4/16/2014

F-Secure Internet Security 2014 Technology Preview ISTP110

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F-Secure Internet Security 2014 Technology Preview (ISTP110) is Here! 

What's New?

* Mobile Broadband settings are now part of Common Settings. 
* Cleanup Tool -button is now shown in Scan Wizard if manual scanning fails to remove malware. User can launch Cleanup Tool to clean the failed malware. 
* Settings GUI improvements. 
* Quality improvements across the product.
  • Launch pad 2.10 build 336
  • Computer Security 14.110 build 100
  • Online Safety 2.110 build 2628

New features

Computer security:
Settings GUI improvements.
Mobile broadband -setting moved under Common Settings / Downloads.
Cleanup Tool -button is now shown in Scan Wizard if manual scanning fails to remove malware. User can launch Cleanup Tool to clean the failed malware.
General:
Help changed to follow the style of other products.
Fixed issues
Launch pad:
  • Action Center may re-open if you close it soon after resuming computer from sleep (CTS-94303)
  • Upgrade requires a reboot if Support tool is running when upgrading (CTS-94300)
Computer security:
·         CompSec Help: missing spaces between paragraphs (CTS-94254)
·         "Protection by F-Secure" banner in HIPS prompts color different from main UI (CTS-93966)
·         Suspicious items counter not aligned with text (CTS-94289)
·         TP101: CompSec main screen says "Check for latest updates" after upgrade (CTS-93697)
·         TP106: Computer Security Malfunction and Re-install problems (CTS-94136)
·         TP99: Hang during manual scan (CTS-93514)
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Dropped Features

Launch pad
  • Common Settings / Downloads no longer contains "Detect connection" functionality.

Installation and System Requirements

Before installing

It is strongly recommended to remove all other anti-virus products; this applies also to other beta programs by F-Secure.

Operating systems supported

  • Windows 8.1 32-bit and 64-bit: all editions (does not support ARM based tablets).
  • Windows 8 32-bit and 64-bit: all editions (does not support ARM based tablets).
  • Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit: all editions.
  • Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit: all editions, Service Pack 2 or newer.
  • Windows XP 32-bit: Home, Professional and Media Center editions: Service Pack 3 or newer.

System requirements

Microsoft Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1:
  • Processor: Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent.
  • Memory: 1 GB or more.
  • Disk space: 800 MB of free space.
  • Internet connection is required in order to validate your subscription and receive updates.
  • Javascript must be enabled in the user's browser settings to enable active block pages.
Microsoft Windows XP:
  • Processor: Intel Pentium III 1GHz or higher.
  • Memory: 512 MB or more.
  • Disk space: 800 MB of free space.
  • Internet connection is required in order to validate your subscription and receive updates.
  • Javascript must be enabled in the user's browser settings to enable active block pages.

Supported Browsers

  • Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 8.1) (32-bit and 64-bit).
  • Internet Explorer 10 (Windows 8) (32-bit and 64-bit).
  • Internet Explorer 10 & 11 (Windows 7) (32-bit and 64-bit).
  • Internet Explorer 8 & 9 (Windows Vista) (32-bit and 64-bit).
  • Internet Explorer 7 & 8 (Windows XP).
  • Firefox (32-bit), two latest major versions.
  • Chrome (32-bit), two latest major versions.

Supported Mail clients for Email Scanning and Spam Filtering

Windows Mail, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, Opera Mail and Eudora.

Localization

Localizations are enabled for following 29 languages: English, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, French (Canadian), German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Mexican), Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong), Traditional Chinese (Taiwan) and Simplified Chinese.

