Status

ESET Anti-Theft status can be as follows:

•Not missing, optimized – Default and desired value (formerly Normal state); the device is not marked as missing.

•Not missing, not optimized – The device is not marked as missing, but optimization issues were found.

•Marked as Missing state – Device was reported stolen or missing, ESET Anti-Theft records data.

•Suspicious state – Successful Phantom Account auto-login.

To report a device as stolen or missing, select the device and click My device is missing.

The following actions will be taken:

•You will receive an email notification that your device status has been set to missing.

•When the missing computer or device goes online, ESET Internet Security, ESET Smart Security Premium or ESET Mobile Security will record information on regular intervals. This data can be viewed in the Activity tab.

•The missing device will automatically restart within few minutes of going online.

•If a Phantom Windows account exists, the device will use this account as the default account and automatically log into it. This prevents people from logging into other user accounts or accessing user data.

Important recommendations

It is highly recommended that you take the following actions to mitigate the potential damage caused by criminals:

•Keep the details of your ESET HOME account log solely to yourself – Do not share the username and password you use to log into the ESET Anti-Theft web interface. We recommend not to save the login credentials in your web browser.

•Change your email account password – Particularly if you use email programs such as Outlook Express or Mozilla Thunderbird, or if you have stored webmail passwords recorded in your web browser (for example, your Gmail account password).

•Change your internet banking password and check your bank accounts for suspicious transactions.

•Change passwords for all of your social media presences – This concerns mainly social networks such as Facebook or Twitter.

Click, I recovered my device to revert a device to the Normal state. The device will reboot, and your normal user account will be re-activated