What's new in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 9.00
Jan 23, 2012
- Key features:
- Web-based console - F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 9.00 is managed with the webbased administration console. The product can be managed both remotely and locally with the Web Console. The old local user interface does not exist any more.
- Performance improvements - F-Secure's multi-engine protection has been upgraded to offer faster malware scanning and smaller memory usage while keeping the detection rate on highest possible level. Also, the number of active processes has been reduced and scanning components are made less CPU intensive, which result in faster boot-up time and better coexistence with backup software.
- Windows Server 2008 R2 support - F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 9.00 supports Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard/Enterprise, and Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation.
- Server Core support - this release supports Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x32/x64 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core editions.
- Common Web console for the server products - when F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers 9.00 and F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 9.00 are installed on the same server, both products are managed with a common Web Console.
- Updated identification and removal of conflicting programs (sidegrade) - the product installer can detect and remove a wider range of conflicting products, and some software which does not cause any conflicts with the product is not removed anymore.
- Dropped or unsupported features:
- Security News - the Security News feature has been removed, since it has not been in active use for several years.
- Tivoli plug-in and SNMP support - the Tivoli plug-in and SNMP support has been removed, to simplify product installation and to increase performance.
- Windows 2000 Server family - the product does not support Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Advanced Server platforms anymore.
- Fixed issues from previous releases:
- FSM32 process may leak memory when starting manual scanning from the system tray
- F-Secure Gatekeeper errors in Windows System event log
- Blue Screen of Death interoperability issue with Parallels virtualization software
- Multiple GUI related problems on Citrix environments
- F-Secure Anti-Virus for Windows Servers performance issue with Symantec Enterprise Vault