Known limitations

Common:
  • When some updates are installed, F-Secure program dialogs are closed automatically.
    When certain updates are received and installed, it is possible that your open F-Secure program dialogs are closed automatically.
  • Product got stuck in the upgrading state (system restore problem).
    Reverting to a Windows restore point which contains previous product version blocks upgrade until new product version is released.
  • Installation or upgrade of Computer Security or Online Safety may fail, if Windows update is installing updates at the same time.
    Sometimes when Windows update is installing updates, installation of Computer Security or Online Safety may fail. You need to run the re-installation from Launch pad > My Subscriptions > Install page to correct the situation.
  • Some packages show up as 'Not installed' in common settings downloads page before upgrade.
    You may see some packages in 'Not installed' state in common settings downloads page before the upgrade. This happens when upgrade is waiting for remaining packages to be downloaded. All packages will change to installed state once the upgrade is completed and you have restarted the computer.
  • Upgrade will not start if there is not enough disk space.
    If the upgrade process detects that there is not enough disk space for upgrading, no message is displayed to the user but it will retry later. Once user freed space on the hard disk, upgrade process will resume automatically at next check.
  • Tray icon is not always visible in Windows XP.
    You can open the Launch pad from Start menu or desktop shortcut instead.
Computer Security:
  • DeepGuard may block some games or applications, or applications might be slowed down.
    You can try enabling the 'Use the compatibility mode" from Computer Security > Settings > DeepGuard page and try to start the game or application again. If this does not help, disable also DeepGuard from On/Off -switch and try again. Even if these workarounds would help, please send us feedback through https://beta.f-secure.com/.
  • Computer Security prevents web chat from working.
    User might encounter that some sites might not show content correctly, for example chat sites. Workaround is to uncheck "Do not allow applications to download harmful files" from Firewall-page.
Online Safety:
  • Block page's "Home page" button does not work in some browsers.
    For Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome internet browser, clicking the home button will redirect user to new tabs and blank page respectively.
  • The whole page is blocked if the page contained a blocked element.
    When user manually refreshes a page with blocked elements, the whole page is being blocked instead. The first visit to the site is however unaffected.
  • Block page not shown in Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) when Enhance Protected Mode (EPM) enable.
    Block pages are not shown for IE10 user which uses non default settings with EPM setting enabled. Workaround is to run IE10 in "Administrator" user account.
  • Website will bypass block pages when "Real-time Protection Network" is not available.
    When "Real-time Protection Network" is not available, user most probably able to visit any website regardless of the settings.
  • If bank web page uses unclassified domains to store information, the page is not loaded correctly while Banking Protection is active.
    Turn off Banking Protection from Online Safety user interface and please send us feedback through https://beta.f-secure.com/.
  • Chrome live search can start Banking Protection session when it tries to access banks web sites while searching.
    If Chrome live search is on while you are typing an online bank address, Chrome already opens a connection and this may start Banking Protection session. Workaround is to disable live search.
  • Connection problems with proxy.
    If Banking Protection session does not start and you are connecting to internet with a proxy, you should add proxy IP address to allowed websites list.
  • Internet Explorer user are being prompted by the browser whether to have their intranet settings enabled.
    Internet Explorer user with browser extension enabled which visited a blocked HTTPS url will be prompted whether to have their intranet settings enabled. The user are free to chose whether to have them enabled or not as it has no effect to Online Safety blocking feature.
  • Internet Explorer browser extension compatibility with other extension.
    Some feature might not work properly if user has other browser extension which is also intercepting web traffic (e.g. Adblock Plus, etc.)
  • HTTPS Search engine rating icon does not show in Internet Explorer 7.
    Internet Explorer 7 user that using HTTPS search engine (e.g. Google), will not see any rating icon.
  • Manual browser restart is required if the browser is open during product upgrade.
    User need to manually restart their browser if they had them open when the product is upgrading. Some feature might not work properly before it is restarted.
  • Web page can be distorted due to page elements’ URLs blocked or having an “unrated” category.
    This can happen if web page elements (e.g. video, images, style sheet) is originate from another URL that is “unrated” or have a restricted category or address. You can allow the content by adding the address to the allowed list or reconfigure the category restriction.
  • Banking protection is not triggered in Chrome Incognito mode and IE InPrivate mode.
    Banking protection is not triggered when user visits banking sites via Google Chrome Incognito mode, or IE with InPrivate mode.
  • The end of a banking session is not automatically detected.
    This may cause problems if a user was doing a payment for online shopping and wanted to go back to shop web page. You should end Banking Protection session when you get a page redirecting you back to merchant web site. If you didn't end Banking Protection Session in time and got page load error, ending Banking Protection mode and refreshing web page should fix situation.
  • All banking sites are not yet classified as banks.
    If you were expecting banking mode to turn on but it didn't, please send us feedback through https://beta.f-secure.com/ .
Safe Search:
  • You might see a prompt from Chrome saying: "Search by F-Secure" added.
    After configured F-Secure search, when launch Chrome for the first time, you might see a prompt from Chrome saying: "Search by F-Secure" added. User action is required to enable or remove the F-Secure search extension. This is introduced by the new change in Chrome.
  • Safe Search supports following browsers:
    • Internet Explorer: version 8 for XP, version 9 or newer for Vista/ Windows 7/ Windows 8/ Windows8.1
    • Firefox: 22 and newer. Sync is not supported
    • Chrome: 27 and newer. Sync is not supported
  • Browser is closed when Safe Search is configured.
    When Safe Search is taken into use, it will close the default web browser if it's running, to configure its settings.
  • Plugin toolbar for Internet Explorer is installed for all users.
    When user selects to install plugin toolbar for IE, it is installed system wide for all users. However, individual users can disable the toolbar in their IE settings.
  • Internet Explorer setting 'Prevent programs from suggesting changes to my default search provider' enabled. Safe Search search provider for IE cannot be set as default automatically if user has previously in IE settings selected option "Prevent programs from suggesting changes to my default search provider". That settings is found in Internet Explorer's "Manage add-ons" options, "Search Providers" page.
  • Firefox preferences locked. Safe Search home page and search provider for Firefox cannot be set if user has locked preferences. The corresponding check box is grayed out if Safe Search cannot make the modifications.
  • Existing Safe Search home page is not automatically detected.
    User already has set the Safe Search as home page. When configuring Safe Search the existing Safe Search home page is not automatically detected and another home page is added.
  • Internet Explorer will complain about corruption after uninstallation.
    If user uninstalls Safe Search and search provider was configured to IE, IE will complain about corruption after uninstallation. However, that does not cause any damage as IE recovers automatically after asking user to select default search provider.

