ESTsecurity (CEO Chung Sang-won), a security specialist, announced on the 2nd that cumulative sign-ups for 'Green Pharmacy', the phone care reward service offered in its mobile antivirus app 'ALYac M', have passed one million.
'ALYac M' is an Android-based mobile antivirus and security app boasting close to 20 million downloads, with main features including ▲smartphone malware scanning and treatment, ▲smishing message detection, ▲financial fraud prevention, ▲memory and battery optimization, ▲file cleanup, ▲app management and ▲organizing similar photos.
'Green Pharmacy' is a phone care reward service launched to encourage users to keep using ALYac M's security and management features and, through that, to raise security awareness. ALYac M users can receive 'ALYac' reward points simply by using the features built into the app. The 'ALYac' points collected this way can be exchanged for a range of gift vouchers in the Green Pharmacy stamp shop and used at various franchises and convenience stores.
'Green Pharmacy', which opened in beta in September 2020 and launched officially that December, has steadily grown its membership on the strength of easy point earning and a range of promotions, passing one million cumulative members in February this year, about a year and five months after launch.
An ESTsecurity representative said: "With smartphones now essential to daily life, mobile security is in the spotlight more than ever. ALYac M's 'Green Pharmacy' lets users receive rewards easily just by using smartphone security and care features, which set it clearly apart among security apps and enabled its rapid growth," adding, "Now that we have reached one million users, we will keep advancing the service and running a range of promotions so that even more people can use Green Pharmacy."
To mark passing one million cumulative members, ESTsecurity is also running a limited-time 'stamp shop discount hot time promotion' worth KRW 13 million until the 4th. On the first day, the 2nd, 1,000 cup noodles are offered; on the 3rd, 500 Starbucks coffees; and on the final day, the 4th, 500 BBQ chickens — all at 50% off the existing price. Covering 2,000 items in total, the promotion runs for 30 minutes from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis, and ends early if the prepared stock sells out.