F-Secure Corporation announced a new milestone in its continued efforts to enable Internet users to take full advantage of the opportunities of their networked lives as easily and safely as possible. With the new F-Secure Internet Security 2008 solution, the company is introducing Online Well-Being as the primary way for PC users to experience data security, as opposed to the traditional threat and fear-oriented approaches the industry has used.

F-Secure Internet Security 2008 keeps the PC healthy and free from malicious applications with the help of a number of well-integrated and intelligent security features. The solution is specifically designed to require minimal user interaction, and removes the need to separately maintain and update several separate security programs.

The solution includes a 12-month subscription to a fully automated and continuous update service from the F-Secure Security Labs. The proven speed and reliability of this update service ensures a user’s PC stays immune to new and evolving threats that continuously target computers that do not have the latest security updates. Moreover, the product includes a unique proactive protection technology, F-Secure DeepGuard(tm), which provides a very effective additional line of defense during those crucial first hours when no signature identification is yet available to protect against new unknown threats. DeepGuard in effect reduces the response time to zero.

The new solution also uses less computer resources than before, thus improving the overall performance of the system. This translates into improved user experience, enabling users to focus more intensively on the important activities in their networked lives. It also features improved parental controls with new categories of controlled Web content and a safe Internet list (so-called whitelist of Web sites). To better protect against fake Web sites designed to fool Web users to disclose their private information, such as fake bank sites, the anti-phishing feature has been improved, including better detection of emails that pretend to be from financial or other trustworthy institutions.

F-Secure Internet Security 2008 is available through the F-Secure online store and to resellers and retailers as of today. The solution provides protection for up to three PC’s in the same household, supports Windows Vista, and has a localized user interface and electronic user manual in 25 different languages. The solution also helps users take care of the well-being of their most personal computer - the smartphone - by including a free trial version of the F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus solution for Symbian and Windows Mobile smartphones.

Emmanuelle LAMANDE  

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September 2007