Known issues

Known issues are listed below. If urgent known issues appear before the release of the next F-Secure Internet Security Technology Preview version, those will be listed on the Beta page: http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/downloads/beta-programs/home-office/fstp/.
Installation:
  • Issues with removing conflicting software (sidegrade).
    With some products, it is possible that sidegrade module doesn't detect them. Software types that might conflict with the product are:           
    • Anti-virus, anti-spyware
    • Firewall
    • Parental Control
If the F-Secure Internet Security Technology Preview installation doesn't offer you automatic or manual uninstall of conflicting software, please uninstall the software manually from Control Panel and if possible, submit a bug report through https://beta.f-secure.com/.
Uninstall:
Computer Security:
  • Help button on Scheduled Scanning page opens a wrong help page
    Online Safety Help is opened instead; as a workaround, open Help from any other settings page and navigate to the "Schedule a scan" page in Help.
  • Long languages do not fit to hips dialog (CTS-93958)
    Long languages do not fit to hips dialog but can be seen in as a tooltip.
  • Cleanup tool fails to continue scanning when Banking Protection session is on (CTS-92687).
    When Banking Protection session is on, Cleanup tool scanner prompts "No internet connection" and fails to scan the computer.
  • Windows Firewall unselecting LAN setting doesn't alert on main user interface (LSC-85).
    If user unselects current network connection from windows firewall settings on Vista or XP, F-Secure protection status is ok even when firewall is off.
  • Unclear scanning counters (LSC-64).
    When performing manual scanning, two scanning counters may be shown in some cases, showing incorrect values.
Online Safety:
  • No description for the content "No entry" icon in F-Secure search portal
    Content "No entry" icon will show in F-Secure search portal, but the icon is not clickable and no details given.
  • Content "No entry" icon will be missing
    Content "No entry" icon will be missing when Browsing protection is Off or the Browsing protection rating icon checkbox unchecked.
  • Notification or settings UI that is launched from Windows 8 Modern UI is not visible (PBL-2107).
    Any Online Safety notification or settings UI will be shown at Windows 8 desktop mode even though it is launched from Windows 8 Modern UI browser.
  • Web site URL with non-ASCII character are not presented properly in the user interface (CTS-93131).
    Non-ASCII character URL are not presented properly in the user interface (e.g. block pages, allowed and denied list).
  • Banking Protection session notification dialog is opened but not visible (CTS-93523).
    User that have custom Windows desktop layout configuration might have problem seeing the Banking Protection notification dialog even though it is opened.
F-Secure Search:
  • TP101 upgrade to TP104 shut down browser without warning (CTS-93844)
User might observe browsers being shut down silently due to the F-Secure Search upgrade

Please refer to the release notes for the full list of changes: https://download.sp.f-secure.com/TP/tp-release-notes.htm

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