F-Secure Internet Security Technology Preview

[s4u]

There has been a new build available.
Product offers:

* Virus & Spy Protection, Blacklight scanning for hidden malware and the new, proactive 0-day protection technology DeepGuard™ in System Control.
* Internet Shield with Firewall
* Spam Control with protection against spam and phishing
* Parental Control
* Safeweb, browser plug-in. Search Engine Result Rating on Google, Yahoo and Live Search. Helping you protect your personal information and security on the Internet. Safe Web also protects you against web pages known to host various kinds of malicious applications. More information about Safe Web can be found on the F-Secure Safe Web Technology Preview page.

New features:

* Updated User Interface - The look and feel of the user interface has been updated. Note that this is the first of many upcoming changes, and not the final user interface.

* Safe Web - Safe Web shows information about rated links only when user clicks an icon by default.
Previously information about a rated link was shown when the user moved the mouse cursor over a rating icon by default. This has been changed, so the default option is now to show information only when the rating icon is clicked.

* New Parental Control categories -Support for three additional Parental Control categories has been added: Blogs, Forums, and Social networks.

* Refined infection cleaning dialog -The dialog which is presented when a virus is being removed has been refined so it’s possible to minimize it and use the computer while the infection is being cleaned. The look and feel of the dialog has also been updated, and an accurate progress bar has been added.

Interesting?

[vijayind]

So on paper, it looks like they have now added a Webpage Rating tool similar to SiteAdvisor/WOT and also updated the AV pop-up to avoid flood of warnings bringing the system to a halt.

Seems minor and incremental. My major grumble with F-Secure has been its general resource hungriness. If they can do a Norton and make it light, it would really make many heads turn.

[Bunkhouse Buck]

-{ Quote: "So on paper, it looks like they have now added a Webpage Rating tool similar to SiteAdvisor/WOT and also updated the AV pop-up to avoid flood of warnings bringing the system to a halt.

Seems minor and incremental. My major grumble with F-Secure has been its general resource hungriness. If they can do a Norton and make it light, it would really make many heads turn." }-

They claim it's lighter- but not light enough.

[raven211]

LOL - same name for their site-rating component as Symantec. xD

[kdcdq]

Gentlemen,

Can someone please tell me WHERE the download link to this "newer" version of F-Secure is located? I have looked around on their website and I can't find it.....

Thanks in advance.

[trjam]

here

http://support.f-secure.com/beta/istp/istp.shtml

[tiagozt]

Its very light.

http://support.f-secure.com/beta/istp/istp.shtml

[trjam]

beat you by 1 minute.;)

[kdcdq]

Thanks to trjam and tiagozt for providing the download link for this new beta software! I appreciate your time.

[tiagozt]

-{ Quote: "beat you by 1 minute.;)" }-

Yeah! <o>

Regards

[Legendkiller]

this is definetly crazy.....i have been updating the package for last 1hr and finally it has stopped after downloading close to 70-80mb worth of updates......
u don't expect this after downloading 91mb software package....
man,had i known this before i wouldn't have touched in 100yrs...

[GES/POR]

-{ Quote: "this is definetly crazy.....i have been updating the package for last 1hr and finally it has stopped after downloading close to 70-80mb worth of updates......
u don't expect this after downloading 91mb software package....
man,had i known this before i wouldn't have touched in 100yrs..." }-

Thanks for the headsup though :argh:

[trjam]

the intial update can be time consuming. I found if it hangs just reboot and it will go very quickly. I still say, once it is loaded, it is as fast as any other AV or suite I have used. Actually faster then some well known here. But it can be a bear to install.

[apm]

lazy f-secure team, no change in the program structure and interface, just change interface color:-\

[trjam]

-{ Quote: "lazy f-secure team, no change in the program structure and interface, just change interface color:-\" }-
And yours does.:dry:

I am running the Preview and it is running great. Hats off to F-Secure.:thumb:

[elvis1959]

Would this be stable enough to put on a computer that you use regularly? Has the firewall been improved so that it is not so "noisy" with multitudes of unrecognized programs? Would this be light enough to run on an AthlonX2 with Vista Home Basic and 2GB of RAM?

[trjam]

yes, that PC sounds like mine. Set Virus and Spyware Protection to Normal not High for now though.

[Bunkhouse Buck]

-{ Quote: "Would this be stable enough to put on a computer that you use regularly? Has the firewall been improved so that it is not so "noisy" with multitudes of unrecognized programs? Would this be light enough to run on an AthlonX2 with Vista Home Basic and 2GB of RAM?" }-

It's not light enough contrary to what others here are saying. It was the worst program I have ever used in terms of noise and load on my system.

[^Ale]

How many processes now? I remember 15 on FIS 2008.

^Ale

[gery]

-{ Quote: "this is definetly crazy.....i have been updating the package for last 1hr and finally it has stopped after downloading close to 70-80mb worth of updates......
u don't expect this after downloading 91mb software package....
man,had i known this before i wouldn't have touched in 100yrs..." }-

Reminds me of McAfee Virus Scan Plus. It also has a large update file. Why the heck these guys do such things anyway? Do they just want to sound too tough or what? I hate big updates.

[lodore]

-{ Quote: "Reminds me of McAfee Virus Scan Plus. It also has a large update file. Why the heck these guys do such things anyway. Do they just want to sound too tough or what. I hate big updates." }-
Hello,
the difference is that f-secure acually protects very well.
its uses the older kaspersky engine and signitures.
it also uses f-secure in house devoloped engines to create the best security products. i think in the end f-secure should make there engines so good that the kaspersky engine is no longer needed. i think that will help lighten the product.
you may know notice in my sig that i am a fan of both f-secure and kaspersky.

i intend to test the lastest f-secure tech preview tomorrow.

[tiagozt]

I'm testing the new version. It's almost the same of previous version, the same 15 processes but with less resource usage.
I think the update problem that someone related was a kind of bug or mistake. I downloaded the install package with about 80Mb, installed and updated the software in minutes (the first time is always slowly). I had no problems.

[trjam]

yes, still 15 processes but keep in mind this product has HIPS and Intrusion Protection so geez, there should be extra processes.

In reference to the intial download, on my desktop it takes 2 reboots to finally get it installed, on my laptop the indicator goes very fast, so I think it also deals with the computer it is going on.

With the ISTP there are some features that will show Lodore but are not active yet. Also set it to normal av protection for now.

But after all the years here, it is still the fastest suite on 3 computers I have and they are all different. Damn good protection.

Enjoy those specialty programs from vendors folks, give me a fat ass suite and I am happy.;)

[trjam]

still happy.;)

Hey Lodore, did you get Baby Huey loaded up.;)

Talk about doing a 360 when loaded and speed, it still marvels me.

[gery]

-{ Quote: "Hello,
the difference is that f-secure acually protects very well.
its uses the older kaspersky engine and signitures.
it also uses f-secure in house devoloped engines to create the best security products. i think in the end f-secure should make there engines so good that the kaspersky engine is no longer needed. i think that will help lighten the product.
you may know notice in my sig that i am a fan of both f-secure and kaspersky.

i intend to test the lastest f-secure tech preview tomorrow." }-
well i don't think it is better then McAfee this days. They are both secure but i have seen F_secure cause web slow downs while mcAfee not and the first runs so many processes that don't necessarily show is a better product.
At the end it might also be a matter of fame and taste.
McAfee has had a poor reputation and this was based on true reports
As far as taste is concerned i think i like none of them

[trjam]

I totally agree, the hell with both. Get Edge and forget the rest.