F-Prot 6.0.9.0

[Solaris]

new version is released.
Here : http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/

;D :D

[larryb52]

but is it for vista?

[Nike_P]

what is improved in this new version?
it's bad they dont show what they changed or added, they just put that a new version is released!

[Inspector Clouseau]

http://www.f-prot.com/download/release_notes_archive/Release-Notes-Windows-6.0.9.0.txt

[Nike_P]

-{ Quote: "http://www.f-prot.com/download/release_notes_archive/Release-Notes-Windows-6.0.9.0.txt" }-

thanks ;)

[Solaris]

-{ Quote: "what is improved in this new version?
it's bad they dont show what they changed or added, they just put that a new version is released!" }-
???

http://www.f-prot.com/download/release_notes_archive/Release-Notes-Windows-6.0.9.0.txt

http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/080423_release_win6090.html

@larryb52
"Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 2008 Server are now fully supported."

[larryb52]

thanks, I might give it a try tonight than, thanks again...

[JasSolo]

-{ Quote: "http://www.f-prot.com/download/release_notes_archive/Release-Notes-Windows-6.0.9.0.txt" }-

My good Inspector.
My AV comes up with this, when I visit your Personal AntiVirus & Security Weblog

Virus: Trojan-Downloader.HTML.Agent.is
Virus found while downloading Web content.
Address: 61.155.8.157


Cheers

[Inspector Clouseau]

That domain still exists? :blink: I canceled that months back. Let me see if i still have access.

[lodore]

Hello,
installed the trial version.
the "close" option on the right click menu of the tray icon does this shut off the realtime protection or just hide the icon?
i clicked on it by accident so i lanched f-prot from program files and the tray icon option was still ticked in options but the tray icon didnt reappear until i logged off and back on.

[lucas1985]

-{ Quote: "That domain still exists? :blink:" }-
I visited it some weeks ago and it was alive (the last entry was on August 2007 IIRC)

[Inspector Clouseau]

-{ Quote: "I visited it some weeks ago and it was alive (the last entry was on August 2007 IIRC)" }-

I could still access it. I took the main entry from the weblog down and contacted the hosting company. That should do the trick.

[lucas1985]

Unfortunately, abandoned blogs are very common and the hosting providers don't take the necessary steps to close them ASAP, leaving visitors to the risk of infection.

[JasSolo]

-{ Quote: "I could still access it. I took the main entry from the weblog down and contacted the hosting company. That should do the trick." }-


Thanks Inspector :thumb:


Cheers

[djohn]

little confused here, the first link posted by solaris show no mention of vista dated april 23 08 the following links do.so I assume it is visa ready.

[lucas1985]

-{ Quote: "I assume it is visa ready." }-
Yes, you can buy it with your credit card ;D

[JasSolo]

-{ Quote: "Yes, you can buy it with your credit card ;D" }-


LOL ;D ;D :thumb:


Cheers

[lucas1985]

My humble attempt at making a joke ;)

[computer geek]

-{ Quote: "but is it for vista?" }-
Nope, it ain't
-{ Quote: "Windows 2000/2003/XP" }-

[lucas1985]

The changelog says otherwise.

[lodore]

true but it doesnt seem to work to well on vista.
the tray icon seems to disapear alot and even if i opened the gui it said protection is active but it wasnt.
maybe i had a bad install i dono i havw restored an image now and may make a image tomorrow and try again. last time i tryed the beta for vista it worked fine so guessing bad install

[Macstorm]

Thanks for the heads up, i might give it a run later and see how it performs :)

[Macstorm]

-{ Quote: "The changelog says otherwise." }-
Yep ???
-{ Quote: "F-PROT ANTIVIRUS 6.0.9.0
for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008
RELEASE NOTES [2008-04-23]" }-

[Jadda]

I'd rather trust the changelog. They may just not have updated the website.

[L815]

I'm a fan of F-prot and had tried the beta version for Vista. My experience with it was wonderful. Even though it was beta, I had no issues (that I noticed) running it on Vista.

I think I will go and try the release. Maybe even buy a license when I have money :)

[trjam]

well I said when it was Vista ready, I was buying, so keeping my word. Good work to F-Prots whole gang and especially Frisk and IC. Hmmm, ready to have me in your camp.:dry:

[Solaris]

-{ Quote: "little confused here, the first link posted by solaris show no mention of vista dated april 23 08 the following links do.so I assume it is visa ready." }-
Yes, the link that I put seems download the old version, apparently ?!
But in the ‘update center’, I have find the latest version, for Vista.

