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F-Secure Internet Security Changelog

What's new in F-Secure Internet Security 17.8

Jun 22, 2020
  • Completely redesigned Browsing and Banking protection:
  • Secure Browsing, also known as Browsing Protection, has been completely reworked.
  • Block pages for Browsing Protection, Content Filtering, and Daily Time Limit have a new visual look.
  • The new Banking Protection engine requires the "Browsing Protection by F-Secure" browser extension to be installed and turned on in a supported browser to activate a banking session.
  • The "Browser extension not in use" notification is shown when a supported browser is launched and the browser extension is not installed or turned on. Dismissing the notification silences the notification for that browser.
  • The browser extension installation can be started by selecting "Set up" in the notification or in the main user interface.
  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) browser is now supported along with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet Explorer.
  • Visualization and accessibility updates to virus scanning:
  • Better support for various display scaling settings and multi-display setups, while retaining the functionality and look-and-feel of the previous Virus Scan.
  • The Narrator app can be used to read elements on the screen and Virus Scan can be controlled by keyboard, touch, and mouse.
  • You can run multiple manual scanning tasks at the same time (except for multiple parallel scans in the "system scan" phase).
  • Memory scan is now visualized during the scan.
  • Visualization and accessibility updates to App and file control:
  • Better support for various display scaling settings and multi-display setups.
  • The Narrator app can be used to read elements on the screen and App and file control can be controlled by keyboard, touch, and mouse.
  • Supports Microsoft Antimalware Scan Interface to block harmful scripts:
  • Added support for the Microsoft Antimalware Scan Interface standard, which allows other applications to use the scanning engines to scan their data for harmful scripts and macros and stop them before they can do any harm.
  • Available on Windows 10.
  • Other improvements:
  • Product updates no longer shut down the security core. During a product update, Windows should no longer warn that the security product is turned off.
  • Product updates and security core updates can no longer happen at the same time. Previously these resulted in a security core update failure and a retry in the next update.
  • Flyer notifications on Windows 7 and 8 have a new visual look.
  • Other scanning engine improvements since last release:
  • DeepGuard can now trigger Security Cloud analysis on files that are associated with the processes, which are launched by commonly-abused legitimate applications and network-facing applications. This complements the Security Cloud analysis trigger on files with a web download marker. It also augments our behavior monitoring capability with the latest cloud information.
  • File and URL reputation queries are done on a new Security Cloud service.
  • Performance improvements for real-time scanning.

New in F-Secure Internet Security 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 Internet Security 17.0 (Oct 11, 2017)

  • F-Secure’s flagship products now enable parents to set boundaries online the way they do in the real world

New in F-Secure Internet Security 2014 1.89 Build 201 (Sep 12, 2013)

  • F-Secure Internet Security comes with fresh new features such as improved Banking Protection, protection for your Facebook profile, the very latest technology shielding you from exploits and zero day attacks, and more – all in a redesigned new user interface.
  • New F-Secure Internet Security comes with DeepGuard 5, the most powerful protection against new and emerging malware threats yet. Vulnerability exploits are one of the most common ways of infecting machines today, and DeepGuard 5 is specially outfitted to block them. DeepGuard monitors the processes of commonly exploited programs and blocks any malicious behavior indicative of an exploit attempt. While typical protection is related to the vulnerability being exploited, DeepGuard’s behavior-based protection offers better coverage because vulnerabilities aren’t always known, such as with zero-day exploits.

New in F-Secure Internet Security 2013 12.71 Build 102 (Nov 13, 2012)

  • New: Banking Protection:
  • As cybercriminals continue to develop more and more sophisticated financial malware, F-Secure is using its security expertise to protect consumers’ bank accounts. Banking Protection, a new feature of F-Secure’s Internet Security 2013 and an add-on to operator-provided Safe Anywhere PC, is especially designed to protect consumers’ online banking sessions from malicious attacks.

New in F-Secure Internet Security 2013 12.61 Build 101 Beta (Jun 8, 2012)

  • New Online Safety - F-Secure Internet Security 2013 Beta supports now also Google Chrome. It no longer install itself as a plugin to web browsers - this improves performance and at the same time makes our product independent from any specific browser.
  • New Firewall - Internet Security 2013 Beta uses now Windows firewall with additional filters.
  • Best Protection - Renewed Deepguard, real-time protection network and other proactive methods provide protection against malware with sophisticated, multilayered protection.

New in F-Secure Internet Security 10.50 Build 197 (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.
  • Submitting information to the Real-time Protection Network does not compromise your privacy. If you want to know more about how the submitted information is processed, please read our privacy statement.
  • 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.