FS Protection Beta Release 209

[Faybert]

FS Protection PC Release 209
New features:

New ransomware protection feature has been turned on. Please report if you have issues with any of your applications.

Fixed issues:

Antivirus:

Computer Security - Excessive scanning time (UFO-2126)

• Funny scan report and events list with Unicode bidirectional control characters in file names (SAFE_BUG-02160, CTS-100431)
• Registration with Windows Security Center failed (CTS-100469)

Browsing Protection:

• Banking Protection blocking known banking site in Internet Explorer (CTS-100427)
• Online Safety widget crash (CTS-100458)
• Block page has an old elevation icon (CTS-100193)

 

[Mariihh]

Hello, can I use FS Protection on my main system?

 

[Faybert]

Hello, can I use FS Protection on my main system?

No doubt you can install, In the times I had the FS Protection I always found him very stable, but you have to be aware that it is a beta version, and with this may appear errors at any time. @Lord Ami can respond better, since he has a long experience with F-Secure.

 

[upnorth]

I agree with @Faybert and as @Lord Ami probably has the best Beta knowledge on FS here on MT he's a great source. I can highly recommend follow his ongoing work and shares in the Malware Hub.

 

[Lord Ami]

Thanks for mentioning me (grabbed my attention ).

I've been running the beta for well over a year and I would consider it extremely stable. Nothing game-breaking to report - it's been working solid and stable for me.
Being beta program makes it prone to errors/instability and it could even (theoretically) destroy your Windows. But that is far too extreme - FS seems to be on the safe side, releasing stable enough builds. I would recommend... but be sure to have failsafe/backups in case something would happen. Again, over a year - all good, no BOSDs or similar.