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F-Secure Safe: 6 Months Free (VPN Required)

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F-Secure is a very good Antivirus solution, and I would recommend it for people who want something simple, set and and forget, and still a bit better than Microsoft's built in Defender Windows Security option.
You will need to use a VPN set to a German endpoint for this to work.

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  • +2

    Bitdefender is also six months free with German VPN also

    • -1

      I don't know how anyone uses that.
      I've had it installed a couple of times and it takes up almost half of my laptop performance that I've had to uninstall it after a few uses.

      I keep hearing how good it is hence why I keep trying to use it but not sure why it keeps impacting my performance.

      • probably software conflict. I had a similar experience few years back. Been using recently no issues though

      • Quite opposite for me. My PC feels less tormented by it, compared to the default antivirus in Windows.

  • Uses Bitdefender's Engine, which is pretty much tied for best from AVComparatives with Kaspersky.

    • F-Secure uses the Avira engine now. They switched several years ago. Norton bought Avira last year by the way.

  • How do you know it is a bit better than Defender?

    • +2

      Nothing wrong with Defender. F-Secure does have DeepGuard though which is a behavioural blocker, and will potentially catch malware on execution, and if missed will also potentially block C2 (command and control) phone home activity (even though it uses Windows Firewall)

  • I have ExpressVPN, but I can't seem to get it working, any ideas?

    I use a location in Germany and click on the download button, but somehow it gives me error message saying my connection/location does not fit for the criteria.

    • +1

      There is no download button on the link supplied. You just need to sign up for an F-Secure account with a working email address and your account should be active with 6 months free. Once your account is setup you should be able to download the windows client directly from your account portal (You don't need a VPN for this step). You may need to use google translate for the German parts though.

      • There is a get free button that is what I meant by download button, but says I need to create an account.

        Anyway I managed to setup an account by clicking Ich habe F‑Secure TOTAL on the page and then sign-up, but now my issue is I can't translate the account page to English somehow Google Translate does not work, any ideas?

        Also at what stage we will need the VPN?

        Thanks!

        • Please try the following 6 month subscription code once you have setup your free trial account:
          :
          NOHZG-OVZYH-SKNKJ-QCSPZ

          Hopefully it works for you.

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