Is F-Secure really worth the huge price?

Thanks everyone!

So, F-Secure really slows Windows much? That's not so great.

 

Well, if you have a ball and chain tied around your foot, will you be able to run fast?

 

Though it used 13 processes I didn't notice any slowdown except for when downloading email. I did not notice any difference when the HTTP scanner was on or off either.

 

no slowdown from f-secure, never have been.

apart from a slower boot time (i dont consider this to be labelled as a slowdown for the machine as its perfromance is just like any other, nice and swift)

but sure, the better machine you have.... the better it will run.

ive tried this on 1.6ghz/768ram and dual core/2gb, it ran fine on both.

however, lesser machines i dont know.

i still 'to this day' think this suite is the most 'secure' for any suites for people wanting some great security.

 

How is F-Secure's firewall?

 

always been fine with me,

blocks all ports, keeps intrusions out

also, has a v.good notifier for threats,application control works a treat too.

no issues at all with the firewall, its a little more 'in the background' than kasperskys and not as pop-up hungry.

sure, people can question its ram usage, but if this suite DOES work fine on ones machine, fantastic and a worthy choice, if it does not ... simple, dont use it.

being an ex f=secure user myself, im still tempted to sell my 3 year kaspersky somewhere and get another f=secure licence.

 

F-Secure use a OEM engine of Kaspersky.
choose F-Secure price is low.

 

Stem posted some observations on F-Secure's firewall here:

https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=943175#post943175