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Clean Master App Surpasses 100 Million Monthly Active Users & Announces New v5.0 Offering Enhanced Security Features
[March 18, 2014]

Clean Master App Surpasses 100 Million Monthly Active Users & Announces New v5.0 Offering Enhanced Security Features


SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)--

KS Mobile, creators of the free Clean Master utility app for Android (News - Alert) 2.1 and up, today announced its flagship product has surpassed 100 million monthly active users. The news follows the recent introduction of the new Clean Master v5.0 on Google Play. Clean Master's latest iteration offers users enhanced security and privacy functionality on their Android smartphone so that protecting sensitive data on a mobile device is faster and easier than ever before.

Newly added and AV-Test certified1 security features built into Clean Master 5.0 defend Android users from threats including those posed by malicious apps. Testing of Clean Master by AV-Test in January 2014 certifies Clean Master a perfect (#1) protection score (100 out of 100). Included in the functions to safeguard app users is a new safe browsing feature to detect and prevent visits to malicious websites on a smartphone-so hackers who host phishing sites to lure unsuspecting visitors can be avoided. This is important since the result of mobile phishing scams can be extremely harmful after users reveal their credentials or credit card information to malicious websites.

Clean Master 5.0 als offers superior privacy protection to ensure smartphone usage footprints-which comprise of detailed personal information like call history, IM chatting records, SMS logs, and social account credentials-- can be wiped out cleanly from a central place.



"Reaching over 100 million monthly users is attributable to Clean Master's ongoing promise to easily keep every Android device running faster, smoother, and stronger," said Sheng Fu, CEO of KS Mobile. "Our app offers a superior standard of functionality that is unparalleled in today's utility app market. Introducing enhanced security features to Clean Master was a natural next step to continue delivering on that commitment, and we're proud that we can offer mobile users everywhere extra peace of mind about their safety and protection, at no cost."

Clean Master leverages a proprietary in-depth app analysis system to constantly evaluate the runtime behavior of tens of thousands of the world's most popular Apps offered on Google (News - Alert) Play. The results are applied to Clean Master, allowing the app to support the most current needs of smartphone users as they evolve, and eliminate as much as 30% more of junk files on a mobile device than any other utility product.


According to the App Annie Index2, Clean Master is the #4 most downloaded app on Google Play (excluding the Games category) next to Facebook (News - Alert), WhatsApp Messenger, and Facebook Messenger. It is the #1 most downloaded app in the Tool category worldwide on Google Play.

Clean Master v5.0 is available for FREE download at Google Play.

Specifications

Clean Master is built for Android 2.1 and up.

About KS Mobile

KS Mobile is a leading mobile internet software provider focused on developing security and utility tool apps for Android and iOS. Popular products include Clean Master, Clean Master Security, Photo Grid, and Battery Doctor apps available for download on Google Play and the Apple (News - Alert) App Store. KS Mobile, headquartered in San Francisco, is an international company with offices and RD centers in San Francisco, Beijing, Taipei, and Tokyo.

1 http://www.av-test.org/no_cache/en/tests/test-reports/?tx_avtestreports_pi1%5breport_no%5d=140145

2 http://blog.appannie.com/app-annie-index-apps-january-2014/


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