F-Secure enhances sales channel in Hungary

Helsinki, Finland - November 27, 2003

Számalk Trading House and F-Secure Corporation have signed an agreement for distribution of F-Secure Anti-Virus products. This agreement strengthens F-Secure’s two-staged Hungarian marketing channel strategy and brings the antivirus product family easily available on the market.

Ferenc Mátyás, Business Unit Director of Számalk Trading House says, “IT penetration and use of ADSL are growing fast in Hungary and exposes users to new threats. We are happy to be the forerunners in data security and cooperate with F-Secure Corporation, as we know we are then offering the best security products available”.

“One of our strategic goals is to strengthen our presence in Central and Eastern European markets, and through this collaboration we now have a great chance to grow our business in Hungary”, says Juhani Kivelä, Regional Manager of F-Secure Corporation “Szamalk Trading House is a long time professional in the IT distribution, and we are really looking forward to doing business with them. I believe this partner agreement will bring great value for both parties”, he continues.

Earlier this autumn F-Secure launched two brand new products with completely new features to face the challenges set by today’s threats. F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security is the first truly integrated solution against viruses, with antivirus, distributed firewall, application control and intrusion prevention in one seamless cost efficient product. It is designed to protect company desktops and laptops against the ever more complex viruses, hackers, network worms and networking software, that violates corporate security policies.

F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper is a firewall and mail server independent solution specially engineered for high speed scanning of web (HTTP and FTP over HTTP) and e-mail (SMTP) traffic for viruses and other undesirable content. It blocks undesired content, such as movie files, sound files and other non-work related content, and prevents employees from accessing inappropriate web sites. By doing this it optimizes network performance and improves employee productivity.

About F-Secure

F-Secure Corporation is the leading provider of centrally managed security solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company's award-winning products include antivirus and network security solutions for major platforms from desktops to servers and from laptops to handhelds. Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchanges since November 1999. The company is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with the North American headquarters in San Jose, California, as well as offices in Germany, Sweden, France, Japan and the United Kingdom and regional offices in the USA. F-Secure is supported by a network of value added resellers and distributors in over 90 countries around the globe. Through licensing and distribution agreements, the company's security applications are available for the products of the leading handheld equipment manufacturers, such as Nokia.

For further information please contact:

Számalk Trading House
Ferenc Mátyás, Business Unit Director
Phone: +36 1 481 2813
E-mail: ferenc.matyas@disztributor.hu

F-Secure Corporation
Juhani Kivelä, Regional Manager
Phone: +358 9 2520 5383
Fax +358 9 2520 0700
E-mail: Juhani.Kivela@F-Secure.com