F-Secure Antivirus For Windows 7

F-Secure is a Finland-based company that has been providing security solutions for more than twenty-five years. It provides security solutions for platforms Windows 7 or later, macOS 10.12 or later, iOS 11 or above, Android 5.0 or later. The company provides various security products.

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

F-Secure Antivirus for Windows 7 can be downloaded or bought from their official website, which requires a sign-up. The user can also go for a thirty-day trial version before buying it. The antivirus boasts of advanced malware detection technology supported by F Secure’s own behavioral monitoring techniques. The antivirus is automatically updated regularly, which makes sure it has all the new virus definitions required. It makes is a good antivirus against zero-day threats. The antivirus uses a licensed viral scanner from Bitdefender that ensures optimum security.

F-Secure Antivirus for Windows 7 does not come with any additional features such as a file shredder, password manager, wifi protection, network protection, or banking protection.F-Secure SAFE and F-Secure Total include ransomware and browsing protection. They also provide banking protection, family rules and device locator.F-Secure Antivirus for Windows 7, lack these features and provides a basic layer of protection with required scanning options and settings. For additional features, such as VPN and Password Manager, separate security solutions are available such as F-Secure FREEDOME VPN and F-Secure Key.

In AV lab tests 2017, F-Secure scored 100% in protection against zero-day threats, web threats and email threats. In AV-Comparatives, F-Secure scored 99.9, 99.93 in malware test and 98.9

In the online detection rate. The antivirus performed the scans quickly and efficiently, detecting the most hidden malware easily. The antivirus is lightweight and does not impact systems’ performance significantly.F-Secure Antivirus for Windows 7 allows the user to schedule scans -be it monthly, daily or weekly. The interface is easy to navigate through and understand. The antivirus has two scanning options- ‘scan only known file types’ or scan inside compressed files. The antivirus provides a separate cleaner tool that scans the computer system for rootkits. Even though scanning slows down the device working, it is efficiently fast.

F-Secure Antivirus for Windows 7 lacks many features and is just a basic scanner. The tool section, allows the user to review quarantine files, check history log and identify sensitive files. Parental control is only available in Internet Security PAckage and F-Secure SAFE. Settings are configured from an online web portal of the antivirus.

The technical support is only available for five days a week from 9 to 5,users can call on their toll free number or send them emails. Users can also submit their own malware sample.. The users can combine this basic antivirus with other programs such as F-Secure Internet Security Premium or the user can go for F-Secure Total, as it has all the features F-Secure offers including web protection, ransomware protection, banking protection, family rules, wifi protection, and phone finder.F-Secure Total acts as both an antivirus and internet security suite, combining all good features of F-Secure.