Just wanted the readers of my blog to know, that we released version 6.0.9.0 of F-PROT Antivirus for Windows. This will be a staged release, as we currently have only released the English and Icelandic 32bit versions of the “Internet Update” and the - long awaited - “LAN Update”. The 64bit versions will follow shortly - most likely next Monday.
This version fixes several of the nuisances that have been reported for 6.0.8.0 and, of course, in case of the “LAN version”, for 6.0.7.1. Apart from that, several more languages will be supported and released in stages. This includes Czech, French, Italian, Polish. Two of these need still a finishing touch, but these are cosmetics and don’t change the actual program logic. And last, but not least, the engine has seen some major improvements, although the jump for the SC edition is of course considerably bigger than for the HC edition.
Windows Vista and 2008 Server are now fully supported, including - of course - SP1 on Vista.
I am told the trial versions of 6.0.9.0 will be available shortly. For now, only the files in the customer zone have been updated.
// Oliver
Heise meldet: unter dem Titel “GDatas Antivirenlösungen für Unternehmen ohne Kaspersky-Scanner” … “[…] Stattdessen setzen die Produkte für Unternehmen in den aktuellen Versionen auf die F-Prot-Engine von Frisk […]”.
Ich wußte es ja schon ein Weilchen, aber da es jetzt offiziell ist 
// Oliver
As some of you may know, FRISK Software had invited professionals from the AV industry and AV testers to attend the “International Antivirus Testing Workshop” this week in Reykjavik. The workshop was held on tuesday and wednesday and I had the chance to attend the second session (in the afternoon) on wednesday, which included a panel discussion. To me the presentation of Prof. Klaus Brunnstein was most interesting and in some respects it would be good if the AV industry would use a “more academic” approach. Indeed it would be highly useful for everyone, if the AV industry and AV testers agreed on some guidelines for testing, so the test results would be comparable and especially more comprehensive. At the moment it seems that competition has priority over the protection of users (yes users, not only particular customers of particular vendors!). Of course a viruslab or the software engineers are not pleased if the test results suggest that their product is so much less effective than a competitor’s. However, the first and foremost priority for us should be the protection of the users and the society - an ideal that was well described by Prof. Brunnstein and to which I subscribe almost entirely.
Oh, and before the title of this blog article is completely pointless, here’s the link to the website with the presentations from the workshop. Enjoy! 
// Oliver
PS: AFAIK pictures will follow later today (friday, that is).
The F-Prot 3.x uninstaller of the Windows version has apparently a glitch. Due to how Windows works, this may lead to a blue screen if the driver entry in the registry was not removed during an upgrade to version 6.x! To mitigate this issue until the next version is released, use the fix described here before you reboot the system after upgrading from F-Prot 3.x to 6.x!
// Oliver
PS: The next release of the 6.x installer will be aware of the issue and incorporate the fix.
Today, FRISK Software International (FSI) released in a not so surprising move - there have been rumors before - the F-PROT Antivirus for Windows, Corporate use which carries the version number 6.0.5.1, just as the recently released home use version.
Please provide FSI with feedback at the FSI forum or via the support.
// Oliver
For those not having noticed it, F-Prot 6 for Windows was updated lately. There are several fixes included so it is highly recommended to update. Please be aware that after the installation you will be asked to restart. So consider this when scheduling the update.
Soon to be released is the corporate version as slipped already out on our FRISK forum. QA comes first, though.
Enjoy,
// Oliver