F-Secure Free Online Tools

While there are multiple computer programs, helping you keeping your computer healthy and sound, you may get in situation, when you cannot or do not want for any reasons download the software on your Hard Drive. If that is a case, you may consider free online services offered by F-Secure. Note that there are some advantages of using the web services instead of software utilities. For example, you do not care any more on the software updates, since your test provider will keep the web application always freshly updated.

You get two useful web applications, which both are free for any use.

1.       Online Scanner to Find Viruses & Spyware

Online Scanner can help get rid of viruses and spyware causing problems on your PC.

After running Online Scanner, you should make sure that you have an up-to-date security solution keeping your computer free of problems in the future.

Requirements

JavaScript needs to be enabled, and you need to have at least Version 6 Update 10 of Java Runtime Environment installed.

Note: If JavaScript was disabled for security reasons, please remember to restore your original settings after scanning.

Direct address to access Online Scanner: http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/tools/online-scanner/

2.       Security Health Check

F-Secure Health Check is a free application that tells you if your computer is protected and helps you fix possible security issues.

In a few minutes, you can find out:

1. Is your firewall, antivirus, and anti-spyware software on and up to date?
2. Are your photographs, text documents, and other irreplaceable files automatically backed up?
3. Are there security updates available for the most widely used programs on your computer (such as the operating system, web browsers and media players)?
4. On the summary page, you get a report on the health of your computer, as well as recommendations for improving its protection.

Requirements

This is an online web application that is not installed on your computer. Health Check can be run on the following web browsers.

Supported web browsers

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.
- Mozilla Firefox 3.5.
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0.
- Opera 10.10.
- Chrome 3.0.

JavaScript needs to be enabled, and you need to have at least Version 6 Update 10 of Java Runtime Environment installed. 

Note: If JavaScript was disabled for security reasons, please remember to restore your original settings after scanning.

Direct address to access Health Check page: http://www.f-secure.com/en_EMEA/security/tools/health-check/