FRISK Software International

Frisk Software International
Type Private
Industry Software, Computer Security
Founded Reykjavik, 1993
Headquarters Reykjavik, Iceland
Key people Friðrik Skúlason
Products F-Prot AntiVirus
F-Prot AVES
Espólín
Púki
Website www.f-prot.com

FRISK Software International, is an Icelandic software company that develops F-Prot antivirus and F-Prot AVES antivirus and antispam service.[1] Its name is derived from the initial letters of the personal name and patronymic of Friðrik Skúlason, its founder. The company was founded in 1993.[1]

F·Prot Antivirus is sold in both home and corporate packages, of which there are editions for DOS, Windows, Linux, and BSD. There are corporate versions for Microsoft Exchange, Solaris, and certain IBM eServers.[2][3] F-Prot has been produced since 1989.[4] The DOS and the Linux versions are available to home users free of charge, with virus definition updates. Free 30-day trial versions for other platforms can be downloaded.

F·Prot AVES is for corporate users.[5]

The company has also produced a genealogy program called Espólín[6][7] and Púki, a spellchecker with additional features.[8]

FRISK Software International should not be confused with F-Secure, another data security company, although they are historically related: in the past, F-Secure used FRISK's F-Prot Antivirus search engine for their Antivirus product.

F-Prot Antivirus

F-Prot Antivirus
Developer(s) Frisk Software International
Operating system Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange, Linux, BSD, Solaris, AIX, IBM eServers, DOS, *nix
Type Antivirus
License Proprietary

F-Prot Antivirus, the Antivirus product by Frisk Software International, is available in related versions for several platforms. Currently supports the following Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange, Linux, BSD, Solaris, AIX, IBM eServers and DOS.

The scanning engine used provides excellent detection capability, using neural network and heuristic, and low use of the computer resources. F-PROT Antivirus (for DOS) has the world's first heuristic behavior scanner in 1991.

Frisk Software International allows to develop applications based on their scanning engine, through the use of a SDK specifically released. Many software vendors use the F-Prot Antivirus engine, including: SUSE and F-Secure.

References

  1. ^ a b "F-Prot Antivirus - FRISK Software - Information and..." (.htm). FRISK. http://www.f-prot.com/company/. Retrieved March 14, 2006. 
  2. ^ "F-Prot Antivirus Products - Detailed product information on F-Prot Antvirus for Windows, Linux, BSD..." (.htm). FRISK. http://www.f-prot.com/products/home_use/. Retrieved March 14, 2006. 
  3. ^ "F-Prot Antivirus Products - Detailed product information on F-Prot Antvirus for Windows, Linux, BSD..." (.htm). FRISK. http://www.f-prot.com/products/corporate_users/. Retrieved March 14, 2006. 
  4. ^ "Friðrik Skúlason ehf." (.htm). FRISK. http://www.frisk.is/fyrirtaeki.html. Retrieved March 14, 2006. 
  5. ^ "F-Prot Antivirus Products - Detailed product information on F-Prot Antivirus for Windows, Linux, BSD..." (.htm). FRISK. http://www.f-prot.com/products/corporate_users/aves/. Retrieved March 14, 2006. 
  6. ^ "Friðrik Skúlason ehf." (.htm). FRISK. http://www.frisk.is/espolin.html. Retrieved March 14, 2006. 
  7. ^ named after Jón Espólín, a 18th century magistrate of Snæfellsnes.
  8. ^ "Púki 2007." (.htm). FRISK. http://vefur.puki.is/. Retrieved April 25, 2008. 

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