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FREE F-Secure SAFE Internet Security 1 Year 5 Devices (Normally $120)

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tightarse on 03/12/2017 - 00:21 campaigns.f-secure.com (4669 clicks)
Last edited 03/12/2017 - 08:54

Protect all your devices (PCs, Mac’s, tablets & smartphones) with one service. Enjoy :)

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  • brokeunistudent on 03/12/2017 - 00:42
    +1

    How is it compared to ESET? Anyone?

    • Diji1 on 03/12/2017 - 02:42
      +1

      https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/ See for yourself.

    • Maz78 on 03/12/2017 - 07:56

      I've used Eset for years and still rank it up there.
      Cheers OP, will try F-Secure on a spare PC.

    • Whiro117 on 03/12/2017 - 12:18

      Fatsecurity an aggregated test score comparison website shows that based of average scoring ESET is ranked #10/#32 and F-Secure is ranked #29/#32.

      Please note that individual breakdown analysis shows that F-Secure offers the best Protection #1/#32. However, it ultimately suffers from False positives #32/#32.

      Best free Antivirus according to the website is Avira ranked #2/#32.

      This stated best protection (besides common sense) is usually a range of products and not a single suite.

      Personally, my favourite programs are shadow defender, winja virustotal, and any strong HIPS program.

      link:
      http://bit.ly/2kicYgl

    • myusername on 06/12/2017 - 13:41

      ESET FTW!!

  • v1nn1e on 03/12/2017 - 00:45
    +1

    Thank u TA.

  • FeZZa21 on 03/12/2017 - 01:18
    +13

    Try Sophos home (https://home.sophos.com) guys, free forever up to 10 pcs/macs. Compares well with ESET etc, enterprise level.

    • Clear on 03/12/2017 - 09:34

      Just doesn't compare to Sophos enterprise/business level products.

      • FeZZa21 on 07/12/2017 - 15:39
        +1

        maybe I should've said "It uses the same award-winning technology that IT professionals trust to protect their businesses." :)

  • Irate Monk on 03/12/2017 - 01:20

    Thanks tightarse

  • paloverde88 on 03/12/2017 - 01:24

    thanks tight tt

  • follow on 03/12/2017 - 01:52
    +1

    dont trust it. name sounds eerily similar to f-society

    • scupper on 03/12/2017 - 02:09
      +6

      This company has been around since the DOS days. Pretty trustworthy. Haven't had a chance to watch Mr Robot yet, unfortunately.

      • follow on 03/12/2017 - 10:13
        -2

        Ninja edit there haha. It's garbage don't watch it

  • anastasiastarz on 03/12/2017 - 03:02

    How does it compare to Trend Micro?

    • FabMan on 03/12/2017 - 07:58
      +7

      Surely anything is better?

      • pennypincher98 on 03/12/2017 - 16:00

        This is free, and free is good :)

  • bob19 on 03/12/2017 - 04:26

    Memory requirements
    1GB or more
    Disk space
    1.2GB free disk space
    Internet connection to validate your subscription and receive updates. ARM based tablets are not supported. The system must fulfill Windows minimum requirements as specified by Microsoft.

  • FrugalShopper on 03/12/2017 - 07:18
    +2

    Thanks TA.

    Anytime know why it says this when logged into the site:
    'Your subscription is valid until 02/12/2018.' and not 12 months?

    • lakers1222 on 03/12/2017 - 07:24
      +1

      Wut

    • Disgustipated on 03/12/2017 - 07:27

      That is twelve months. Mine only gave one.

      • FrugalShopper on 03/12/2017 - 10:17

        Yup worked fine for me, misread, thank you.

    • FabMan on 03/12/2017 - 07:59

      'Murica!

  • tatnal on 03/12/2017 - 07:26

    AU link says $120. Has it expired?

  • barbarella on 03/12/2017 - 07:27
    +1

    new accounts only?

    • FrugalShopper on 03/12/2017 - 07:41
      +1

      Set up a new one

    • Ramrunner on 04/12/2017 - 16:56

      Yep, I logged in to my F-Secure account (I use Freedome VPN) and I'm asked to pay. No freebies.

      New accounts only it seems?

  • raiseyoursteaks on 03/12/2017 - 08:10
    +1

    Like the new picture TA

  • tajid on 03/12/2017 - 08:12

    On mobile & still showing as full price in the cart. Anything i’m doing wrong?

  • djprima on 03/12/2017 - 08:25

    Read somewhere that nowadays standalone antivirus is redundant. Any truth of that?

    • incipient on 03/12/2017 - 11:18

      Some yes. Personally i just use Windows defender. Safe practices are still the best way; avoid opening random attachments from emails, use a good/patched browser, don't have java browser plug ins installed, and don't go to dodgy sites, and don't* torrent of course, and possibly use a filtered DNS server.

      For 'mum and dad' users i MAY still recommend an AV i think, but it's 50/50, at best.

    • OldBugger on 03/12/2017 - 11:21
      +1

      We have found ransomware to be the main/only threat to our systems at work which would pass all our firewalls and AVs including eset and trend. Malwarebytes 3.0 was the only application that could detect and stop the attacks (which happened multiple times over the last two years). But most of the big AVs now incorporate some form of RW detection. I'd love to see some tests on them all. To answer your question, I don't think so but same still applies, use backup strategies.

