F-Secure and Telia AB announce Anti-Virus deployment cooperation

Espoo, Finland - April 3, 2001

F-Secure Corporation and the Swedish Telia e-bolaget AB in Sweden have signed a cooperation contract. The collaboration will offer a managed anti-virus solution to consumers and the small-to-medium businesses. F-Secure Anti-Virus is a component in Telia's service Telia Antivirus.

F-Secure Anti-Virus provides simple and reliable protection against viruses, e-mail worms and malicious code. F-Secure Anti-Virus with service specifications by Telia, is targeted for Telia's Internet and broadband customers. The service has been available since March 19.

"Security has today become a more and more important pre-requisite for Internet use. This applies equally to all Internet users from consumers to the largest enterprises. Through Telia Antivirus, the users receive reliable security with no need for maintenance," says Kimmo Alkio, CEO of F-Secure Online Solutions.

F-Secure's antivirus solution is the only one in the market today that combines the power of three search engines. F-Secure Anti-Virus offers the best in detection and desinfection of viruses. If one search engine does not find the virus, the next one will. Updating of the virus protection is very important, considering the speed with which new viruses are created and spread. Support services for Telia are provided by F-Secure Online Solutions.

About F-Secure Corporation

F-Secure Corporation is a leading provider of centrally managed security for today's mobile, wireless enterprise. The company offers a full range of award-winning, integrated anti-virus, file encryption, distributed firewall and VPN solutions for workstations, servers, gateways and mobile devices. F-Secure products are uniquely suited for delivery of Security as a Service(tm) which provides invisible, reliable, always-on, and up-to-date security for the most widely distributed user base. Whether provided by corporate IT or delivered by service providers, F-Secure solutions extend policy-based security and instant alerts to all devices where information is created, stored or accessed. Founded in 1988, F-Secure Corporation is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange [HEX: FSC]. The company is headquartered in Espoo, Finland with North American headquarters in San Jose, California, as well as offices worldwide.

About F-Secure Online Solutions (F-SOS)

F-Secure Online Solutions is a premier provider of Managed Security Solutions through service providers. The company offers managed services for anti-virus, file encryption, distributed firewall and VPN solutions. F-SOS utilizes technology from F-Secure Corporation as well as products from other leading security companies in its solutions portfolio to fill the knowledge gap between demanding customer environments and service providers, enabling much faster rollout and time-to-market for new security services. F-SOS utilizes its Security Online Center concept to deliver highly available and reliable security solutions. F-SOS was established in 2000 and holds its head office in Helsinki, Finland and is owned by F-Secure Corporation [HEX:FSC].

For more information, please contact:

Kimmo Alkio, CEO
F-Secure Online Solutions
Mannerheimintie 12 B
FIN-00100 Helsinki
Tel. +358 9 2516 6363
Fax + 358 9 2516 6178
E-mail: kimmo.alkio@f-sos.net