Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite allows automatic providing an administrator with information about geographic location of protected mobile devices under Android OS.
To locate a mobile device
1.Configure the transmission of the information on a mobile device location to Dr.Web Server:
a)In Dr.Web Security Control Center, in the Anti-virus network section, in the network tree, select the necessary station or the group of stations under Android OS.
b)Select the Dr.Web for Android item in the control menu.
c)On the General tab, set the Track location flag. In the Period of coordinates transmission drop-down list, select a value according to which the device location data will be updated.
d)Save the changes.
2.Automatic location tracking is performed by one of the following ways:
•If location providers (GPS, mobile networks) are enabled on a user device and the signal is stable, the location is monitored by the means of a mobile device itself.
•If location providers (GPS, mobile networks) are disabled on a user device or there is no GPS signal, Dr.Web Enterprise Security Suite provides the feature to use the Yandex.Locator technology to locate a mobile device on the coordinates of the mobile communication towers (GSM, 3D, LTE) and WiFi ID.
To configure the Yandex.Locator technology, you must activate and set up the Yandex.Locator Extension:
a)Get the API key on Yandex company website at https://yandex.ru/dev/locator/keys/get/.
b)In Dr.Web Security Control Center, in the Administration → Dr.Web Server configuration → Modules section, set the Yandex.Locator Extension flag.
c)In the API key field, specify the key received on the step a).
d)Save the changes and restart Dr.Web Server.
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WiFi ID can be used only on mobile devices under Android 5.1 and earlier. |
3.To view a station location in Dr.Web Security Control Center:
a)In the Anti-virus network section, in the network tree, select the station for which the corresponding settings were specified at step 1.
b)In the station properties, in the Location section, geographic coordinates received from a mobile devise will be filled automatically.
c)Click Show on map to view geographic location on a mobile device on OpenStreetMap according to the received coordinates.