    • conan2000 on 03/12/2017 - 22:15

      I don't agree with these statements at all. Yes, AV may miss many modern threats, but will still detect and prevent many others. Given there are so many free options out there, it makes sense to have an AV product. Windows Defender is built in and free, so not really standalone, but will do the job if you don't want a "standalone" AV.

  • R3XNebular on 03/12/2017 - 08:29

    https://chart.av-comparatives.org/chart1.php

    I was using Kaspersky, going to give this a try.
    It is really light weight compared to other AV's. Check out the performance test.

    • Spizz on 03/12/2017 - 09:47

      Looks good except it had the highest false positives.

      • R3XNebular on 03/12/2017 - 09:52

        Lol yep. Every other AV has maybe 1-5. This AV has like 30….

  • EightImmortals on 03/12/2017 - 08:51

    Nice, does it have to be activated now?
    I still have 12 months left on my current Kaspersky license?

  • garvani on 03/12/2017 - 08:53

    seems to have expired. asking for payment

    • yippy on 03/12/2017 - 10:00

      Worked fine for me. Just registered an account and got the 12 months.

  • jefflang007 on 03/12/2017 - 09:03

    Been using FSecure for years. Faultless. Hold no fears.

  • CafeNervosa on 03/12/2017 - 09:35

    Thanks great timing 👍🏻
    My Mcafee subscription ran out Friday.

  • DauntingEarth on 03/12/2017 - 10:17

    its its only 1 year i may as well not get it :/

    gosh why am i so negative

  • semice on 03/12/2017 - 11:07

    thanks tightass :D

  • jdee on 03/12/2017 - 12:08

    Been using free Avast for a long time - no issues and ads infrequent so certainly nice… but why not try F-Secure for free and 0 ads… signed up, worked as expected, and installing now.
    Thanks TightAss.

  • promethbastard on 03/12/2017 - 12:23
    +2

    Ahh, F Secure.. Used to have this as our corporate AV back in Win XP days. It worked well, by crushing every CPU into oblivion. A virus can't do sh!t if there's no free CPU cycles, after all. I wonder how they've changed.

    • scrimshaw on 03/12/2017 - 12:37

      However, back in the Win XP days all we had were single core Athlons and Pentiums, nowadays most PC's should have at least 2c/2t or 4C/4T which gives it a lot more leeway with those CPU resources.

    • jdee on 03/12/2017 - 13:12
      +1

      Interesting you say this… I just installed and now uninstalling… just using the router interface was notably slower after installing F-Secure… I turned F-Secure features off and bang, router interface fast again…. uninstalling and going back to Avast free.

      • follow on 03/12/2017 - 13:55
        +1

        get bitdefender

      • promethbastard on 04/12/2017 - 01:31

        Good to see some things never change eh.

        @Scrimshaw - this was late in the XP time.. 2005-2007 era. This included the start of the Core series. Even they were brought to their knees when the daily full system scan kicked off!

  • arctan on 03/12/2017 - 13:38

    Anyone tried their Android app? Is it very resource hunger and battery life consuming?

  • yamaguchi on 03/12/2017 - 14:25

    Since it is free. take it or (profanity) off.

    • [Deactivated] on 03/12/2017 - 15:22

      Yeah I got the free antivirus to have a look but I think I'd also like the option of uninstalling it.

    • Clear on 03/12/2017 - 15:56
      +1

      Those files belong to DeepGuard which provides HIPS protection. What exactly has F-Secure done to your VPN? Is it asking whether you want to allow or block the application? If so it probably doesn't recoqnise the application and has flagged it, which is default behaviour.

      • [Deactivated] on 03/12/2017 - 16:08

        Its allowing it through, but I have to restart now to see if my Revo uninstaller got rid of FSecure.

        • Clear on 03/12/2017 - 16:09
          +1

          Could have just turned DeepGuard off or changed its settings if that was the case. Hopefully you let F-Secure's installer run before cleaning it out with Revo ;)

  • pennypincher98 on 03/12/2017 - 15:59
    +2

    Windows Defender is free :)

    Or just spend like $2000 on a mac and save on antivirus haha
    /s

    • promethbastard on 04/12/2017 - 01:32
      +1

      Why would you bother creating a virus when you can just log in as root? :D

  • Empharand on 03/12/2017 - 21:08

    Appears to be a promotion through Virgin Mobile UK, will they honor their promotion to non-virgin mobile members?
    I know when ESET ran the 12 month licence promotion through PC Tech they ended up deleting almost all of the free licences and required manual verification to see if you were really a PC Tech subscriber (I registered for 1 licence and it was deleted a few days later, when I messaged them they asked for my PC Tech subscriber ID to reactivate the key)

  • AzNDuDe on 15/12/2017 - 16:44
    +1

    Hi thx for the deal OP. I tried signing up but i got the error msg
    "Error Registration is not available from your country."
    Does that mean i need to use a VPN to signup ? Or is there an AU link ?
    TIA

    • Ben Kenobi on 19/12/2017 - 22:18

      Same here, not available in Oz!

      • Ben Kenobi on 20/12/2017 - 18:29

        Tried with a UK VPN…no luck there either…what bloody country does it work from?

  • bleemo on 17/12/2017 - 16:16
    +1

    I also got the error above

  • reslo on 24/12/2017 - 15:03

    I registered through my Gmail account only got 30 days. Deal seems to be done.

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