Note that the blue-and-yellow shield on Settings means that the changing settings requires approving the User Account Control (UAC). Below that are three buttons for quick actions: Scan, with a drop-down to choose which kind of scan to run Check for updates and Settings.
Just kidding, it's really Status, Tasks, and Statistics. The Computer Security window offers Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics.
The main interface still presents itself as two clean, well-designed windows with three main sections. It even installed alongside a competitor, which we experimented with just to see if it worked - it's not good computer security to have two suites running at once.Īt around four minutes to complete the install, F-Secure isn't as fast Norton or Trend Micro Titanium, but it's definitely improved this year.Īside from some jargon tweaks to make navigating easier to understand, there are almost no interface changes this year. Unlike last year, where F-Secure 2012 had a wonky double-installation process, this year's installation was fast and pain-free. However, as other suites emphasize their engine improvements along with an ever-expanding feature set, F-Secure Anti-Virus 2013 ($39.99) and F-Secure Internet Security 2013 ($59.99) remain steadfastly lean while still providing top-rated security. F-Secure 2013 focuses on keeping its security ahead of the curve, along with some ease-of-use improvements. Retrieved 25 June 2011.The Finnish security firm F-Secure gains a large percentage of its business from corporate accounts and platform operators, but that doesn't mean that it treats its consumer security suites as a ginger-haired child of indeterminate parentage and poor temperament. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012.
"We will also be adding detection of any program we see that might be used for terrorist activity or to benefit organized crime. This decision-making is influenced only by technical factors, and nothing else, but within the applicable laws and regulations, in our case meaning EU laws. We have to draw a line with every sample we get regarding whether to detect it or not. "F-Secure Corporation would like to make known that we will not leave such backdoors to our F-Secure Anti-Virus products, regardless of the source of such tools. Controversies Īfter the media coverage of Magic Lantern and claims by some AV vendors to purposely leave a backdoor for it in their products, F-Secure announced their policy on detecting these spying programs: In co-operation with Aalto University School of Science and Technology, F-Secure runs a one semester course for future virus analysts, with some material available on-line. In June 2018, F-Secure acquired security company MWR InfoSecurity for 80 million pounds ($106 million). į-Secure Client Security received AV-TEST Best Protection award for the fifth time in 2016. The purchase of Inverse Path, a privately owned Italian security consultancy with experience in avionics, automative, and industrial control sectors, in February 2017 continues the expansion of its cyber security services. In June 2015, F-Secure expanded into the enterprise market by acquiring nSense, a Danish company that specializes in security consultation and vulnerability assessment. F-Secure was the first company that developed an anti- rootkit technology called BlackLight in 2005. F-Secure’ first antivirus product for Windows PCs was launched in 1994.
Three years later, the company launched its first major software project and developed the first heuristic scanner for antivirus products. Data Fellows trained computer users and built customized databases.
F-Secure was first established under the name Data Fellows by Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa on May 16, 1988.