F-Secure announced today that it has been selected by
Microsoft as the first data security vendor for Windows Home
Server. On May 15 at the 2007 Windows Hardware Engineering
Conference in Los Angeles Microsoft announced F-Secure software
will interoperate with Windows Home Server to protect consumers
against computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and
mobile networks.
Windows Home Server is an upcoming Microsoft solution to help
families easily centralize, share and protect their digital assets,
such as photos, music and videos.
F-Secure provides protection for the precious and often
irreplaceable content of the digital home on the Windows Home
Server solution. F-Secure provides protection against virus and
spyware attacks, guards against riskware and also includes scanning
of hidden malicious software (rootkit protection). The F-Secure
solution keeps itself automatically up-to-date with the latest
protection against new threats and needs no user intervention. This
ensures that home users can rely on Windows Home Server and can
take full advantage of its data centralization and protection
capabilities.
"F-Secure has a strong track record of providing easy-to-use
security technology that reliably protects consumers against
rapidly evolving threats. We are pleased to work with F-Secure to
help customers secure their digital memories and experiences," says
Steven VanRoekel, director of Windows Server Solutions at
Microsoft.
"This collaboration fits well in our product portfolio and we
are proud to work with Microsoft to offer customers a solution to
support Windows Home Server. We look forward to a continued strong
cooperation with Microsoft," said Kimmo Alkio, CEO at F-Secure
Corporation.
About F-Secure Corporation
F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses
against computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and
mobile networks. We want to be the most reliable provider of
security services in the market. One way to demonstrate this is the
speed of our response. According to independent studies in 2004,
2005 and 2006 our response time to new threats is significantly
faster than our major competitors. Our award-winning solutions are
available for workstations, gateways, servers and mobile phones.
They include antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion
prevention, antispam and antispyware solutions. Founded in
1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges since
1999, and has been consistently growing faster than all its
publicly listed competitors. F-Secure headquarters are in Helsinki,
Finland, and we have regional offices around the world. F-Secure
protection is also available as a service through major ISPs, such
as France Telecom, TeliaSonera, PCCW and Charter
Communications. F-Secure is the global market leader in mobile
phone protection provided through mobile operators, such as
T-Mobile and Swisscom and mobile handset manufacturers such as
Nokia. The latest real-time virus threat scenario news are
available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/
For more information, please contact:
F-Secure Corporation
Trond Neergaard, Vice President, Marketing
PL 24
FIN-00181 Helsinki
Tel. +358 (0)9 2520 5377
Fax. +358 9 2520 5001
Email:
firstname.lastname@f-secure.com
