F-Secure Antivirus For PC

F Secure is an IT company from Finland , that provides Internet security solutions and malware protection solutions for systems. It provides security solutions for Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12 or later, iOS 11 or later, Android 5.0 or later. The company provides five antivirus products

• F Secure Anti-Virus,
• F SecureInternet Security,
• F-Secure SAFE 
• F Secure Total Security and Privacy
• F Secure Total

All these software uses the company’s advanced anti-malware technologies and techniques, that are well matched with the F-Secure’s own behavior monitoring and Bitdefender virus scanner. The software can be downloaded for a free 30-day trial from the official website, after signing up. None of the programs offers control over applications or whitelists’ trusted applications. However, they do provide deep guard monitoring setting in which a user can review the quarantined files. F-Secure Antivirus for PC has a separate clean up tool available that helps to detect and catch rootkit and other rooted infections. This has to be run separately and takes a few minutes to complete.

You can run a full system scan or a quick scan, that takes only minutes to complete. You can schedule scans monthly, weekly or daily. F secure Antivirus for PC also has a game mode that ensures there are no alerts or notifications when the user is playing a game. There is no integrated firewall available, but the internet security package comes with additional browser extensions that ensure online protection.

F secure does not offer additional features such as file shredder, file decryption tools, no wifi protection. F Secure Anti-Virus for PC is a basic scanner and has no additional features. In the tools section, you can find identify sensitive files, check history log and review quarantined files. The internet security package and F Secure Safe provides parental control feature. The interface is easy to use and is minimalistic in terms of looks. Configuration settings provided are extensive and comprehensive.

In Av lab testing 2017, F Secure scored 100% against zero-day threats, email threats, and web protection. In the AV-Comparatives test, it scored 99.9% and scored 99.93 in the malware protection test,98.9 in the online malware detection rate. The antivirus is basic in terms of features, which makes it super lightweight for the system. It works quietly, without using many computer resources. F Secure Antivirus for PC provides scans that are quick easy and accurate.

The technical support available is on weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm only, which is far from 224×7 support that other antiviruses offer.Signing up on the website in mandatory even if you are downloading a free tool. F secure total combines all features from all the other four antiviruses and is a complete security system. It has all the features of an internet security program combined with an efficient antivirus. It also includes VPN (Virtual Private Network) and web protection.F Secure Antivirus for PC provides a basic yet effective scanner. The other four available antiviruses come with additional features. Although none of them has a firewall or additional features, it is as efficient as the antivirus can get.