F-Secure first to offer antivirus protection for S60 3rd edition

May 3, 2006

F-Secure today announces with F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus its support for S60 3rd Edition platform, the newest generation of the world's leading smartphone software platform. S60 is an open platform for software developers and the Symbian OS 9.1 based S60 3rd edition has added even more features, flexibility and security. F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus 3.0 for S60 3rd is a first for F-Secure to produce an antivirus product for this platform.

Speaking about the new anti-virus product, Antti Vihavainen, Vice President, Mobile Security, said: As mobile malware authors continue to increase their assault on the platform, Symbian and especially S60 has shown itself to be a large target because of its great popularity. While the S60 3rd edition offers greater protection than its predecessors, the ultimate security comes from the installation of a reliable automatically updated antivirus service which we at F-Secure offer.

Vihavainen continued that F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus will incorporate a next-generation scanning engine for mobile devices making it faster and more efficient compared to previous versions. The new software client has also faster application updates by only updating the software elements that have changed since the last update. The software supports 27 languages.

F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus 3.0 for S60 3rd Edition is available first for new Nokia Nseries mobile computers and new Nokia Eseries devices. In Nokia N71 and N80, F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus will be distributed as the default antivirus application in the standard device sales package. In the Nokia E60, E61 and E70 devices, the antivirus client will be easily downloadable through Nokia Catalogs.

The F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus will also be available for the corporate channel and the consumer market with a retail box in Italian, Finnish and English. It can also be directly purchased through the F-Secure eStore at http://www.f-secure.com/estore/ . The price is 28.65 + VAT in the EU for a 12-month subscription. To download a free 30-day trial version, please visit the F-Secure Mobile Portal under mobile.f-secure.com

For more information about F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus please go to: http://mobile.f-secure.com/ 

About F-Secure Corporation

F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses against computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and mobile networks. We want to be the most reliable provider of security services in the market. One way to demonstrate this is the speed of our response. According to independent studies in 2004, 2005 and 2006 our response time to new threats is significantly faster than our major competitors. Our award-winning solutions are available for workstations, gateways, servers and mobile phones. They include antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion prevention, antispam and antispyware solutions, as well as network control solutions for Internet Service Providers. Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges since 1999, and has been consistently growing faster than all its publicly listed competitors. F-Secure headquarters are in Helsinki, Finland, and we have regional offices around the world. F-Secure protection is also available as a service through major ISPs, such as France Telecom, TeliaSonera, PCCW and Charter Communications. F-Secure is the global market leader in mobile phone protection provided through mobile operators, such as T-Mobile and Swisscom and mobile handset manufacturers such as Nokia. The latest real-time virus threat scenario news are available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/

For more information, please contact

Antti Vihavainen, Vice President, Mobile Security,
Mobile Operator Sales
Mobile: +358 (0)40 523 3880
Fax: +358 (0)9 2520 5018
Email: firstname.lastname@f-secure.com