F-Secure
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| Traded as | Nasdaq Helsinki: FSC1V |
| Industry | Computer software |
| Founded | 1988 (as Data Fellows) 1999 (as F-Secure) |
| Founder | Petri Allas Risto Siilasmaa |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
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| Products | Security softwares |
| Services | Computer security |
| Revenue |
 €155.1 million (2013) |
 €27.1 million (2013) |
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€16.5 million (2013) |
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Number of employees
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949 (2013) |
| Website | www.f-secure.com |
F-Secure Corporation (formerly Data Fellows) is a Finnish cyber security and privacy company based in Helsinki, Finland. The company has 20 country offices and a presence in more than 100 countries, with Security Lab operations in Helsinki, Finland and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Through more than 200 operator partners globally, millions of broadband customer use F-Secure services. F-Secure Corp. is publicly traded on the under the symbol FSC1V.
F-Secure was first established under the name Data Fellows by Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa in 1988. Data Fellows trained computer users and built customized databases. Three years later, the company launched its first major software project and developed the first heuristic scanner for antivirus products. F-Secure’ first antivirus product for Windows PCs was launched in 1994. Data Fellows became F-Secure in 1999. F-Secure was the first company that developed an anti-rootkit technology called BlackLight in 2005.
In July 2009, F-Secure purchased Steek, a French company specialized in online file storage and backup services for consumers.
F-Secure Internet Security received the product of the year award in 2010 from AV-Comparatives, as it got the least false alarms (2). This put F-Secure ahead of Panda Security (98) and other anti-virus companies.
F-Secure Client Security received the Best Protection 2011 award in 2012 from AV-TEST, an independent testing organization that evaluated 2011 7 corporate protection products, and the results are based on all of the certifications tests made in 2011.
In co-operation with Aalto University School of Science and Technology, F-Secure runs a one semester course for future virus analysts, with some material available on-line.
After the media coverage of Magic Lantern (software) and claims by some AV vendors to purposefully leave a backdoor for it in their products, F-Secure announced their policy on detecting these spying programs:
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