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 In October this year, consumers will have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the latest version of F-Secure Internet Security, FSIS 2007. The latest version will have a number of remarkable new and revised features helping to maintain its pole position in the provision of reliable data security for home and small office.
Host-based Intrusion Prevention System or HIPS as it is known is a relatively new weapon in F-Secure's toolbox against malware intrusion. HIPS is a behaviour blocker - effectively acting as a firewall the operating system and applications. So if an application gets through barrierother defenses and tries to do something potentially harmful to a computer, HIPS will react and isolate the problem.
 Mobile platform viruses always cause a media stir - for some journalists they represent the new frontier of malware with the potential to cause the same havoc as PC viruses while others see them as a hyped threat with no substance in reality.
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From November 6, 2006 onwards founder and long-serving CEO of F-Secure, Risto Siilasmaa is transferring from CEO to Chairman of the Board. At the same time, Kimmo Alkio from Nokia Corporation has been appointed as the new CEO effective from that date.
Online distribution of software and IT literature is a lucrative business, not least for the data security market. For German reseller edv-buchversand.de, founded in 1987 in Remscheid near Cologne, this business has proven the right market segment to successfully implement its direct business model. Cooperation with F-Secure in recent years has yielded considerable results for both companies.
'Weblog for Mydoom incident started' was the first entry in F-Secure's weblog back in January 2004. Since its inception the F-Secure weblog has now become a solid reference point for anyone interested to know what's relevant and new in the malware world.
With its 3500 computer seats and 5000 visitors, Assembly is one of the world's largest computer and demo happenings in the world. The event has become something of a phenomenon in Helsinki where it has been held now for 15 times. This year, Assembly was held in Helsinki's Hartwall Areena in August and F-Secure were there to sponsor the event and meet the people.
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