[djohn]

ok thank you,I Trialed when I had XP and it was like none existent on my machine, extremley light.Have to give a go On vista.

[bellgamin]

-{ Quote: "Maybe even buy a license when I have money :)" }-I will immediately buy a license,too -- but only if they give me a one dollar discount (because I only have one computer). :-\

[djohn]

Just downloaded trial for vista not good.
1.Sound when virus found test with eicar Detection but No sound.
2.Tray icon vanished
3.Real time stoped running.
4.starts up again on reboot
:thumbd:

[flyrfan111]

-{ Quote: "I will immediately buy a license,too -- but only if they give me a one dollar discount (because I only have one computer). :-\" }-

I am not sure that can be arranged, but nothing is impossible. Even without it though, F-Prot is one of the cheaper of the paid AV software out there. The licensing policy just makes it even sweeter for those with multiple systems, which is becoming much more common these days.

[ErikAlbert]

I ran top-notch AV scanner "F-PROT Antivirus v6.0.9.0"

Scanned files : 18333

Infected objects : 0
Disinfected objects : 0
Quarantined files : 0

Duration : 00:09:57

No false positives. :)

[flyrfan111]

That isn't a very informative post.
Was it supposed to detect anything?
How large were the files?
Was there any malware present? that should have been detected?

[bellgamin]

-{ Quote: "That isn't a very informative post.
Was it supposed to detect anything?
How large were the files?
Was there any malware present? that should have been detected?" }-It's the same old tune. He is once again boasting (indirectly) about his security set-up. Ad nauseum

[ErikAlbert]

-{ Quote: "That isn't a very informative post.
Was it supposed to detect anything?
How large were the files?
Was there any malware present? that should have been detected?" }-
There is nothing to detect. I don't use scanners to keep my computer malware-free. I just run them one time to verify my solution, because that is the only way for me. F-PROT is one of the few ones, I didn't run yet.
Until now all scanners are equal to me, because of this : 0 threats found.
The only excitement are the false positives, but not with this one. :)

[lodore]

-{ Quote: "Just downloaded trial for vista not good.
1.Sound when virus found test with eicar Detection but No sound.
2.Tray icon vanished
3.Real time stoped running.
4.starts up again on reboot
:thumbd:" }-
Hey djohn,
i had the same experience when i tryed it yesterday.
the betas i tryed a month ago worked fine.
hopefully these issues will be fixed soon.

[The Hammer]

-{ Quote: "Hey djohn,
i had the same experience when i tryed it yesterday.
the betas i tryed a month ago worked fine.
hopefully these issues will be fixed soon." }-Hmm. I was thinking of giving it a shot. Maybe I'd better wait.

[Solaris]

-{ Quote: "Hmm. I was thinking of giving it a shot. Maybe I'd better wait." }-
Hi,
I don’t encounter any problems on my side; works very well.
It's best to get an opinion by yourself, perhaps.

[djohn]

-{ Quote: "Hey djohn,
i had the same experience when i tryed it yesterday.
the betas i tryed a month ago worked fine.
hopefully these issues will be fixed soon." }-
thanks for the confirmation,I hope they do fix it soon, I really like how light it is even lighter when its Not running.LOL;D

[Xenophobe]

This is what I get from trying to install the newest version:

199488

Edit: Never mind, a simple reboot worked. Silly me. :)

[Nike_P]

anyone here that have a bunche of malware samples and have tested this new version of F-Prot, is it good or not on detection-rate?

[Inspector Clouseau]

-{ Quote: "anyone here that have a bunche of malware samples and have tested this new version of F-Prot, is it good or not on detection-rate?" }-

and do you really think you can judge that based on a "bunch of malware samples"?

[solcroft]

-{ Quote: "anyone here that have a bunche of malware samples and have tested this new version of F-Prot, is it good or not on detection-rate?" }-
There's no need to doubt F-PROT's detection rate; if it can maintain its current growth rate, it's a definite up-and-coming challenger to the top dogs when it comes to detection. The heuristics, in particular, are a work of art... though I think I may have spoke too soon when I said it doesn't produce the same freezes as NOD32 does when scanning heavily obfuscated files.

