Opportunities of Networked Living Made Easy and Safe through
Healthier Devices
2007 – F-Secure Corporation today 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.
Today, networked living presents PC and smartphone users with
incredible opportunities for creativity, social interaction,
entertainment, information access, management of personal memories
and conducting business. Users increasingly wish to take full
advantage of these opportunities, without needing to worry about
viruses, network attacks or other malicious phenomena lurking
around the Internet.
The simple precaution of using the new F-Secure Internet
Security 2008 solution with its improved level of security will
enable consumers and small businesses to enjoy the benefits of
global networks without fear and nagging worries. The new solution
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™, 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.
“Security is no longer defined in terms of fear, but the new
measure is enablement and opportunity. Our task is to enable our
customers to soar with the possibilities of the Net, leaving their
security worries to be handled by our professional service” says
Ari Alakiuttu, Vice President of Products and Services at F-Secure
Corporation.
F-Secure Internet Security 2008 is available through the
F-Secure online store (
http://www.f-secure.com/estore) 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.
About F-Secure Corporation
F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses against
computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and mobile
networks. F-Secure’s award-winning solutions are available as a
service subscription through more than 150 Internet service
provider and mobile operator partners around the world, making
F-Secure the global leader in this market. The solutions are
also available as licensed products through thousands of resellers
globally. F-Secure has received the Frost & Sullivan 2007
award for Distribution Strategy Leadership. The company aspires to
be the most reliable security provider, helping make computer and
smartphone user’s networked lives safe and easy. This is
substantiated by the company’s independently proven ability to
respond faster to new threats than its main competitors. Founded in
1988, and headquartered in Finland, F-Secure has been listed on the
Helsinki Exchanges since 1999. The company has consistently been
one of the fastest growing publicly listed companies in the
industry. The latest news on real-time virus threat scenarios is
available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/
For more information, please contact:
F-Secure Corporation
Velde Vainio, Solution Marketing Manager
Tel. +358 9 2520 5642
Email:
firstname.lastname@f-secure.com
