F-Secure Safe (Internet Security Suite)

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What's New in F-Secure SAFE for PC/Internet Security

Version 17.9

Released November/2020

Banking protection logic and security improvements with redesigned user interface

• Applications that are trusted in the Security Cloud are allowed to connect to the internet during a banking session.
  
• Command line and scripting tools are not allowed to connect to the internet during a banking session.
  
• Payment site handling during a banking session has been improved.
  
• The Banking protection user interface has been redesigned. The new user interface is less intrusive and handles large resolutions and multiple monitors.
  

Manual and scheduled scanning improvements

• Virus scan handling of large harmful item collections has been improved.
  
• Virus scan no longer shows 'Memory: 0 items'.
  
• The file scanning phase is shown with green color instead of yellow.
  
• The Scan report has been improved, and its style has been updated to match with the rest of the product.
  
• New scheduled and command line scanner (fsscan.exe)
  
• Scheduled scanning logic has been modified; duplicate entries for the same infections should not occur any more.
  

New Event history

• The new Event history runs in a separate process; it has better performance and consumes less memory while open.
  
• The user interface has the same look and feel as the App and file control.
  

Other improvements

• When a USB storage device is inserted, a notification is shown, asking if you want to scan the device.
  
• Search result ratings are shown also if you use the DuckDuckGo search engine.
  
• The issue with Chrome extension check not working if Chrome was installed under user's folder has now been fixed.
  
• The App and file control dialog allows you to select multiple items and perform operations on them.
  
• The Support page in Settings has an option to turn on debug logging.
  

Other scanning engine improvements since the last release

• Implemented online scanning for malicious URLs.
  
• Vastly improved AMSI script scanning performance and stability.
  
• Enhanced protection against malicious browser downloads.
  
• Enhanced archive scanning stability.
  
• Enhanced robustness for engine updates.
  

Homepage: https://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_global/safe

Download: https://www.f-secure.com/en/web/home_global/downloads