Mobile Avast Web Portal
avast! now has a web portal that interfaces with the mobile application. I first became aware of it as a result of upgrades to the anti-theft component. It turns out that I needed to upgrade the base application first before I could access the web portal functionality.
The portal supports multiple devices. It provides an easy way to send the various commands, an overview of the settings, activity logs and a locator map once the device has been located. Rather than communicating with the device via SMS, the web portal appears to use the Internet. Although I have been able to do some successful tests, SMS still seems to be more reliable. It does mean that avast can now support devices (such as tablets) that do not have SMS capabilities.
