With Family Rules, you can limit the daily and nighttime device use as well as the access to inappropriate content to prevent your children from viewing undesirable material on the internet. The internet is full of interesting websites, but you might not consider all content desirable or appropriate, especially for children. With the content filtering, […]
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Checking that browser extensions are in use (F-Secure Windows)
Browsing Protection requires browser extensions to be able to protect your web browsing, online banking and shopping, and to show you security information while you are browsing the internet. Once you have installed the product on your computer, the product tries to install the browser extensions automatically. When you open your browser, it displays a notification about […]
Remote Access Blocker (F-Secure Windows)
Remote Access Blocker prevents you from falling victim to phone scams while using online banking services. Fraudsters call thousands of random users daily and try to scam them through social engineering. Remote access scams have become a more and more widespread method of cheating money out of internet users. There are various ways how these […]
Using Banking Protection (F-Secure Windows)
When Banking Protection is turned on, it automatically detects when you access online banking websites or other sites that contain sensitive information. When you open an online banking website in your browser, Banking Protection gets activated, and a Banking Protection frame appears around your computer screen with a green tick at the top. This indicates that Banking Protection is […]
Turning on Banking Protection (F-Secure Windows)
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 […]
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. […]