F-Secure conducted research into how their customers use the product, and discovered that users usually go to the main window of the program, with the intention of performing a specific action. The new user interface is simple and attractive, and is designed to make it easy for users to take whichever action they want, and also launch full scans, get an overview of the program's recent activity, or check the system security status. There is the usual red-green-yellow status indicator, but, unlike most other security products, there is no button to fix any issues found. The status screen displays the status of each module, but there is no link to the configuration settings for that module, and the statistics page displays charts, but there is no link to detailed reports.
Real-Time Protection Network
This module runs in the background, collecting non-personal information from all F-Secure users, and analyzing it to look for patterns. The information it gathers is used to help many modules. Parental control categorization depends partially on it, the spam filter uses it to fine-tune its operation, and the firewall uses it to decide whether to trust or block a program.
Installation Problems
We encountered many problems installing F-Secure on their malware-infested test computers last year, and reported no improvement in installing the product this year. Even on a clean computer, installation was slow, timed at 25 minutes - though this included the lengthy initial signature update.
On some of our test systems, we found problems with installing, updating, scanning, or a combination of all three. F-Secure's free online scanner was used, logs were sent to technical support, systems were rebooted into Safe Mode, F-Secure's Rescue CD was deployed, and more, over the course of several days. On three computers it was necessary to remove and re-install F-Secure. One computer was never able to run a scan. For these reasons, we were reluctant to recommend F-Secure for cleaning up a system that is already infected with malware.
Independent Labs Tests
Virus Bulletin has awarded F-Secure its top rating of VB100% in all tests since 2003 except one. For on-demand malware removal, AV Comparatives awarded F-Secure its second-highest rating of ADVANCED, and for proactive, non-signature based detection, STANDARD. It showed few false positives in the proactive test. ICSA Labs certifies F-Secure's antivirus technology for both detection and removal of viruses (F-Secure doesn't submit its products to West Coast Labs for testing).
F-Secure earned top marks from AV-Test. For detection of malware, proactive detection, detection of spyware and fast response time, it gained the highest rating of 'Very Good' - other products matched this score, but none beat it. For fast scan speed and low false positives, it scored 'Good'.
Real-Time Protection Network
This module runs in the background, collecting non-personal information from all F-Secure users, and analyzing it to look for patterns. The information it gathers is used to help many modules. Parental control categorization depends partially on it, the spam filter uses it to fine-tune its operation, and the firewall uses it to decide whether to trust or block a program.
Installation Problems
We encountered many problems installing F-Secure on their malware-infested test computers last year, and reported no improvement in installing the product this year. Even on a clean computer, installation was slow, timed at 25 minutes - though this included the lengthy initial signature update.
On some of our test systems, we found problems with installing, updating, scanning, or a combination of all three. F-Secure's free online scanner was used, logs were sent to technical support, systems were rebooted into Safe Mode, F-Secure's Rescue CD was deployed, and more, over the course of several days. On three computers it was necessary to remove and re-install F-Secure. One computer was never able to run a scan. For these reasons, we were reluctant to recommend F-Secure for cleaning up a system that is already infected with malware.
Independent Labs Tests
Virus Bulletin has awarded F-Secure its top rating of VB100% in all tests since 2003 except one. For on-demand malware removal, AV Comparatives awarded F-Secure its second-highest rating of ADVANCED, and for proactive, non-signature based detection, STANDARD. It showed few false positives in the proactive test. ICSA Labs certifies F-Secure's antivirus technology for both detection and removal of viruses (F-Secure doesn't submit its products to West Coast Labs for testing).
F-Secure earned top marks from AV-Test. For detection of malware, proactive detection, detection of spyware and fast response time, it gained the highest rating of 'Very Good' - other products matched this score, but none beat it. For fast scan speed and low false positives, it scored 'Good'.
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