[ylo0]

杀毒效果非常好
启发式也很强大
但在中国
有一些误杀


Antivirus very good results
Heuristic also very strong
But in China
Some of manslaughter

[Inspector Clouseau]

-{ Quote: "But in China
Some of manslaughter" }-

I can assure you during development of f-prot no animals or humans were injured or harmed...

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter

[ylo0]

谢谢指正

因为中国的破解器非常多，类似于木马
国情不同，结果也肯定不同


我们会继续用它，对于个人，

这个软件已经很不错。


Thank you correction

Because China's crack-a lot, like Trojan
Different national conditions, and certainly different results


We will continue to use it for personal,

The software is already very good.

[Bunkhouse Buck]

-{ Quote: "and do you really think you can judge that based on a "bunch of malware samples"?" }-

Inspector Clouseau,

Is F-Protect getting close to Avira and Nod32 in terms of heuristic detection? What about overall detection? Not asking for A is better than B analysis, but your own best guess as to the efficacy of F-Protect.

I like the program, it runs fairly light, and am looking for any thoughts on the current state of detection.

[trjam]

I would say they are all 3 very good in that area.

[Saraceno]

Good on you F-Prot for a solid product. You already have my support from the beta version performing so well. :thumb:

Sure it doesn't have the extra bells and whistles others might have, but they don't have a product that's light on resources (even when scanning), thorough scan completing at lightning speed, and a low price.

Program has support even on here from the very people who create it.

What more do users want eh? ;)

[ErikAlbert]

-{ Quote: "
What more do users want eh? ;)" }-
I wanted more in order to sleep better.

[Peter2150]

-{ Quote: "杀毒效果非常好
启发式也很强大
但在中国
有一些误杀


Antivirus very good results
Heuristic also very strong
But in China
Some of manslaughter" }-

Please post in English. Otherwise your posts might be removed.

Thanks,

Pete

[Saraceno]

Pete: I actually have to use my brain when I read some translated text, so it's a welcome change for me. ;) 8)

ErikAlbert: No problems running F-Prot with DefenceWall? Both would be fairly light programs. Should be a good combination.

[JimIT]

I think he was trying to say 'some of man's laughter' ;)

[bellgamin]

-{ Quote: "Please post in English. Otherwise your posts might be removed.

Thanks,

Pete" }-Aw, c'mon Pete. It's harmless in small doses. Actually, I am sometimes tempted to post in my own native language (Klingon).

P.S.- I am still waiting for my $1 discount of FP. :-[

[Peter2150]

-{ Quote: "Pete: I actually have to use my brain when I read some translated text, so it's a welcome change for me. ;) 8)

" }-

I hear you, but policy is it's and English forum, and only English posts.

[Jadda]

I totally agree with Peter.

Anyways, it's about time F-Prot is compatible with Windows Vista. They have been really slow, which I think is quite bad by the company. But now it's here. Congratulations.

[djohn]

-{ Quote: "Aw, c'mon Pete. It's harmless in small doses. Actually, I am sometimes tempted to post in my own native language (Klingon).

P.S.- I am still waiting for my $1 discount of FP. :-[" }-
LMAO;D

[djohn]

-{ Quote: "I totally agree with Peter.

Anyways, it's about time F-Prot is compatible with Windows Vista. They have been really slow, which I think is quite bad by the company. But now it's here. Congratulations." }-
Well it was not compatible with my vista I guess. The real time engine kept stopping and wouldn't restart throu GUI, only On reboot just to stop again.and the sound on detecton was non exsitant.:(

[L815]

I haven't had any problems running it on Vista, even the previous release :what:

[Chubb]

-{ Quote: "I can assure you during development of f-prot no animals or humans were injured or harmed...

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manslaughter" }-

This is a problem in direct translation (word by word) from Chinese to English by using some online dictionary, for example. He is referring to false positive (false alarm) instead of manslaughter;)

[djohn]

-{ Quote: "This is a problem in direct translation. He is referring to false positive (false alarm) ;)" }-
Thanks you for the education In law;D

[solcroft]

-{ Quote: "This is a problem in direct translation (word by word) from Chinese to English by using some online dictionary, for example. He is referring to false positive (false alarm) instead of manslaughter;)" }-
Actually, he's referring to a process where hackers intentionally modify a virus to generate a new variant targeted at bypassing specific AVs. Since AVs rely on code signatures derived from the virus, the hacker simply modifies those parts of the code to evade the AV (somewhat of an oversimplification, but that's the general idea). It's actually much easier than most people think, and can be done in a matter of minutes.