Namely, with importance in descending order. Straight but the security I can not comment because I do not have IT laboratory with a bunch of viruses in order to test times indicate which recognize the program. Here I trust as a layman on the subject tests, such as the Stiftung Warentest, the attribute has rated protection of the previous model with good Internet Security. In my star rating, however, the flow is not one.
Remain so the rest of the 3 aspects.
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1. System load
I can still remember the first Internet security packages. The slowed the system even during start-up, and annoyed with cryptic error messages like the xyz.dll accesses svchost to log you want to allow this ?. Fortunately, this has changed.
The F-Secure package was barely visible in the load. Prima: F-Secure works with the Windows own firewall and user administration, rather than anything to build parallel self.
5 of 5 stars
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2. ease
Initially disappointed delivery. The product picture here suggests one would obtain a box, and the significant additional cost compared with the pure download'd at least suggest any added value, such as a manual or CD. Nope! Supplied only a folded cardboard with codes, everything else has to be downloaded.
The disappointment lies down then but a little, because the installation goes pretty fast. Here, however, falls to the registration requirement. Why a software vendor needs to know what street I live, he does not explain to me.
Once the program is installed (Windows 7), it runs in the background and can be accessed from the taskbar. The virus scanner is relatively self-explanatory for the interested layman, for the additional features of Internet Security, so online banking protection and child safety, I have taken the downloaded pdf manual for help.
To make it work relatively easy. When online banking protection all other connections are easy to cut when logging in, so that no evil hackers can interpose. Does plausible as 100% secure really is but I can not vote, but it makes a good impression. When testing pops every time a bank address is typed into the browser displays a message on (see photo) that other connections are blocked (and that is so).
Good work Parental Control. The prerequisite is of course that these have their own identity, and not with Papas admin account in Windows go. For each account you can either lock namely certain types of Web pages and search results, or use a pure white list (I think most), and only allow browsing through predefined pages. There is even a time limit possible.
4 of 5 stars
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3. Support
The version F-Secure Safe offers according to the product description the most comprehensive program, so as the Internet Security Suite compared to the pure virus scanners still a child safety and protection for online banking, and, furthermore, a protection for the whole family on all your devices and protection Data on a lost or stolen device. Unfortunately, the latter is not documented anywhere, a handbook exists so not on the F-Secure website.
From an F-Secure employee, I then learned from the support hotline that under 069/66983131 from 9 - 19 h is offered. I've tried this and actually had a competent young man on the line who could answer my questions about the product after a very short waiting time. Unfortunately, this hotline number is not indicated on the product packaging, here is the manufacturer nor an easy-to-generating potential for improvement.
Regarding the SAFE additional function over the Internet Security version of F-Secure employee told me, incidentally, that the software with iOS devices without jailbreak would also provide no additional protection, which is not already inherent in the system available.
4 of 5 stars
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Conclusion:
The low system load and easy handling pleases me well, little potential for improvement there is in uniform documentation.
Whether the Safe feature is useful, or the package Internet Security sufficient everyone must decide for themselves. Who only iOS devices in the household, which in my opinion does not need more, Android users can this review be different (but I can not judge, we are an Apple household).
With so many different F-Secure packages should also keep the price-performance ratio in mind, or to compare the individual packages.
