F-Secure Support for Internet Security and Anti-Virus is ending,

"We have great news for you. Support for Internet Security and Anti-Virus is ending,"
Not great news here. Will have to look elsewhere when my AV license expires...

 

Why? Just use the new Internet Security version.

https://community.f-secure.com/inte...ure-internet-security-released-on-february-14

 

You don’t hear much these days about F-Secure. How are they doing these days?

 

Still meeting the current challenges, according to this test:

https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-october-2023/

A little high on the false positives, along with Norton, et al.

 

Sure you do, this forum is just dead as a doornail. That being said? Absolutely fantastic. And I personally haven't come across any FPs in real world usage.

 

Thank you , what forum is better then for Security stuff

 

I am using it now, I was previously using Defender. I find FSecure better than Defender in these ways, it is lighter, it updates way faster and the GUI is far superior. It probably provides better protection as well unless you have augmented Defender with DefenderUI or Configure Defender, this is just an assumption on my part though. You can get a smoking deal for it at Serial Cart.

 

There are two forums that I use, this one and Malware Tips.

 

https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/real-world-protection-test-july-october-2023/

So based on the above test, can somebody explain to me how is possible that F-Secure and TotalAV that use Avira's engine/signatures, meaning that basically all three are just the same product with different names, can score differently on the test?

Same with G Data and Total Defense that use Bitdefender's engine?

 

Those products are all quite different. While they are using signatures from other products, other protection components will be very different.

 

GData and F-Secure use their own engines as well. I can't remember which of the Totals it is, but one of them is a complete sham of an AV.

 

That's TotalAV, which is also sold under the names PCProtect and Scanguard.

 

Its not just the signatures, the processing engine under the hood that determines whether a file is malware or not is Avira's. Looking closely it seems to me that the internet security offered by F-Secure is just a rebranded Avira internet security. So the test results where F-Secure blocked 512 with 18 FPs, Avira blocked 509 with 6 FPs and TotalAV blocked 506 with 5 FPs does not make any sense.

F-Secure used to use bitdefenders engine for a long time, they then switched to Avira's engine. I don't believe they ever had their own scanning engine.

But I don't use F-Secure, so I will take your word for the discrepancy in the test results. My only interest in F-Secure is because it is offered free to subscribers by one of the leading US internet providers (Charter Spectrum). Had I not had a free security product from work, I would have been using this instead.

By the way, in 2022, F-Secure de-merged into two companies, the actual F-Secure is now corporate only, while the branded F-Secure only offers consumer products under a different team.

According to the information available on the web from third parties, F-Secure just uses Avira's engine. They themselves word it differently in an attempt to give an impression that their offering is superior to their competitors or partners.

 

I have been using F-Secure for years. It uses the excellent Avira signatures and adds their really effective “DeepGuard” behavioral blocker. In addition, this antimalware is very light and silent.

 

I am sure it is. I am not ragging on F-Secure. I was just confused with the test results carried out by av-comparatives. These tests have had their controversies in the past, where some vendors have refused to take part in them due to perceived bias.

 

I think you are much better informed than me, I was just talking about my experience with f-secure which I really like, as do Eset and formerly Kaspersky.

 

F-Secure uses a lot of their own technology too as well as Avira's. None of their products is a rebrand. I'm not aware of any rebrands of Avira.
https://malwaretips.com/threads/wit...y-cloud-and-deepguard-whitepapers-pdf.122410/

 

Just a late clarification, Capricorn is the name given by F-Secure to the Avira engine

 

How good is F-Secure these days , and does it slow down you’re system ?

 

Its subjective as to how good it is, I think its good, it definitely won't slow down your system.

 

I do have now Kaspersky but I am thinking about switching too F-Secure , is this a good idea?

 

I think Kaspersky is vastly superior to F-Secure, but this is my personal opinion. Just give F-Secure a whirl to find out whether or not you like it.

 

If you like Kaspersky you might as well keep it, I rate a bit better than FSecure.

 

It seems heavier lately according to AV-C test

https://www.av-comparatives.org/tests/performance-test-april-2024/
But every pc is different, it might be light on your system.