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F-Secure Antivirus Changelog

What's new in F-Secure Antivirus 17.6

May 9, 2019
  • Banking protection clears the clipboard:
  • For added security, all the information is wiped from the clipboard when a banking session ends.
  • Restart reminder added:
  • A reminder is shown if your computer needs to be restarted; for example, after real-time or scheduled scanning has removed a harmful system infection.
  • Improved statistics:
  • The product main page now shows a statistics counter for various security actions, such as files scanned and website reputations checked.
  • Other general improvements:
  • The Time limits feature has been renamed to Device use limits; the functionality of the feature remains unchanged.
  • Croatian language support has been added.
  • Some user interfaces have been re-implemented using Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2. If you do not have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.7.2 installed, it will be automatically installed during installation/upgrade.
  • Overall scanning engine improvements:
  • The engine uses the browser’s “mark-of-the-web” to decide if a file should be analyzed in the Security Cloud. This improves the detection of potentially unwanted applications.
  • Performance improvements to scanning when you install applications.
  • Improved website reputation look-ups from the Security Cloud for Browsing Protection.
  • Improved reliability for engine updates.

New in F-Secure Antivirus 10.50 Build 157 (Sep 8, 2010)

  • What is the Real-time Protection Network?
  • F-Secure's Real-time Protection Network is an online service which provides rapid response against Internet-based threats.
  • The Real-time Protection Network uses reputation services to obtain information about the latest Internet threats. You can help us develop the service further by contributing detailed information, such as sources of intrusive programs or messages, and behavioral and statistical analysis of the use of the computer and the Internet.
  • When the Yes, I want to participate in the Real-time Protection Network check box is selected on the Privacy tab, you are submitting this information to the Real-time Protection Network.
  • What is browsing protection?
  • Browsing protection helps you evaluate the safety of web sites you visit and prevents you from unintentionally accessing harmful web sites.
  • Browsing protection is a browser plug-in that shows you safety ratings for web sites listed on search engine results and in web mail content. By helping you avoid web sites that contain security threats, such as malware (viruses, worms, trojans), browsing protection's safety ratings help you avoid the latest Internet threats that are not yet recognized by traditional antivirus programs.
  • There are four possible safety ratings for web sites; safe, suspicious, harmful and unknown. These safety ratings are based on information from several sources, such as F-Secure malware analysts and F-Secure partners, as well as ratings given by other users of browsing protection.
  • Browsing protection also uses exploit shields, which are fixes developed by F-Secure to protect you against vulnerabilities that have been found in programs installed on your computer. Exploit shields identify and prevent malicious web sites from using such vulnerabilities to, for example, force an unauthorized download that contains malware. Exploit shields do not protect you against files that you download intentionally and may contain malware; that type of security threat is covered by virus and spyware scanning.