{"id":43816,"date":"2025-11-11T09:46:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T09:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=43816"},"modified":"2025-11-11T11:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:35:13","slug":"broadband-isp-virgin-media-uk-adds-identity-protection-to-security-add-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/11\/broadband-isp-virgin-media-uk-adds-identity-protection-to-security-add-on.html","title":{"rendered":"Broadband ISP Virgin Media UK Adds Identity Protection to Security Add-on UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Internet, TV and phone provider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">O2<\/a>) and security partner F-Secure have today announced that they&#8217;ve now begun offering customers of their optional (paid) &#8216;Advanced Security&#8217; add-on service an additional &#8220;<em>Identity Protection<\/em>&#8221; feature, which is designed to help prevent identity theft.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Just to recap. All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> customers currently receive their <strong>Essential Security<\/strong> software as standard to help fight phishing scams, viruses and to provide other protections. Customers can optionally add <strong>Advanced Security<\/strong>, for three months free via a trial, or pay \u00a33.50 monthly or \u00a335 annually, which offers additional on-the-go protection both in and out of the home &#8211; for an unlimited number of devices.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the press release doesn&#8217;t actually say how the new Identity Protection feature actually works, so we&#8217;ve had to query that with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> and will update again later. Otherwise, the Advanced Security service includes the following core features:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Advanced Security Features<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 Remote device disruption: Helps to protect devices from being remotely accessed and controlled.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 Banking and shopping protection:\u202fStops untrusted network connections while buying or banking online.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 Virus removal:\u202fDetects, scans and removes viruses alongside other malware on customers\u2019 devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 On-the-go protection:\u202fProvides constant 24\/7 security on the go, regardless of a customer\u2019s mobile network provider, and even if they are offline or connected to a different broadband connection.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 Devices protection:\u202fAvailable on an unlimited number of devices for total protection everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 Generate and store strong passwords: Get instant alerts and advice if your personal data has been exposed in a data breach.<\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 Scam protection: Get notified of untrusted online stores and block SMS scams automatically with the latest AI technologies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The provider claims that, over the past year, their Advanced Security service has prevented 131.5 million unsafe or harmful websites from being accessed, as well as stopping some 346,204 viruses, malware, and spyware threats and blocking 4.1 million banking and shopping sessions from being intercepted, enabling safer online transactions (this is PC only data as F-Secure cannot pull data from Apple\/Android phones).<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE 11:31am<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been told that the new feature protects customers\u2019 identity by helping them to both keep their credentials securely stored and providing breach alerts when their personal information is identified as having been leaked or stolen (some free websites like https:\/\/haveibeenpwned.com perform a similar function). The monitored data can include your email address, social security number, credit card, phone number, bank account number (IBAN), passport number, driver\u2019s license number, username or gamertag, and or additional email addresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet, TV and phone provider Virgin Media (O2) and security partner F-Secure have today announced that they&#8217;ve now begun offering customers of their optional (paid) &#8216;Advanced Security&#8217; add-on service an additional &#8220;Identity Protection&#8221; feature, which is designed to help prevent identity theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[109,479,475],"class_list":["post-43816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-internet-privacy","tag-security","tag-virgin-media"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/115530433533037877","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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