Sophos Mobile Security for Android version 4.0 is coming – Sign up for the beta!

We’re excited to announce that Sophos Mobile Security version 4.0 is coming soon. This major release of our free antivirus app for Android smartphones and tablets is almost ready for beta testing and we’d like your help.

Sign up for our beta program today and we’ll notify you by email when the beta is available. And here’s the best part — if you sign up for the beta before 30th September, you’ll be automatically entered to win a $25 Google Play gift card!

Sign up before 30th September — we’ll draw 20 lucky winners for the $25 gift card. (UPDATE: Contest now closed.)

UPDATE Sept. 10, 2014

The beta is now available for testing.

Here’s how to sign up for the beta:

1. Join the Sophos Mobile Beta Google group: http://soph.so/yUzZg
2. Opt in to receive the beta software, triggered by an email from the Google group, by navigating to this link and follow the instructions.

Once you have opted in you will receive the beta version through Google Play (build version 4.0.1386).

During the beta trial period, our team will be ready to support you via the Sophos Mobile Betas Google Group.

The beta trial period is intended to last six weeks and will end automatically as soon as the release version becomes available on Google Play in October.

Sophos Mobile Security for Android

Sophos Mobile Security (aka, Sophos Anti-virus and Security) is a robust yet lightweight app that protects your Android devices without compromising performance or battery life. Using up-to-the-minute intelligence from SophosLabs, it automatically scans apps as you install them.

Other features include a privacy advisor, data and device encryption, and per-app password protection that you can set up for sensitive apps like your email.

We’ve received several awards and many great reviews, which has been downloaded more than 100,000 times from Google Play.

It’s also available as an enterprise version you can manage through Mobile Control, our enterprise mobility management and security product.