F-Secure reviewed at Remove-Malware.com:Bad results

Well, you can have generic signature which doesn't require an exact match.
Then yet again, heuristics don't work if there is no rule for something specific.

 

this is what I thought as I'm run F-Secure at times , I strongly doubt on a clean machine that F-secure wouldn't keep you clean. OK so it doesn't fully clean a machine trashed by malware I still don't see this as a solid test. Last year my wifes machine had vundo on it, I had to use 4 av's on it to clean it & F-secure was one that helped clean it & in fact found a buried entry that none of the others ( no av names to avoid comparisions) found. Sometimes one av will not find & clean a machine, I have had this a couple times. Once with my wife once with my daughter...

 

plus your missing the fact that f-secure has already created an internal beta that is better at malware cleaning after the test. how many companies would do that and so fast?

 

How do you know?

 

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Reading those email replies, F-Secure demonstrates how good customer service can be.

 

Even with all their flaws, F-Secure has a VERY GOOD tech support. I remember, when F-Secure failed to quarantine and got my system infected.

Within 48 hours F-Secure, nailed the problem. Plus had the magnanimity to admit faults in their product. That is something you almost never see, with other companies.

F-Secure 2009 may not be all that appealing product right now. But clearly they have the heart and mind in the right place. Its only a matter of time, that they will bring out a killer product.

 

Just and update guys (an thanks very much for the thread too!!!) F-Secure Dev sent me an email stating that they would have a new build for me to test this week. I'm supposing some of the fixes would address the torrent of popups from their HIPS engine.

 

Sounds like good news to me

 

Hi

Any news about the update and the improvements ?

 

Unfortunately it's taking a bit longer to make the build than we originally thought but we're definitely working on it.

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Patrik
F-Secure Security Labs

 

Thanks for the Update! Take your time to make it reliable
Keep up the good work.