F-Secure is a Finnish security solutions company.
After partnering with Avira to supply its virus base, this release marks a big change in protection.
Gone is DeepGuard, and F-Secure is now using Sentry, Avira's behavioral protection!
One thing's for sure: it's a risky move for the company to become a clone of the German publisher, but what about security?
Interface :
The interface is fairly straightforward, making it ideal for novices.
The one thing that may annoy experts is that TotalDefense contains... no configuration!
Everything is simplified.
Surprisingly, network traffic analysis via PowerShell is not enabled... as the editor leaves it disabled, I don't activate it.
The program is quite heavy on RAM...
Web protection: 9/9
All links are blocked by the F-Secure web filter.
Fake crack : 1/1
Blocked (Heur/APC)
Malware Pack :
Remaining 28 files out of 247.
MI have the feeling that the F-Secure era is behind us...
After DeepGuard, which was excellent, F-Secure arrives with Sentry, Avira's module, and suffers from the same problem as the latter: Sentry lags far behind on unknown attacks.
Although the interceptor and network analyzer blocked several attacks, a BATCH malware succeeded in destroying parts of the system and encrypting test data.
I must admit I'm rather disappointed with the result - I wasn't expecting it!
I really hope that the company will back down or boost their protection to make it more intelligent.
Final scan :
F-Secure: 0
NPE : 29
KVRT : 0 (False positive)
Everythings :
2 files encrypted
Final opinion:
Unfortunately, F-Secure has lost ground in terms of protection due to its rapprochement with Avira, which has become a clone of the latter.
Although F-Secure used to improve with each new version, I must admit I'm very disappointed with this version.
Sentry is very average when it comes to direct attacks, the same weakness that Avira suffers from.
Apart from that, protection against malware remains fairly consistent, but not enough to recommend it completely.
I'm disappointed.
@bazang and
@Szellem request
