Great overall package but unfortunately too little transparency

Great overall package but unfortunately too little transparency

F-Secure Internet Security 2015 + Freedome - 1 year / 3 PCs (exclusively at Amazon.de) (DVD-ROM)

Customer Review

F-Secure expanded to safety. Now the Finnish company can surf their users even over an encrypted VPN connection. That there was in this form not as a complete package and is even an excellent idea. What does F-Secure unfortunately still not improved the transparency of the procedure of these programs. But first things first. First I'll start with the VPN service called "Freedome" on.

Freedome VPN:
For those who still can not do anything with the term "VPN", I will explain in short and simple sentences to what is going on here and why a VPN solution greater security and anonymity granted.
VPN stands for "Virtual Private Network", a self-contained computer network. By means of the program that you have to download it, the complete data connecting PCs through this VPN (VPN server from Freedome) is passed. The provider (eg Telekom) can not see which side connects ye. For the provider only becomes evident that a connection to the VPN provider (ie Freedome) takes place. What are to data exchanged exactly, he can not recognize so.
And also the site operators can indeed see an IP address, which can only be associated with the VPN provider but. Your IP is veiled, so to speak. Here you can choose, with which countries identifier you want to appear on the Internet at Freedome. To select, for example, European countries, Singapore, China, Australia, Canada, USA, etc. These can be changed manually, as you just whim has.

The connection takes place here is encrypted, so it will be difficult or even impossible, for example, for Gehemdienste and hackers to crack this encryption (depending on the encryption on). According to F-Secure no connection logs are created. And even if we start times of an extreme case and would any state authority try to connect data from F-Secure on your surfing behavior to require imagine as the following problem out: About VPN share many active users an IP address. This will take place a connection tangle, which is not clearly assignable to a specific person. One user, for example, is on Youtube, the other makes online banking, a further browsing on porn sites around, etc. So if you have now done what? Depending on the privacy laws of any VPN provider, he may issue call data readily or not, if indeed there are any. Because according Freedome these data are not even applied.

So far about the functioning of the VPN service.

Now to my review:
Freedome runs smoothly and safely. The IP is reliably veiled (I have to be carried out on various test sites). The program is very stable and far better than, for example, the client of "CyberGhost". The speed is very good. Although I have only one 3000 line and could not notice any performance penalty. Cancels times for some reason the connection from, is - as long Freedome runs - the Internet connection of the PC's blocked so that there is no IP Leak and blows up your identity.
Furthermore, a built-in Tracking Protection is available, the third-party Web sites blocked in the background to track which try your surfing habits. Unfortunately shows Freedome but not indicate which tracker were blocked, but only the number of access attempts (like tracker blocker add-ons we know under the name ublock (open source) or Ghostery).
Even pages are blocked, which are considered potential security risk. After many attempts at various "file sharing" sites I could find no blockages, so I went on porn sites and lo and behold, there were actually blocked some sites. Well especially because there were not porn sites, but because they constitute a risk for privacy and PC.
The real reason however why they were blocked, the program does not call. Again, only the number of blocked sites is retained.
Furthermore, the program still provides the Mögichkeit to start searches under very safe conditions. How DuckDuckGo and Ixquick this usually involves neither cookies, trackers, still logs, according Freedome.

Criticizing Freedome:
I ask yourself some questions. Where is the headquarters of the VPN provider. Finland? Which encryption of VPN connections is used and what protocols? Which data protection law applies?
Also, the user is not informed that he has to make various browser settings in order to achieve a sufficient anonymity. Even if you are traveling with a veiled IP, can fly up your true IP, as there are browser plug-ins (Flash and Java) that they can give away. CyberGhost has to integrate a function in-house program for Firefox, IE and Chrome, which can be activated on request and a kind Browser stealth enabled. Something is missing in Freedome unfortunately.
Anonymous is one per Freedome therefore only partially. But the anonymity degree of Tor Browser is not reached. Although it is known that secret services operate some Tor exit node, you are still safe using Tor, with regard to the anonymity, there's two or three more stuck proxy server between the user and the Exit server, which also encrypt the transmission and have each its own IP.

Freedome Android:
Like the Windows version of the Android version works very stable and reliable. The entire data traffic is encrypted and trackers are blocked. The app runs in the background unbermerkt. Here one learns but precious little about the blocked Tracker or pages. Advantageously: After installing all the apps are scanned and any newly installed app is tested for trojans, adware or viruses. This basically makes the need to install an anti-virus app unnecessarily. So if the additional functions such as theft protection, password safe, engine, etc is not needed, which should be enough the sole installation of Freedome.

Conclusion to Freedome:
But overall a good functionality it lacks transparency. And that's what I need in order to really trust this program. The anonymisation works impeccably. Here are Freedome but no clues as to how you should configure your browser so that no IP Leaks arise. It is positive that a registration is not necessary.

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F-Secure Internet Security 2015

Since the last version unfortunately did not care much. F-Secure is installed quickly and Betreibsbereit and recommended to just those people who hate to want to deal with tedious settings themselves. All others who wish to know more about the procedure of the program will not be satisfied.

Firewall:
Unlike the competition from eg G-Data, Eset or Kaspersky, F-Secure brings still not have its own firewall function, but refers to the Windows Firewall, which is known to be quite gracious when it comes to Internet access programs installed. The options are therefore those who have Windows has to offer. Therefore, unfortunately, a downside. So I do not find out on the basis of the program, which program has when accessed. For this I must poke around in the confusing Unfortunately (in my view) Windows Firewall. Minus point!

Antivirus function:
Manual one must decide in the Settings menu, if e-mail attachments are scanned and whether malicious applications to be automatically detected. The latter option is a very unnecessary question. Because therefore you installed a program but as so malicious applications are to be detected automatically.
In addition, there's the "DeepGuard" the checks on a cloud, whether applications behave suspiciously. This DeepGuard warns Available on such applications or Exploids. Again, one must "unnecessary" or remove this box.

When manually scan one has to choose whether compressed files are scanned or not. Whether it is just to archives (zip, rar, etc.) is or to which archive types that will not be displayed. Will not know how deep scanned (eg a rare in a rare, in a rare or only the first layer).
Next still are "Advanced Heuristics" and "Scan only known file types" to choose from. The latter one should absolutely none. In the first test the program was namely nothing. In the second test without check "Scan only known file types" a malicious application was yet found. By default, the hook is set, however - not good!
As with all anti-virus programs, one must also plan to scan.

Clean-up tool:
An application that you can also install the program, is an extension to search for types of viruses (eg rootkits). But why this feature is not by default integrated into the virus scanner?

Conclusion:
F-Secure 2015 + Freedome is basically constitutes the ideal security package. If F-Secure would deal only with more transparent information, there would have been a star more. If you read the slogans might think F-Secure will announce following us, "Trust us, you'll be fine, we've been doing this, and you make yourselves simply no head."
That the settings are lean and is not a separate firewall on board, unfortunately, costs another star.

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