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trjam
December 15th, 2008, 06:02 PM
I know it is a beast in size but, once you saddle this boy in, it is still the fastest on my computers. With settings set high and web scanning enabled, it still gives me the fastest download and upload speeds of all of them with Speakeasy and others. But once installed, it will not talk to you. Everything is behind the scenes. Boring? Yes. But capable, very much so.

Jaki
December 15th, 2008, 06:35 PM
-{ Quote: "I know it is a beast in size but, once you saddle this boy in, it is still the fastest on my computers. With settings set high and web scanning enabled, it still gives me the fastest download and upload speeds of all of them with Speakeasy and others. But once installed, it will not talk to you. Everything is behind the scenes. Boring? Yes. But capable, very much so." }-

Did you mean to say it is faster than Norton? I tried F-secure AV 2008 and 2009 and both versions are a resource hog. However, even though it is, to me at least, a resource hog, I have got to admit that it is a great AV. With their in the-cloud technology with Deep Guard 2.0 it will keep you safe from the latest threat.

F-secure website also is quite informative. I always watch their latest ideos from the video channel located at: http://www.f-secure.com/video-channel/

Peace.

CubonesCastle
December 15th, 2008, 08:41 PM
-{ Quote: "I know it is a beast in size but, once you saddle this boy in, it is still the fastest on my computers. With settings set high and web scanning enabled, it still gives me the fastest download and upload speeds of all of them with Speakeasy and others. But once installed, it will not talk to you. Everything is behind the scenes. Boring? Yes. But capable, very much so." }-

Popups.... please stop the popups, " Virus " "Trojen " Virus " my screen is filling up, ahhhhh , My PC crashed ;/

But yeah good detection too bad for the Heavy infection popup bug :argh:

zfactor
December 15th, 2008, 11:28 PM
wow if it works for you great but it was one of the biggest dogs i have ever used my system slowed down so much it was ridiculous

djohn
December 15th, 2008, 11:48 PM
I have to agree with above posters.I have vista w 3 gigs ram 1.7 dual core centrino and with no other security at the time of trial w F-Secure AV 2008 crippled my laptop.Deja-Vu of older norton days.

s4u
December 16th, 2008, 01:26 AM
I have to agree with Trjam. F-Secure is one of the fastest for me as well. Both AV as the security suite

Bunkhouse Buck
December 16th, 2008, 05:20 AM
Slows down system to a crawl. :thumbd:

vijayind
December 16th, 2008, 05:57 AM
I used FIS 2008/2009 both slowed down my machines considerably. (Vista & XP )

Pseudo
December 16th, 2008, 06:03 AM
Every time I've tried F-Secure it's slowed down my machines. Not overly slow, but it was noticeable.

Diprivan
December 16th, 2008, 06:09 AM
FSIS 2009 is running very fast here with Defensewall. I am using a laptop with XP Pro SP3.

lodore
December 16th, 2008, 06:28 AM
i think the main problem is that it uses the older kav engine without ichecker and iswift. i dont know how heavy f-secure own engines are since you cannot use f-secure engines only. 2009 versions are lighter than the older versions.

GES/POR
December 16th, 2008, 08:05 AM
Tried it recently, had no problems or slowdowns - was actually much lighter then a few years back.

tiagozt
December 16th, 2008, 09:38 AM
I have no problems with slowdown since 2007 version. Actually I'm using 2009 with no problems.

firzen771
December 16th, 2008, 03:06 PM
can anyone post screenshots of F-Secure resource usage?

gery
December 16th, 2008, 04:03 PM
i compared it with TREND MICRO IS for both ram and internet speed

tiagozt
December 16th, 2008, 04:04 PM
Still a lot of processes, but no impact in the system.
Configuration: Core2Duo 2Ghz + 2GB RAM

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http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/2698/fsr1bo2.jpg

trjam
December 16th, 2008, 04:35 PM
I am not the smartest guy out there and I know it is heavy to install but I swear it is the lightest AV I have used. Plain and simple. And for 13 bucks, what can I say, except PM me if you are interested.

firzen771
December 16th, 2008, 04:35 PM
lol a lot of processes yes, but not all that much when put together. i just find it strange why they have soooooo many processes... btw is that internet security or just the AV?

trjam
December 16th, 2008, 06:44 PM
AV, I can get the suite for about 23 bucks. Regardless of price, I am really loving this AV. It is using no speed what so ever.:thumb:

xXDarkStalkerxX
December 16th, 2008, 06:54 PM
F secure 2009 versions improved so much compared to past versions in all fields ... anyway F Secure should use less processes , many processes makes it feel heavier than what it really is.

