We have just released F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper for Linux 4.00. This version includes our new scanning technology that improves detection capabilities and product performance. The same scanning technology is already in use in our award-winning Internet Security 2010 for Windows. Version 4 also brings in better anti-spam capabilities with a new Spam Detection Engine. For more information, please have a look at the release notes.

Please find the release package in the following location:

f-secure-internet-gatekeeper-for-linux-4.00.2138.tar.gz
md5sum: 51802c59873b11b0350b9d621a8177bd
sha1sum: 713dc49b7c982e9c2893c74618af7a83ec546d2d

PS. For all of you Debian and Ubuntu users, there is now a .deb package available for easy installation. Sorry for not having a repository up yet, let us know you want it and we’ll see what happens ;) The usual contact address is at the bottom of this page.

I’m sad to say we have gone through several sprints without releasing a new technology preview of Mac Protection. We have been sitting on some stuff that we did not want anyone to see before it is done. But now it is time to upgrade again!

What is new?

• System firewall watcher. Mac Protection turns on the OS X firewall if it was off and encourages you to keep it on.
• Network panic button. Block all network communication in or out from your Mac, except to Apple and F-Secure software update servers.
• Graphical uninstaller application in the product installation directory /Applications/F-Secure.
• Localization to 27 languages.

As always, you can download the installer from the Beta Program page for Mac Protection and those who already have it installed should get the automatic upgrade prompt very soon.

Thank you for all the feedback you have sent. Keep telling us about any problems you see, like strange hangs or crashes. As much as we do automatically test every build of Mac Protection, we can never shake out every bug without the help of real users.

If you need help or want to discuss Mac Protection, you can do it in our Mac Protection beta forum