F-Secure Version 17.9 final is released

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Can be obtained by clicking on Check for updates.

Changelog and new features listed here.

What's New in F-Secure SAFE for PC and Internet Security - F-Secure Community

What's New in F-Secure SAFE for PC and Internet Security This article outlines important changes and features, as well as fixes released in the latest versions of F-Secure SAFE for PC and Internet Security. Version 18.4 (4.90.1143) Released August 2022 Integrated Password Vault * You can access...

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[upnorth]

Confirmed! Installed without any issues on my system.

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Version 17.9​

Released November/2020

Banking protection logic and security improvements with redesigned user interface

• Applications that are trusted in the Security Cloud are allowed to connect to the internet during a banking session.
• Command line and scripting tools are not allowed to connect to the internet during a banking session.
• Payment site handling during a banking session has been improved.
• The Banking protection user interface has been redesigned. The new user interface is less intrusive and handles large resolutions and multiple monitors.

Manual and scheduled scanning improvements

• Virus scan handling of large harmful item collections has been improved.
• Virus scan no longer shows 'Memory: 0 items'.
• The file scanning phase is shown with green color instead of yellow.
• The Scan report has been improved, and its style has been updated to match with the rest of the product.
• New scheduled and command line scanner (fsscan.exe)
• Scheduled scanning logic has been modified; duplicate entries for the same infections should not occur any more.

New Event history

• The new Event history runs in a separate process; it has better performance and consumes less memory while open.
• The user interface has the same look and feel as the App and file control.

Other improvements

• When a USB storage device is inserted, a notification is shown, asking if you want to scan the device.
• Search result ratings are shown also if you use the DuckDuckGo search engine.
• The issue with Chrome extension check not working if Chrome was installed under user's folder has now been fixed.
• The App and file control dialog allows you to select multiple items and perform operations on them.
• The Support page in Settings has an option to turn on debug logging.

Other scanning engine improvements since the last release

• Implemented online scanning for malicious URLs.
• Vastly improved AMSI script scanning performance and stability.
• Enhanced protection against malicious browser downloads.
• Enhanced archive scanning stability.
• Enhanced robustness for engine updates.

 

[tsunami]

cool, screenshots please?

 

[upnorth]

cool, screenshots please?

The UI ( user interface ) haven't really changed other then one or two extra visible options been added. In the scan UI one have been removed as mentioned in the changelog. Personal I feel it's bit more snappy/faster now, but normally I don't click around in it too much.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Ziggo Safe Online is now up to date with the latest version of F-Secure Safe 17.9.

So far, I really like the improvements they have done to banking protection.
No need to turn it off now for me.

I have sometimes an issue with the browsing protection extension when cleaning Edge with CCleaner.
It kept complaining that it was not enabled, while it was.

When a USB storage device is inserted, a notification is shown, asking if you want to scan the device.
Did nothing when inserting my USB3 HDD for creating backups.
Does that only work with Flash drives?

 

[Back3]

With USB keys, notifications; with USB 3 and 2 HDD no notifications on my PC. It must be planned that way!

 

[upnorth]

With USB keys, notifications; with USB 3 and 2 HDD no notifications on my PC. It must be planned that way!

Can confirm the same with flash drives, and it did also work with a portable 1GB Western Digital Element. The notification can be turned off/disabled in the scan settings.

When a USB storage device is inserted, a notification is shown, asking if you want to scan the device.
Did nothing when inserting my USB3 HDD for creating backups.
Does that only work with Flash drives?

@Gandalf_The_Grey , after you plugged in your drive, check the action center. Seems the notification window does not pop out as frequent as intended, but I always see the notification when I open the action center. Get the feeling this feature needs a bit more tweaking.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Can confirm the same with flash drives, and it did also work with a portable 1GB Western Digital Element. The notification can be turned off/disabled in the scan settings.

@Gandalf_The_Grey , after you plugged in your drive, check the action center. Seems the notification window does not pop out as frequent as intended, but I always see the notification when I open the action center. Get the feeling this feature needs a bit more tweaking.

Thanks, but there is no notification in the action center.
USB HDD inserted = no notification
Flash drive inserted = notification (and request to scan)

Another thing I noticed (by accident) about Ziggo Safe Online / F-Secure Safe is that they are compatible with Core Isolation and Memory Integrity.

 

[Cortex]

Can't do much else as on isolation as having a small op Thursday (Pacemaker) so installed F-secure, been a while as get it free from my ISP just out of interest - Not sure what security to install on the Pacemaker, doc says it don't need any but I'm not so sure? (Total AV?)