F-Secure Corporation is a Finnish global cyber security and privacy company, which has its headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. F-Secure develops and sells antivirus, VPN, password management, and other consumer cyber security products and services for computers, mobile devices, smart TVs and internet of things devices. The company also offers several free-to-use tools on its website.
In 2022, F-Secure announced a demerger of its corporate and consumer businesses: the corporate business branch was renamed to WithSecure.
History
F-Secure was first established under the name Data Fellows by Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa on 16 May 1988. Data Fellows trained computer users and built customized databases. Three years later, the company launched its first major software project and developed the first heuristic scanner for antivirus products. F-Secure’s first antivirus product for Windows PCs was launched in 1994. Data Fellows became F-Secure in 1999.[3] F-Secure was the first company that developed an anti-rootkit technology called BlackLight in 2005.[4]