Da Vinci's Reviews

AntiVirus S/W List

Bitdefender
PC-Cillin
F-Secure
McAfee Antivirus
Norton Antivirus
AVG Antivirus
CA Antivirus
Panda Antivirus
PCsecurityShield
Kaspersky
Eset NOD32
Webroot Spysweeper
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F-Secure

End User Experience
Size/Speed
Customer Support
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
Spyware Blocker
USP of the product
USP:It's effective way of maintaining Customer Support. The customer would receive an on-the-fly response to much of his liking.

F-secure is a user-friendly program with good number of features like email & instant message protection. It also has a built-in spyware.

End User Experience
Good protection, lets you install the latest version when your subscription is valid, nice price for multiple licences. Forces you to uninstall 3rd party software, no auto-updates for the programs, has some interface bugs

Size/Speed


Speed
It scans files & folders with a reasonable speed. When idle, it uses less resources compared to other anti virus softwares.

Size
Minimum 128 MB of RAM & 60MB of hard disk space. we suggest the RAM size of 256MB, as a 128 MB RAM may make the system slow too slow.

Customer Support


You can contact F-Secure through phone or email. They answered our email within 12 hours. There is a support center on their website where you can access tutorials, FAQs and helpful documentation.

Another cool little help feature is the World Map. Here you can see virus statistics across the globe and in your local state and there are a few other useful things in the World Map Center. Computer virus, malware, Web threats etc.

Effectiveness

F-Secure does a good job at securing your system from potential dangers and claims your PC is protected within a few hours after a new virus has been found in the world."

Ease of Use


Installation 
We didn't have any problems during installation. Just a helpful reminder-before you install any new antivirus software, you need to remove any existing antivirus program so there are no software conflicts.


Uninstallation 
Uninstallation is easy with just a click of button.


Dialy Use
With a consistent and easy-to-navigate interface, this anti-virus software is especially good for the computer novice. There are two different views: the Basic View is ideal for the average user. You can quickly get a status report on your updates, the latest news, subscription status and protection level. The Advanced View is for users that really like to get hands-on with their antivirus program. In the Advanced View, you can customize the program to fit your needs and perform exactly how you want

Spyware Blocker

It has built-in spyware blocker. It protects from most of the spywares, malwares & other harmful applications.