Since the release of F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6.0 and F-Secure Policy Manager 6.0. the feedback has been extremely positive. For corporate businesses intent on keeping their critical systems running, using advanced AV software of the caliber of F-Secure Client Security 6.0 is essential in the daily struggle against worms, viruses, Trojans and spyware.
In early August 2005 Microsoft released a series of critical security patches. Just one day later, an example code for cracking unpatched workstations, was circulating on Internet for the whole malware community to exploit. After one short week there was a proliferation at least ten different network worms based on three virus families circulating on the Internet automatically infecting computers without protection.
Large organizations, particularly in the USA were hit and major disruptions of their services ensued. Interestingly, it appeared that exploit was the work of two or more virus writing gangs each competing against each other to build the biggest fleet of infected machines. Some of the worms had even been programmed to remove other worms from machines that had already been infected.
Clearly enough, those organizations that were infected suffered from a key vulnerability following the Microsoft patch many of them represented were media-related with numbers of employees working on-line outside the perimeter firewall and unwittingly bringing their infected computers to spread the worm(s) to other unpatched computers once inside. This kind of security breach with its attendant disruption of service had obvious financial implications for these organizations.
The obvious conclusion about this successful exploit by the malware community is that standard antivirus software running on workstations and laptops is no longer sufficient protection against fast-spreading network worms. In addition to a comprehensive antivirus solution, desktops and in particular, laptops need integrated firewalls with intrusion prevention and antispyware.
F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6.0, which was released in June this year, offers true protection against this new breed of threats. Its centrally-managed solution with tightly-integrated virus protection, spyware protection plus the now essential desktop firewall, intrusion prevention and application control software offers peace of mind for corporations as well as small and medium sized businesses.
By default, any organization big or small with computers connected to the Internet without proper protection is at risk as recent events once again proved. Network worms infect automatically your workstations and can open the door to criminals operating phishing frauds or spam scams.
For a fast and comprehensive overview of F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6.0 view the flash demo on our public web at: flash demo. And, for a neat recap of all the benefits of F-Secure Client Security 6.0, please be sure to check: F-Secure Client Security 6.0
Author: Mark Woods, Corporate Communicator
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