Anti-Theft & Snap Photo

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Activating Anti-Theft 

1. Select More on the bottom navigation bar
2. Select Anti-Theft
3. Tap TURN ON

The following procedure will begin to help you activate this feature:

1. Grant Admin Privileges

   • These privileges are essential to the operation of Anti-Theft and therefore must be granted to continue.

2. Set Application PIN

   • To prevent unauthorized access to your device, a PIN code must be set. Every time an attempt will be made to access your device, the PIN will have to be entered first. Alternatively, on devices that support fingerprint authentication, a fingerprint confirmation can be used instead of the configured PIN code.
   • The same PIN code is used by App Lock to protect your installed apps.

3. Activate Snap Photo

   • Each time someone unsuccessfully tries to unlock your device while Snap Photo is turned on, VIPRE Android Security will take a photo of him.

   • Specifically, every time the PIN code, password, or fingerprint confirmation you set to protect your device is entered wrong three times in a row, a photo is taken using the front camera. The photo is saved, together with the time-stamp and reason, and can be seen when you access the Anti-Theft area of VIPRE Android Security.

   • Alternatively, you can view the taken photo in your VIPRE Security Central:

     1. Go to: https://mobile.myvipre.com.
     2. Sign in to your account.
     3. Tap three horizontal lines in the upper-left corner of the screen, and then select My Devices.
     4. Select your Android device, and then the Anti-Theft tab.
     5. Tap the three dots next to Check your snapshots to view the latest photos that were taken.

App Lock

To restrict access to selected apps, configure App Lock after activating Anti-Theft. 

1. Select the App Lock icon from the bottom navigation bar
2. Select TURN ON
3. Allow access to usage data for VIPRE
   • Additional permissions are required on Android 6 or the Snap Photo feature. To enable, allow Antivirus to take pictures and record video
4. Go back to the app, configure the access code, then select SET PIN
5. Enable the Snap Photo option to catch any intruder that will try to access your private data
6. Select the apps you want to protect

Lock Mode

The first time you add an app to App Lock, the App Lock Mode screen appears. From here you can choose when the App Lock feature should protect the apps installed on your device.

You can choose one of the following options:

• Require unlock every time - each time the locked apps are accessed, the PIN code or fingerprint you have set up will have to be used.
• Keep unlocked until screen off - the access to your apps will be valid until the screen turns off.
• Lock after 30 seconds - you can exit and access again your unlocked apps within 30 seconds.

If you would like to change the selected setting:

1. Select More from the bottom navigation bar
2. Select  Settings
3. Select Require unlock every time in the App Lock area
4. Choose the desired option

Account Privacy

1. Select More from the bottom navigation bar
2. Select Account Privacy
3. Select GET STARTED
   • The email address used to create your VIPRE Security Central account appears
4. Select ADD to continue
   • You will receive an e-mail from noreply@mobile.myvipre.com with a validation code; take note of the validation code
5. Check your inbox, and then type the received code in the Account Privacy area of your app
   • If you cannot find the validation email in the Inbox folder, check the Spam folder
   • The privacy status of the validated account is displayed
6. To add other accounts, select ADD ACCOUNT in the Account Privacy window, and repeat steps 3, 4, and 5 above