When Banking Protection is turned on, your online banking sessions and transactions are protected. When you access your bank’s website or make online payments, Banking Protection activates and blocks all connections that are not necessary for online banking so that they cannot interfere with your confidential transactions. To turn on Banking Protection: Open F-Secure SAFE […]
Category: F-Secure for Windows
Banking safely online (F-Secure Windows)
Banking Protection adds another layer of security to prevent attackers from interfering with your confidential transactions and protects you against harmful activity when you access your online bank or make transactions online. Banking Protection automatically detects secure connections to online banking websites and blocks any connections that do not go to the intended site. When […]
Allowing and blocking specific websites (F-Secure Windows)
The website exceptions list shows specific websites that are either allowed or blocked. You may manually block specific websites which you think are harmful, or allow automatically blocked websites if you are sure they are safe. To view and edit website exceptions: Open F-Secure SAFE from the Windows Start menu. On the main view, select Secure Browsing & […]
What to do when a website is blocked (F-Secure Windows)
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. […]
Using reputation rating icons (F-Secure Windows)
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 […]
Blocking suspicious and prohibited websites (F-Secure Windows)
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. […]
Blocking harmful websites (F-Secure Windows)
Browsing Protection blocks the access to harmful websites when it is turned on. To make sure that Browsing Protection is on: Open F-Secure SAFE from the Windows Start menu. On the main view, select Secure Browsing & Banking. On the Secure Browsing & Banking view, select Settings. Select Edit settings. Note: You need administrative rights to change the settings. Turn on Browsing Protection. If […]
Protecting your web browsing (F-Secure Windows)
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
Submitting a sample (F-Secure Windows)
You can help us to improve the protection by contributing suspicious applications and websites 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 us a sample of the application for security research […]
Exploit kits (F-Secure Windows)
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 […]