Protect your children online

Agree on rules for using the internet and digital devices together with the child. You can also use F‑Secure Total’s parental control feature called Family Rules, which protects children’s use of the internet. It automatically blocks sites that are inappropriate for children. It also prevents children from installing applications with­out parents’ approval. Family Rules allow parents to limit screen time to maintain a healthy balance.

F‑Secure Total includes Family Rules, and it also protects against malware and other security threats.

Online rules or internet safety rules are ground rules that should be agreed together with a child. The rules should clarify, what you can do online, how long you can use devices each day, when you can use devices, and so on. Set digital rules at the latest when your child receives their own phone. Digital devices and the internet are part of children’s daily lives, also in school, so it is a good idea to talk about the rules early.

Limiting screen time makes sense if devices threaten to distract the child from other activities. F‑Secure Total’s Family Rules allow you to control the use of your child’s phone in two different ways: with daily usage restrictions and at bed­time. These allow you to limit your child’s screen time and balance every­day life.

Read our detailed guide on how to set screen time with F-Secure Total.

Internet Security is an internet security suite that you can install on your computer, smartphone, or tablet. It comes with a wide range of features and works silently in the back­ground with­out slowing down your device.

Virus protection protects your device from programs that may steal personal information, damage your device, or use it for illegal purposes. By default, Virus protection handles all harmful files as soon as it finds them so that they can cause no harm. The software automatically scans your local hard drives, any removable media (such as portable drives or DVDs), and any content that you download.

Browsing protection helps you browse the internet safely by providing safety ratings for websites on your browser and blocking access to websites that have been rated harmful.

Banking protection adds another layer of security to prevent attackers from inter­fering with your confidential trans­actions and protects you against harmful activity when you access your online bank or make trans­actions online.

Internet Security also comes with a Parental control with which you can control when and for how long your child can use the device. On smart­phones and tablets, you can use the Parental control feature to block web­sites that contain inappropriate content. You can also use Application control to protect children from using new applications until you approve them.

F‑Secure ID Protection helps you protect your personal information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card numbers by alerting you of breached online services that you are using and by giving you specific instructions on how to recover from the incident with minimum damage. All you need to do is to add the email addresses you use to log in to online services and it will monitor data breaches where your information might have leaked.

You also have a safe vault where you can store all your passwords and automatically fill those in when you log in to services in Chrome and Firefox web browsers.

VPN, or virtual private network, encrypts your connection to the internet. VPN creates a tunnel from your device to your VPN service provider’s network. Your internet traffic goes through this tunnel to the VPN server, and then to the website or internet service you are connecting to. This hides your real IP address, and makes it look like your web traffic comes from your VPN service provider’s network.