F-Secure® Anti-Virus

Product Review Summary –

Features: F-Secure Anti-Virus is a complete application with cloud security and proactive protection, which makes it a compelling piece of application for basic home desktop antivirus needs. It is streamlined, effective and fast with additional integrated features and advanced protection technology.

Usability: The F-Secure Anti-Virus is following a straight-forward approach and the user interface accommodates easier navigation thereby making it easier for scheduling specific scans or for adjusting settings. It is considered to be better than other antivirus applications in terms of effectiveness.

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F-Secure Anti-Virus application offers better protection and this is proven by third party test results. In traditional malware blocking tests, this application has got sixth place. F-Secure Anti-Virus detects virus effectively and it supports all archive formats. The application uses three different scanning engines for providing better protection on your computer. You can also create and switch between multiple security profiles. Apart from providing your warning messages, the application also launches a disinfection wizard when it finds a virus on your computer. Furthermore, the application updates virus definition files quickly as soon as a new virus is found. It includes a range of network features as well.

Here are the Top 5 Features of this product:

Five: Powerful security: The antivirus enables you to open your email attachments without any fear of malicious programs, spyware intrusion and virus infections that can affect your computer. The antispyware application protects your privacy by stopping hackers and spyware from entering your computer. DeepGuard 2.0 proactive technology guards you against recently introduced unknown threats. Moreover, the scanning processes do not disturb you since it runs behind the scene.

Four: Advanced Technology: Web traffic scanning feature protects your computer from the websites that can infect even if you are not downloading anything from that site. The application protects your computer from zero-day attacks, unknown targeted attacks and rootkits. The reduced system overhead and enhanced detection feature enables your computer to perform well and moreover the application keeps your data and computer safe from viruses. The manifold scanning engines of F-Secure Anti-Virus recognize different types of malware thereby offering you the best malware identification and disinfection. The F-Secure DeepGuard 2.0 presents network based identification of doubtful software while developing the speed and accuracy of response to new outbreaks of nasty code.

Three: Advanced Heuristics: The term heuristics stands for solving problem by trial and error method. The host based intrusion prevention technology of F-Secure Anti-Virus works behind the scenes for identifying malware like activity through sandbox analysis and file behavior monitoring. The application effectively identifies the malware hiding on your computer.

Two: Automatic scan: F-Secure Anti-Virus on-access scanning feature examines all files that are accessed by you. The application automatically runs regular scanning for identifying threats if any on your computer. On the other hand, you can also perform a manual scan and moreover, if you require to scan a particular folder or file, simply right-click and scan for threats in that folder or file.

One: Updates: F-Secure Anti-Virus automatically updates once in every 2 hours in the background. As has been said, the application protects the users from latest threats with the help of proactive deep guard network and this is done within 60 seconds from finding the new threats. But, users need not worry about staying on top of updates since the application can update with proxy server.

F-Secure Anti-Virus can run on PCs with Windows Vista and Windows XP and Windows 2000. The systems with Windows XP/ Windows 2000, Intel Pentium III processor with 600 MHZ or higher is required. The system should have a memory capacity of 128 MB with maximum 300 MB disk space for installation. On the other hand, systems with Windows Vista, processor capable of running 64 bit and 32 bit is required. The system should have a memory capacity of 512 MB with maximum 300 MB disk space for installation. For all three operating systems, minimum Internet Explorer 5.0 browser with high speed Internet connection and CD ROM is essential.

F-Secure Anti-Virus is a good application since you can create and manage multiple security profiles. The application is suitable for people who are looking for utmost protection to their computers.

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