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F-Secure Anti-Virus 2009 Review

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F-Secure Anti-Virus is a good antivirus solution that provides complete computer security from all types of malware. It is very simple to use and ensures computer security out of the box. The navigational menus are also very simple and straightforward enabling the common computer user to use it very effectively.

F-Secure Anti-Virus is one of the top rated antivirus solutions in the market today. It features a powerful heuristic engine that is very fast and effective in detecting newer malware applications. On the minus side,the on-access scanner in F-Secure Anti-Virus sometimes slows the system down.

Virus signature updates for F-Secure Anti-Virus are available every two hours. It is very easy and simple to download and install updates as the process is completely automatic. This is very satisfactory. One issue with the updates is that it needs a reboot after every update. 

F-Secure Anti-Virus provides good levels of protection from malware that can be expected from other security software suites. It features both an on-access and an on-demand scanner as along with an effective spyware removal tool that integrates with both. It also features an email scanner that integrates with email clients like MS Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird and provides protection from viruses that spread as email attachments.

One feature of F-Secure that is especially useful is the integrated news tab on the main menu. This section provides useful information and news on emerging security threats and informs you if the software updates installed on your system are sufficient to provide protection from each threat.

F-Secure Anti-Virus is very easy and simple to install. The installation is fast and takes less than 5 minutes for the initial installation. However it takes along time to download and install the first updates after completion of the initial installation. You have to reboot your computer once after the installation. Do not install other antivirus software along with F-Secure Anti-Virus. Installing more than one antivirus on the computer can make it very slow.

F-Secure provides good customer support. Customer support is offered through both phone and email. The official website also contains several FAQ pages and How-tos that provide information and solutions to common problems that might be encountered. On the minus side, the website is a bit complicated to use and could use a complete redesign. However, the customer support provided by F-Secure is very satisfactory.

In conclusion, available-Secure Antivirus is one of the best antivirus software that provides excellent protection from a number of threats like viruses, adware, Trojans, spyware and many others.  It isn’t fully perfect, sometimes does cause system slowdown when the on-access scanner is running, but it delivers and is very effective.

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June 19th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

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