PRODUCTS: Antivirus

F-Secure Internet Security provides you with full protection from online threats phishing, hackers, identity thieves.

F-Secure has one of the most effective scanning engines, and third-party test results to prove it. F-Secure is among the handful of antivirus software that hold the current Advanced A+ rating from AV Comparatives, with an overall detection rate of nearly 98%. The same test found F-Secure Anti-Virus with (remarkably few) 2 false positives.

F-Secure is very ease to use. The user interface accommodates simple navigation and makes it easy to schedule specific scans or adjust settings. The main dashboard features quick access to the essentials (scan, update, statistics), and is visually striking with the use of transparency.

Most of the time you won’t even have F-Secure open since the updates and scans run automatically. The easy-to-understand icon in the lower-right taskbar will help you comprehend the status of your security.

One impressive feature from F-Secure is their innovative protection network. DeepGuard 2.0 utilizes “cloud security” in the form of a speedy internet-hosted database of security information. Basically, when you open a program or application on your PC, F-Secure checks with the DeepGuard network for any insights, known problems, or validation. If a program doesn’t make the grade, every other F-Secure user is protected from the same threat within 60 seconds. Best of all, this intensive security check happens in real-time and won’t even be noticed in everyday computing.

F-Secure Anti-Virus 2011 also incorporates advanced heuristics. The proactive protection for “zero-hour” threat catching is a HIPS (host-based intrusion prevention system) that works behind-the-scenes to find malware-like activity through monitoring file behavior and sandbox analysis. Basically, F-Secure is looking out for hidden malware that goes undetected by the current virus signatures.

All files accessed/opened on your computer are scanned by F-Secure’s on-access scanning. Anti-Virus 2011 is also equipped to run regular antivirus scans automatically, but you can always perform a manual scan from the program. Furthermore, if you want to scan a specific file or folder, simply right-click on it and scan it immediately.

F-Secure can scan compressed files and files on removable drives. You can configure the software to clean the files (if possible) automatically, or they will be placed in the quarantine. The quarantine is where potentially dangerous files are kept where they can’t cause damage until you decide what action (restore, delete) to take.