@trjam
Hey man you are not going to participe in Avira v9 beta program? I imagined that Avira was your favorite ... :argh:

tiagozt
December 16th, 2008, 07:12 PM
-{ Quote: "lol a lot of processes yes, but not all that much when put together. i just find it strange why they have soooooo many processes... btw is that internet security or just the AV?" }-

It's Internet Security Technology Preview

trjam
December 16th, 2008, 07:20 PM
-{ Quote: "F secure 2009 versions improved so much compared to past versions in all fields ... anyway F Secure should use less processes , many processes makes it feel heavier than what it really is.

@trjam
Hey man you are not going to participe in Avira v9 beta program? I imagined that Avira was your favorite ... :argh:" }-
oh I am in, in another snapshot.;)

And it looks real good, but that is all I can say.;)

Macstorm
December 17th, 2008, 02:12 AM
-{ Quote: "And for 13 bucks, what can I say" }-
A bit pricey :D. I bought it for 8 bucks last month, you know how..

s4u
December 17th, 2008, 02:36 AM
Please do tell us........

Firecat
December 17th, 2008, 03:18 AM
-{ Quote: "oh I am in, in another snapshot.;)

And it looks real good, but that is all I can say.;)" }-
Well, it is fast but unfortunately I found that it's webscanner caused a lot of problems for me while downloading archives. I have no idea why that was, but after reproducing it several times on freshly formatted and clean OS installs, and the bug coming back from version 08 to 09, I decided to remove it. Apart from that webscanner it was brilliant.

JasSolo
December 17th, 2008, 05:50 AM
-{ Quote: "......I bought it for 8 bucks last month, you know how.." }-

8 bucks!!?? that's pricy as well, I get it for free, through my work, but I don't use it, way too heavy for my taste. ;D


Cheers

ankupan
December 17th, 2008, 08:00 AM
very true, last month, I also bought at same price :)

-{ Quote: "A bit pricey :D. I bought it for 8 bucks last month, you know how.." }-

Macstorm
December 17th, 2008, 12:51 PM
-{ Quote: "8 bucks!!?? that's pricy as well, I get it for free, through my work, but I don't use it, way too heavy for my taste. ;D


Cheers" }-
Lucky you :) do you always get the latest versions from them?

@s4u, check your PM

zfactor
December 17th, 2008, 12:59 PM
yep i can get it free as well but i will not use it

GES/POR
December 17th, 2008, 02:07 PM
hmmm i can rent it on a small monthly fee trough my isp :blink:

djohn
December 17th, 2008, 05:28 PM
-{ Quote: "hmmm i can rent it on a small monthly fee trough my isp :blink:" }-
Well my ISP offers Mcafee free but i will not use it.I am No bad mouth Mcafee but it would be Nice To see something different but no they stick with mcafee like glue.:(

JasSolo
December 17th, 2008, 06:44 PM
-{ Quote: "Lucky you :) do you always get the latest versions from them?" }-

Yes, I get Client Security and AntiVirus for Workstations.


Cheers

tiagozt
December 17th, 2008, 06:50 PM
I have a legal license for free too.
I have from Avira, McAfee and other but I prefer to user F-Secure.

If anyone has a license that will not use give it to me... I have a license to one computer only (I use in the laptop). In my Desktop I'm using Avira. If you send me other F-Secure license I'll use it there too.

:)

Best regards.

firzen771
December 17th, 2008, 06:56 PM
hehe, id take any Avira licenses not in use as well :P

zfactor
December 17th, 2008, 08:11 PM
id love a antivir one myself..

trjam
December 17th, 2008, 08:32 PM
You are not allowed to, barter, licences here. As you will soon see.;)

LowWaterMark
December 17th, 2008, 08:57 PM
-{ Quote: "You are not allowed to, barter, licences here. As you will soon see.;)" }-Yeah, come on folks. This isn't a swap meet. Let's leave the license trade requests out.

zfactor
December 17th, 2008, 09:22 PM
lol i wasnt asking i was you know "just saying" .... sorry