Reviews of F-Secure Internet Security

1. 
   pr1xsel

   Reviewing 2009 9.00 Build 149 (Mar 17, 2009)

   Some schools use this junk security program what slows down entire PC because F-Secure is badly built ( to many processes , update failures , no version changelog or anything , a lot of viruses get pass the protection and some normal programs get marked as viruses ) recommended to AVOID this!!!
2. 
   emperordarius

   Reviewing 2009 (Sep 11, 2008)

   The good:
   
   Very good detection rate.
   Very powerful Proactive Protection.
   Deep disinfection.
   
   The bad:
   
   Heavy.
   Self-Defense is only average.
   No whitelist present.
3. 
   ninjeratu

   Reviewing 2009 (Sep 10, 2008)

   Terrible. I really wanted 2009 to be better (since it took them years to add Vista 64-bit support...) But this is not good enough by far.
   
   If, and I mean IF, you get it to install properly you'll be a bit disappointed. Especially if you bought this.
   
   The firewall comes with almost no preconfigured application controls for modern Windows (not even some Windows services!) so you have to set those rules. By yourself. It's 2008, F-secure. No excuses for this. To make matters worse the firewall isn't actually very good. It's .. adequate. Or "average", if you're nice, in leak tests. Alarmingly it's incredibly easy for you and malware to turn off the whole security package. This will hopefully be fixed, it smells like a bug.
   
   What malware it will find (about average detection rate) is a pain to remove and you almost always need a 3rd party tool to remove them.
   
   Anti-virus is ok, but for some reason gets a 6% pro-active detection rate in the latest AV-comparatives (for FIS2008, but the engine and base files are the same)! SIX PERCENT. Din't even get a Standard rating, which is terrible.
   
   Spam filter works fine, though I don't really need that.
   
   It's not even cheap.
   Avoid.
4. 
   stopbuggingme

   Reviewing 2006 6.90 (Sep 29, 2006)

   2006 version has backweb. Although fsecure claim this is safe, it purposely monitors key strokes and mouse movements, and application usage. Fsecure claim this is so the AV doesn't interupt you, but this is clearly a lie as Windows manages the screensaver without backweb, as do third party applications. MS provide APIs for this functionality, so FSecures programmers cannot be up to the standard they claim; I wonder how poor the coding is in the rest of the application. Sloppy standards in one area often indicate poor work elsewhere.
5. 
   nimtoad

   Reviewing 2006 6.90 (Apr 13, 2006)

   rebranded, bloatware

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