About Anti-Theft

Anti-Theft protects your data against unauthorized access and helps to locate the device if it is lost or stolen.

Anti-Theft lets you perform the following operations remotely:

  • Lock the device and determine its location
  • Turn on a loud alarm on the device
  • Wipe data from the device
  • Take a mugshot of the person currently using the device

Also, if the SIM card is replaced or the device is turned on without it, you can remotely lock the device and get the new phone number. This allows you to launch other Anti-Theft functions on the lost device.

SIM Watch is available only on devices with an inserted SIM card.

You can launch Anti-Theft features remotely from any device by using the My Kaspersky portal or special SMS commands. You can send a standard text message with a special code to your device from another mobile device. If Kaspersky Internet Security is installed on the other device, you can send an SMS command from the app. To send an SMS command, you need to know the secret code to Kaspersky Internet Security on your device.

You can allow or block the remote launch of Anti-Theft functions on your device. If the launch of Anti-Theft is blocked, it is not possible to start it remotely.

Access to Anti-Theft settings is protected with a secret code (specified during initial configuration of Anti-Theft or when Privacy Protection is launched for the first time).