for Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices (Pocket PC)
System requirements
- Microsoft WindowsR Mobile 5 or 6 device (Pocket PC with touch screen)
- 170 KB or more free storage space.
Installation
- Download Pocket Guardian™.
- Copy PocketGuardian.CAB to your Windows Mobile device.
- Using your device's "File Explorer", tap PocketGuardian.CAB to begin the installation.
- Pocket Guardian will now load and be available from your Today Screen.
Accessing the main user interface
Figure 1: Today Screen
To access the main user interface simply tap "Pocket Guardian" on the today screen as shown in figure 1.
After tapping Pocket Guardian the main user interface will be shown as per figure 2.
Figure 2: Main interface
Enabling and disabling Pocket Guardian™
Tapping the underlined section of "Protection is now: ON" will enable or disable Pocket Guardian™ protection.
Changing the default action
Tapping the underlined section of "On event detected: Prompt" will change the default action Pocket Guardian™ takes when an event is intercepted. If the default action is prompt then you will be prompted on suspicious events, otherwise Pocket Guardian™ will automatically block all suspicious changes and simply alert you.
Viewing results
To view results from the main screen, simply tap the underlined number to the right of "Events processed:" After tapping the number, results will be loaded in your default browser.
General settings
General settings allow you to select which areas of your mobile device Pocket Guardian™ should monitor and protect. General settings can be accessed by tapping the "Settings" tab above the main menu.
Figure 3: General settings
To enable or disable specific monitoring areas simply check or uncheck their entries on the settings screen and then tap "Apply changes"
| Services | Monitors software services that are installed and set to run automatically on your device. |
| Today plugins | Monitors software which adds itself to your today screen. |
| Startup programs | Monitors software that is installed and configured to run automatically on your device whenever it is turned on or soft-reset. |
| Pocket IE settings | Monitors key Internet Explorer settings. |
| Shell plugins | Monitors software that is installed as plugins or extensions to the Windows Mobile shell. |
| Protocol handlers | Monitors software which registers itself as a handler when trying to access certain types of URIs. |
| MIME types | Monitors software which registers itself as being able to handle certain file-types obtained via the network. |
Advanced settings
The advanced settings section allows you to define custom protection areas for Pocket Guardian™ to monitor and protect. Advanced settings can be accessed by tapping the "Advanced" tab above the main menu.
Figure 4: Advanced settings
Figure 5: Add custom rule screen
Adding a custom rule
- Tap "Add rule", the" Add rule" screen will appear as shown in figure 5.
- Enter a name for your custom rule.
- Select the type of rule you would like to create (either registry or file system) from the "Type" dropdown list.
- When creating a custom registry rule, you must provide:
- The root key
- Path (location) of the registry entries to monitor
- Decide whether Pocket Guardian™ should monitor sub keys of your specified location.
- When creating a custom file system rule, you must provide:
- Path (location) of the folder to monitor
- Decide whether Pocket Guardian™ should monitor subfolders of your specified location.
- Press the "Add rule" soft key to add your new rule.
- If the registry or folder path of your custom rule does not yet exist, the rule will still be created and Pocket Guardian™ will automatically begin monitoring those locations if/when they are created on your device.
Responding to prompts
When Pocket Guardian™ has detected a suspicious event, and the "on event action" is set to prompt, you will be prompted to either allow or deny the change.
Figure 6: Sample prompt
Pressing the left soft key on your device will allow the change(s), while pressing the right soft key will deny them. Irrespective of allowing or denying the change(s), you decision will be written to the Pocket Guardian™ results list.
The results file
The log or results file contains a time stamped history of events detected, denied and allowed in html format. You may view the log file by either tapping on the number of events processed (as described earlier) or by:
- Pressing the "Menu" soft key from the main user interface, then selecting Results - View
- Tapping the "Results" tab above the main menu, and then tapping the icon as shown in figure 7.
Figure 7: The results tab
Figure 8: Sample results file
To clear the results press the "Menu" soft key from the main user interface, then select Results - Clear.
Notes
Pocket Guardian™ works in both portrait and landscape modes, but:
If you change device orientation while the main Pocket Guardian screen is open, you will be alerted that the main screen needs to close and be restarted for the new layout to be properly activated. This is due to an issue in one of Microsoft's runtime libraries; we plan to work around the issue in a future release.
This does not affect the Today Screen plug in.
Uninstalling
You may uninstall Pocket Guardian™ by tapping: Start - Settings - System - Remove Programs, and then selecting "PC Tools Pocket Guardian".
Although not required, it is recommended that you soft-reset your device after uninstall.