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<blockquote data-quote="upnorth" data-source="post: 902970" data-attributes="member: 38832"><p>F-Secure has and utilize it's own cloud service, called " <a href="https://blog-assets.f-secure.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/15163353/F-Secure_Security_Cloud.pdf" target="_blank">Security Cloud</a> ". Nowadays also Aviras. F-Secure does not use it's own firewall, but instead as many other major vendors rely on Windows built-in. F-Secure does also have a feature that covers a possible attack and shutdown of Windows firewall as some malware specific targets Windows own firewall. Advanced network protection ( ANP ).</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://help.f-secure.com/product.html#home/safe-windows/latest/en/task_0543871ADA814F32ABFAF3AD8C2A86DA-safe-windows-latest-en[/URL]</p><p></p><p>F-Secure very recently became a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA).</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.f-secure.com/en/press/p/f-secure-authorized-to-be-a-cve-numbering-authority--cna-[/URL]</p><p>Windows Defender and even F-Secure gives users false positives from time to time. Not long ago F-Secure did struggle with a bit too high numbers in official tests, but been able to tweak that to a much better level. In this case the possible malicious file was deleted from the system and normally it's possible to backtrack the file either in the event messages or via the built-in support tool, but in any case of uncertainty simply submit the file as then one will get the file thoroughly investigated and also a correct answer. For faster replies on submissions is recommended to either call directly or use their chat function. That they talk in my own language ( Swedish ) is extra nice. Of course they also talk fluent English and Finnish. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite130" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite134" alt=":coffee:" title="Coffee :coffee:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":coffee:" /></p><p></p><p>Today, Windows Defender ain't too shabby, but it still needs to be tweaked with other 3rd party tools or be fully implemented using ATP.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/microsoft-defender-advanced-threat-protection[/URL]</p><p>It is not IMO as efficient " Out of the Box " as F-Secure.</p><p></p><p>With all that said, I still feel I haven't answered the main question in the topic/thread title. This might help : </p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.f-secure.com/us-en/home/products/compare[/URL]</p><p>As with all these versions one get 30 days to try.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upnorth, post: 902970, member: 38832"] F-Secure has and utilize it's own cloud service, called " [URL='https://blog-assets.f-secure.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/15163353/F-Secure_Security_Cloud.pdf']Security Cloud[/URL] ". Nowadays also Aviras. F-Secure does not use it's own firewall, but instead as many other major vendors rely on Windows built-in. F-Secure does also have a feature that covers a possible attack and shutdown of Windows firewall as some malware specific targets Windows own firewall. Advanced network protection ( ANP ). [URL unfurl="true"]https://help.f-secure.com/product.html#home/safe-windows/latest/en/task_0543871ADA814F32ABFAF3AD8C2A86DA-safe-windows-latest-en[/URL] F-Secure very recently became a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.f-secure.com/en/press/p/f-secure-authorized-to-be-a-cve-numbering-authority--cna-[/URL] Windows Defender and even F-Secure gives users false positives from time to time. Not long ago F-Secure did struggle with a bit too high numbers in official tests, but been able to tweak that to a much better level. In this case the possible malicious file was deleted from the system and normally it's possible to backtrack the file either in the event messages or via the built-in support tool, but in any case of uncertainty simply submit the file as then one will get the file thoroughly investigated and also a correct answer. For faster replies on submissions is recommended to either call directly or use their chat function. That they talk in my own language ( Swedish ) is extra nice. Of course they also talk fluent English and Finnish. (y):coffee: Today, Windows Defender ain't too shabby, but it still needs to be tweaked with other 3rd party tools or be fully implemented using ATP. [URL unfurl="true"]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/microsoft-defender-advanced-threat-protection[/URL] It is not IMO as efficient " Out of the Box " as F-Secure. With all that said, I still feel I haven't answered the main question in the topic/thread title. This might help : [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.f-secure.com/us-en/home/products/compare[/URL] As with all these versions one get 30 days to try. [/QUOTE]
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