What to do when a website is blocked (F-Secure) 0 (0)

A Browsing Protection block page appears when you try to access a site that has been rated harmful. When a Browsing Protection block page appears: If you want to enter the website, select Allow website. Windows User Access Control asks you to confirm this action. If necessary, enter your administrator account information, then confirm the change. […]

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Using reputation rating icons (F-Secure) 0 (0)

Browsing Protection shows a website safety rating on the search results page when you use Google, Bing, Yahoo, or DuckDuckGo. Color-coded icons show the safety rating of a current site. The safety rating for each link on the search results page appears with these same icons: The site is safe to the best of our […]

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Blocking suspicious and prohibited websites (F-Secure) 0 (0)

Browsing Protection can prevent you from unintentionally accessing websites that are not trustworthy or have prohibited content. Sometimes you may browse to a website that contains suspicious, infringing, or prohibited content. For example, the website may be a fake, known spam site, contain potentially unwanted programs, or is illegal no matter where you are located. […]

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Blocking harmful websites (F-Secure) 0 (0)

Browsing Protection blocks the access to harmful websites when it is turned on. To make sure that Browsing Protection is on: Open the product from the Windows Start menu. On the Antivirus page, select Settings. Select Secure Browsing. Select Edit settings. Note: You need administrative rights to change the settings. Turn on Browsing Protection. If your browser is open, restart your browser to apply […]

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Protecting your web browsing (F-Secure) 0 (0)

Browsing Protection helps you browse the internet safely by providing safety ratings for websites on your browser and blocking access to websites that have been rated harmful. Source : Official F-Secure Brand Editor by : BEST Antivirus KBS Team

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Submitting a sample (F-Secure) 0 (0)

You can help us to improve the protection by contributing suspicious applications for analysis. When the product blocks an application, for example because it is a possible security risk for your computer or the application tried to do something possibly harmful, you can send a sample of the application for security research purposes. You can […]

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Exploit kits (F-Secure) 0 (0)

Exploit kits are toolkits used by attackers to manage exploits and deliver harmful programs to a vulnerable computer or device. An exploit kit contains an inventory of exploits, each of which can take advantage of a flaw (vulnerability) in a program, computer or device. The kit itself is usually hosted on a harmful or a […]

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Exploits (F-Secure) 0 (0)

Exploits are objects or methods that take advantage of a flaw in a program to make it behave unexpectedly. Doing so creates conditions that an attacker can use to perform other harmful actions. An exploit can be either an object or a method. For example, a specially crafted program, a piece of code or a […]

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Backdoors (F-Secure) 0 (0)

Backdoors are features or programs that can be used to evade the security features of a program, device, portal, or service. A feature in a program, device, portal or service can be a backdoor if its design or implementation introduces a security risk. For example, hardcoded administrator access to an online portal can be used […]

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Trojans (F-Secure) 0 (0)

Trojans are programs that offer, or appears to offer, an attractive function or feature, but then quietly perform harmful actions in the background. Named after the Trojan Horse of Greek legend, trojans are designed to appear attractive to a user. They may look like games, screensavers, application updates or any other useful program or file. […]

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