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F-SECURE CLIENT SECURITY 9.01 - RELEASE NOTES Release Note

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F-Secure Client Security 9.01 Release To Manufacturing (9.01
1. General
This document contains late-breaking information about F-Secure Client Security 9.01 product
release, managed with F-Secure Policy Manager 9.00. We strongly recommend you read the
entire document.
Please refer to the on-line help for more information.
There are additional release notes distributed with the F-Secure Policy Manager Setup kit.
Please consult them for the latest information about those components.
What's in This File
Installation and System Requirements
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Product Contents
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Dropped and Unsupported Features
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New Features
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Fixed Issues
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Known Issues
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Contact Information
2. Installation and System Requirements
2.1. Recommended system requirements
The recommended hardware for F-Secure Client Security 9.01 is:
Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2GHz or higher
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Memory: 1GB or more
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Disk space: 800 MB free HD space (500 MB for Anti-virus for Workstations)
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Internet Connection: An Internet connection is required in order to receive updates
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Microsoft Windows XP
Processor: Intel Pentium III 1Gz or higher
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Memory: 512 MB or more
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Summary of Contents for F-SECURE CLIENT SECURITY 9.01 - RELEASE NOTES

  • Page 1 122) 1. General This document contains late-breaking information about F-Secure Client Security 9.01 product release, managed with F-Secure Policy Manager 9.00. We strongly recommend you read the entire document. Please refer to the on-line help for more information. There are additional release notes distributed with the F-Secure Policy Manager Setup kit.
  • Page 2: Product Contents

    Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. 4. Dropped and Unsupported Features Features that have been dropped since F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 8.01 include: Security News removed The security news feature has been removed, since it has not been in active use for several years.
  • Page 3: New Features

    Also, action options for viruses and spyware have been merged into a single action option. 5. New Features New features since release of F-Secure Client Security 8.01 include: Windows 7 support The product can be natively installed on Windows 7.
  • Page 4 F-Secure's multi-engine protection has been upgraded to offer faster malware scanning and smaller memory usage while keeping the detection rate on highest possible level. Browsing Protection Browsing Protection protects users from web-based malicious exploits and stops malware at the first point of infection. All malicious, exploit-hosting URLs it detects are...
  • Page 5 Web Traffic Scanning no longer scans the traffic of all networking applications, and only the following web browsers are supported by the Web Traffic Scanning feature: Microsoft Internet Explorer Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome Opera Copyright © 2010 F-Secure Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 5 of 15...
  • Page 6: Fixed Issues

    LSP on-demand installation The F-Secure LSP (Layered Service Provider) is now only hooked into the TCP/IP stack if Web Traffic Scanning is enabled. This reduces the likelihood of incompatibility issues with other software utilizing LSP technology when Web Traffic Scanning is disabled...
  • Page 7: Known Issues

    “Virus and spyware scanning” header. These counters are not always updated correctly, so the values shown do not correspond to the actual number of files scanned or cleaned. Some scenarios where the counters are incorrect include: Copyright © 2010 F-Secure Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 7 of 15...
  • Page 8 The file will become invisible once the other application or the operating system has closed the file. If this does not happen, the file will be removed after restarting the computer the latest. Copyright © 2010 F-Secure Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 8 of 15...
  • Page 9 This only happens when complete folders are copied to the virtual machine: when individual files are copied then real-time scanning detects the infected files. Copyright © 2010 F-Secure Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 9 of 15...
  • Page 10 (Local System, as opposed to the currently logged on user account used for UI-started scanning tasks). The Local System account has access to some folders where the user does not have access, like the System Restore folder. Copyright © 2010 F-Secure Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 10 of 15...
  • Page 11 In some situations, this behavior can be dangerous, for example, in case a rootkit would hide important operating system or application binaries. This is however not a likely scenario, as hiding such binaries would make the operating system or the application dysfunctional anyway. Copyright © 2010 F-Secure Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 11 of 15...
  • Page 12 Copyright © 2010 F-Secure Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 12 of 15...
  • Page 13 TLS and SSL protocols are used. If you are using either of the above protocols for secure e-mail transmissions then e-mail scanning must be disabled. Copyright © 2010 F-Secure Corporation. All rights reserved. Page 13 of 15...
  • Page 14 Firewall in Cisco VPN Client does not work with F-Secure Internet Shield [52211] Cisco VPN Client has a built-in stateful firewall, which is not compatible with F-Secure Internet Shield. If Cisco VPN Client is installed before Internet Shield, the sidegrade component disables the firewall in Cisco VPN Client.
  • Page 15 Windows XP, select first Start | All Programs | F-Secure Client Security 9.00, right-click on ”Support Tool”, select Run as and finally select to run the program as administrator. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, select Start | All Programs | F-Secure Client Security 9.00, right-click on “Support Tool” and select Run as administrator.