone, Bluetooth or Wi  Fi connections.

What John McAfee claims is that the D-Vasive Anti Spy is not your typical anti-spyware. The typical anti-spyware relies on a database of known definitions & then scans every single file on your phone to compare with. This does not offer real protection as there are viruses and spyware being created everyday. So, a recently made virus or spyware will be unknown to the database, bypassing your typical anti-spyware software and able to access your system.

D-Vasive Anti Spy, on the other hand, offers a layer of protection that is in your control. This new app allows you complete control in managing your mobile devices internal hardware. So that way, when a potential malicious app tries to open your Camera, Mic, Bluetooth or WiFi and spy on you, D-Vasive Anti Spy lets you know, and lets you completely lock them down.

The D-Vasive Anti Spy app is a follow-up to the earlier launched DCentral 1 app McAfee had released late last year. DCentral 1 was focused on clearly indicating which apps have what type of permissions. D-Vasive, on the other hand, takes 1 step more – it routinely scans for apps which have accessed things they shouldn’t have.

There are 2 versions of this Android app – free & premium.

Here are some of the additional features of the Pro version:

• Secure Camera
• Secure Microphone
• Secure Bluetooth
• Secure WiFi
• Pause detection alerts
• Increased amount of logs
• Precise dial control
• Silent alert mode

You may click here to download this app on your Android device.

Image Credit: Google play/D-Vasive

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