FRISK Software International (established in 1993) was an

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ic software company that developed F-Prot

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and F-Prot AVES antivirus and anti-spam service. The company was founded in 1993. It was acquired by

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in 2012.

History

The company was founded in 1993. Its name is derived from the initial letters of the personal name and patronymic of ''Fri''ðrik ''Sk''úlason, its founder. Dr. Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev, a computer expert from Bulgaria, best known for his research on the

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virus, worked for the company as an anti-virus researcher. F-Prot Antivirus was first released in 1989, making it one of the longest lived anti-virus brands on the market. It was the world's first with a heuristic engine. It is sold in both home and corporate packages, of which there are editions for

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and

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. There are corporate versions for Microsoft Exchange,

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, and certain IBM

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s. The Linux version is 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 specifically targeted towards corporate users. The company has also produced a

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program called Espólín and Púki, a spellchecker with additional features. In Summer of 2012, FRISK was acquired by

, an Israeli-American provider of security products.

F-Prot Antivirus

F-Prot Antivirus (stylized F-PROT) is an antivirus product developed by FRISK Software International. It is available in related versions for several platforms. It is available for

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and IBM

s. FRISK Software International allows others to develop applications using their scanning engine, through the use of a SDK. Many software vendors use the F-Prot Antivirus engine, including SUSE. F-Prot Antivirus reached end-of-life on July 31, 2021, and is no longer sold.

Friðrik Skúlason

Friðrik Skúlason, also sometimes known as "Frisk", is the founder of FRISK Software International and one of the founding members of

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(Computer Antivirus Research Organization). He originally developed F-Prot Antivirus while doing computer support work. He was, for many years, the technical editor of the Virus Bulletin. Skúlason served as the head of FRISK Software International until its eventual acquisition by

in 2012, after which he joined Cyren as the vice-president of Antivirus technologies.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:FRISK Software International Antivirus software Computer security software companies Icelandic brands Companies based in Reykjavík Software companies established in 1993 1993 establishments in Iceland 2012 disestablishments in Iceland Defunct software companies of Iceland

History

F-Prot Antivirus

Friðrik Skúlason

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