Commtouch acquires Frisk (F-Prot)

It does not show up in recent AV-C tests. When it did it was not a top performer, although some made excuses for its poor showing.
Jerry

 

I hope Frisk / F-Prot will be improved...

 

Hopefully this acquisition gives them the resources they probably need to compete with others on a contemporary basis.

 

Anybody know anything abaut F-Prot 7?.

Will be available soon?.

 

Maybe ask this on their own forum ?

 

I would not hold my breath for a new Home version appearing soon.

Remember how long it took for version 4 to appear and Commtouch are more Enterprise-based with their Internet security technology and cloud-based services.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/01/commtouch_buys_frisk/

 

It shuts down permanently on April 4th.

 

I sent an email to F-Prot support abaut F-Prot 7. I obtained this response.

"Unfortunately we do not have concrete information from our developers regarding future versions of F-PROT at the moment."

 

Forget F-Prot, it has been a dead project for years. Slow development backed up with buggy mediocre interface and subpar scan engine, why even bother when there are so many far better options?

 

RejZoR - What products would you recommend? I always liked F-prot for being silent, and for not eating up my system's resources. If we are going to move our company off of F-prot to something else, we would hope "something else" can also be effective, but also silent and small.

Can you recommend a suitable replacement?
Many thanks,
Dave

 

avast, of course.....

 

For a company, I would recommend you to take a look at FireAMP from sourcefire.

 

Siketa and Pedersen - Thanks for the leads. I requested a quote from each.

We're a tiny company of 4.5 people, looking to protect about 15 computers. Hopefully pricing will be comparable to what we pay for F-prot, but it's worth paying a bit more for software that's still being developed.

Cheers,
Dave

 

You can try any of the products that are commonly discussed here. Personally I'd give AVG a look.

 

Sorry, I will pass.


https://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archive/vendor?id=21

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