- Dec 18, 2015
- 60
Good morning community! My head pains because of the above question. You see i got a key of F-Secure recently in the giveaway. I have kaspersky and i wonder who is the winner. Thank you all
F-Secure vs Kaspersky Total vs Microsoft Defender
- Thread starter kyros
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Haha yeah. Same situation!
Is Windows Firewall good enough with F-secure too? That's my main question?
Is Windows Firewall good enough with F-secure too? That's my main question?
- Jun 22, 2020
- 163
kaspersky always have better BB and better response for new malware. Greetings
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2,286
Hello 
Having tested all 3, I can help you.
F-Secure:
Very good protection (due to Avira's engines), very efficient proactive protection, very light and autonomous (it doesn't ask anything to the user)
Kaspersky:
An excellent protection too, but can be greedy, especially in games
Windows Defender:
Excellent protection as well, but has some problems with malware removal (on Firefox).
Personally, I would say F-Secure
Regarding the firewall, F-Secure and Defender use the Windows firewall by adding some rules.
The Windows firewall has evolved a lot, and you can find more tips on the forum
Having tested all 3, I can help you.
F-Secure:
Very good protection (due to Avira's engines), very efficient proactive protection, very light and autonomous (it doesn't ask anything to the user)
Kaspersky:
An excellent protection too, but can be greedy, especially in games
Windows Defender:
Excellent protection as well, but has some problems with malware removal (on Firefox).
Personally, I would say F-Secure
Regarding the firewall, F-Secure and Defender use the Windows firewall by adding some rules.
The Windows firewall has evolved a lot, and you can find more tips on the forum
- Feb 25, 2017
- 2,490
I think you can't go wrong with either one of them. As you have bought a Kaspersky license you can use it till it runs out and after that you can go for the giveaway license of F-Secure. The only downside of Kaspersky compared to F-Secure is it's performance on some systems. So if you do gaming then F-Secure would probably be the better deal.
Microsoft Defender Firewall is good enough, don't worry. I would recommend enabling the "public profile" of your firewall for enhanced protection.
You can also try the free and open-source tool by @Andy Ful to harden the Microsoft Defender Firewall further by blocking often abused LOLBins:
FirewallHardening tool
FIREWALLHARDENING (new ver. 3.0.0.1, January 2024) FirewallHardening is a part of the Hard_Configurator project and can be used also as a standalone application among a few others included in the H_C_HardeningTools repository...
malwaretips.com
- Jun 22, 2020
- 163
Test the new Kaspersky 21.5 is very very light and faster than 21.3 . GreetingsHello
Having tested all 3, I can help you.
F-Secure:
Very good protection (due to Avira's engines), very efficient proactive protection, very light and autonomous (it doesn't ask anything to the user)
Kaspersky:
An excellent protection too, but can be greedy, especially in games
Windows Defender:
Excellent protection as well, but has some problems with malware removal (on Firefox).
Personally, I would say F-Secure
Regarding the firewall, F-Secure and Defender use the Windows firewall by adding some rules.
The Windows firewall has evolved a lot, and you can find more tips on the forum
One slight annoyance with Kaspersky and I think it's mentioned a few times, is the browsing speed. Feels like it takes a hit sometimes, little slow at times.
It's also a bit of a mess too!
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- Dec 18, 2015
- 60
There isn't 21.5 in kaspersky total
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icarus
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- Oct 29, 2021
- 65
for total section kaspersky
but if you want to install 100 another tools to complete f-secure as real internet security u go with f-secure(detection is good but its like Puzzle you need another tools for complete its lack of component)choose wise im not fan of kaspersky but its complete and do not need any other tool to make it secure or real internet security
icarus
Level 2
- Oct 29, 2021
- 65
its come up only buy false advertizing firewall still need to be #1 defense in any security software dont fall for those things like installing another tools to controlling firewall of windows use any top brand with own firewall like norton or bitdefender or anyother complete protection
- Apr 24, 2016
- 6,564
You can't go wrong with any of those three, F Secure, Kaspersky and Microsoft are my personal favorites.
My reasons to prefer F-Secure are:
My reasons to prefer F-Secure are:
- Impressive results in the testing done by @Shadowra and in the HUB tests by @upnorth
- Impressive results for banking protection done by AVLab.pl: AVLab.pl - Test of security solutions in blocking attacks on Internet banking
- Noticeably light on the system
- Malicious downloads are completely blocked and not partially downloaded like with the SmartScreen when using Microsoft Edge.
- It doesn't use a root certificate like Kaspersky does.
- There are no options that I won't use like Kaspersky passwordmanager and VPN
What's the advantage of it not using a root certificate like Kaspersky does?
- Feb 25, 2017
- 2,490
Ditch the HTTPS Scanning feature of your antivirus
Does your antivirus scan HTTPS connections? That's bad and you should disable that feature.
ThanksDitch the HTTPS Scanning feature of your antivirus
Does your antivirus scan HTTPS connections? That's bad and you should disable that feature.blog.vpn.ac
Found a thread on here about Kaspersky and HTTPS scanning. Recommended to keep it on or Kaspersky basically becomes ineffective at blocking!
- Feb 25, 2017
- 2,490
That may be true, but it's up to you to decide if it's worth enabling. There are other ways of blocking malicious domains (e.g. DNS blocking, extensions)
I personally would always recommend setting up a DNS provider with malware blocklists like NextDNS or Quad9. They basically have no downsides.
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