F-Secure gives you peace of mind in minutes

Nov 24, 2009:

F-Secure Health Check examines if your computer is secure and
up-to-date for Internet use – and explains what to do if it isn’t.

Helsinki,
Finland – November 24, 2009: It’s always a good idea to check the
security of your computer to ensure a safe online experience. F-Secure
Health Check is a free online tool that helps to pinpoint security
problems and gives clear advice on how to fix them. With Health Check,
it only takes a moment to get peace of mind for surfing the Internet.

Mika Ståhlberg, VP, F-Secure Labs says, “F-Secure Health Check
checks the status of security solutions running on the computer. More
than one million people have already used the free tool and our data
shows that a third of its users either haven’t installed an antivirus,
firewall or antispyware, they are outdated or turned off. Out-of-date
or nonexistent security software leave users wide open to malicious
software and exploits.”

In addition to making sure that your firewall, antivirus, and
anti-spyware are working properly and are up-to-date, F-Secure Health
Check also checks whether the Windows operating system, third party
software and Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer web browsers are
up-to-date.

With more people visiting diverse web sites and using their computers
to watch films or listen to music, it is the heavily used web browsers,
media players and plugins that are often the most vulnerable to attack.
The new version of Health Check makes a thorough check of the software
that is most critical to your computer’s security.

As a new feature, Health Check also verifies whether all your
irreplaceable files like photos, music and other documents are being
safely backed up by an automatic backup solution.
Running online Health Check is quick and easy. It’s free and does not
require any installation on your computer. To give your computer a
Health Check, please go to healthcheck.f-secure.com

Health Check 2.0 includes the following new features:
• Windows 7 support
• Firefox and Internet Explorer 8 support
• Automatic backup solution detection
• Simplified user experience with 3 steps and a solutions page
• Optimized for Minilaptops
• New Java based launch point technology (no more ActiveX)

After running Health Check, you can also download F-Secure Internet Security 2010 at http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/products/home-office/internet-security/ to protect the irreplaceable content on your PC.

F-Secure – Protecting the irreplaceable
While you concentrate on what is important to you, we make sure you are
protected and safe online whether you are using a computer or a
smartphone. We also backup and enable you to share your important
files. Our services are available through over 200 operators around the
world and trusted in millions of homes and businesses. Founded in 1988,
F-Secure is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. www.f-secure.com

Additional information
If you have a web site or a blog and think the Health Check could be
useful for your visitors, F-Secure has a simple widget that makes it
available on your web page:
http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/tools/web-widgets/

Media contact
Hetta Huittinen
E-mail firstname.lastname@f-secure.com
Tel. +358 40 0339 597

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