Author Archives: Anna

Trust Us. It’s Not the Police.

April 24, 2012
By Anna

F-Secure Labs has been investigating ransomware trojans as they evolved into a scam that has now been identified in at least thirteen countries. What do these trojans do? Our Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen explains, “They lock up your PC, claim that it was locked by the police as you had illegal content on your [...]

Happy Holiday from F-Secure

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April 5, 2012
By Anna

We at F-Secure would like to wish a happy holiday to all who celebrate the season. To bring us some cheer, Karolina (shown here with her son), an F-Secure fellow from Poland, created this precious little Easter chick (click here to download it). We especially like it as it celebrates some of F-Secure’s successes over the last few [...]

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More Than Mobile Sweepstakes — Win a Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

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April 3, 2012
By Anna

This sweepstakes is now closed. Please ‘like’ our Facebook page for updates on more F-Secure news and promotions. Congratulations to our winner, Earl. For years, analysts predicted that all of our devices — PCs, laptops, DVD players, mobile phones — would merge into one all-purpose device that would handle everything we do digitally. Surprisingly we [...]

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Like it or not, you’re in the cloud

March 26, 2012
By Anna

[slideshare id=12161809&doc=thefutureofthecloud-lewispr-030712v4web-120326111345-phpapp02&type=d] F-Secure's Content Anywhere offers the world's leading operators cloud as a service. With Content Anywhere, you can store, sync and share your content, on any device, anytime, anywhere. In one safe, convenient place.

Don’t Pay the Ransom! How to Avoid Ransomware

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March 16, 2012
By Anna

F-Secure Labs has found that Ransomware is on the rise. What is Ransomware? It is malware that upon infection expands Internet Explorer to a full screen (F11). Ransomware then displays a message claiming to be from a local police unit. The message usually states that your computer has been used to browse sites containing child [...]

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