FRISK Software International
Security software | |
Founded | Reykjavík, 1993 |
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Founder | Friðrik Skúlason |
Fate | Acquired on August 2012 |
Successor | CYREN |
Headquarters | Reykjavík, Iceland |
Key people | Friðrik Skúlason (Chief Research Officer) Vesselin Bontchev |
Products | F-Prot Antivirus F-Prot AVES Espólín Púki |
Website | frisk |
FRISK Software International (established in 1993) was an Icelandic software company that developed F-Prot antivirus and F-Prot AVES antivirus and anti-spam service. The company was founded in 1993. It was acquired by Cyren in 2012.
History
The company was founded in 1993.[1] Its name is derived from the initial letters of the personal name and patronymic of Friðrik Skúlason, its founder.[2] Dr. Vesselin Vladimirov Bontchev, a computer expert from Bulgaria, best known for his research on the Dark Avenger virus, worked for the company as an anti-virus researcher.[3]
F-Prot Antivirus was first released in 1989, making it one of the longest lived anti-virus brands on the market.
The company has also produced a
In Summer of 2012, FRISK was acquired by Cyren, an Israeli-American provider of security products.[1][11]
F-Prot Antivirus
Developer(s) | FRISK Software International |
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Stable release | 6.0.9.6
/ 29 November 2011[12] |
*nix | |
Type | Antivirus software |
License | Proprietary |
Website | www |
F-Prot Antivirus (stylized F-PROT) is an antivirus product developed by FRISK Software International.
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
Friðrik Skúlason
Friðrik Skúlason, also sometimes known as "Frisk", is the founder of FRISK Software International and one of the founding members of CARO (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.[15][16] Skúlason served as the head of FRISK Software International until its eventual acquisition by Cyren in 2012, after which he joined Cyren as the vice-president of Antivirus technologies.
See also
References
- ^ The Next Web. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ^ a b "Helping You Protect Your Computer Since 1993" (PDF) (Press release). FRISK Software International. 2012. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Anthes, Gary (April 1, 2002). "Good Viruses?". Computerworld. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ISBN 1-931836-51-5.
- ^ "F-Prot Antivirus Products - Detailed product information on F-Prot Antvirus for Windows, Linux, BSD..." (.htm). FRISK. Retrieved March 14, 2006.
- ^ "F-Prot Antivirus Products - Detailed product information on F-Prot Antvirus for Windows, Linux, BSD..." (.htm). FRISK. Retrieved March 14, 2006.
- ^ "F-Prot Antivirus Products - Detailed product information on F-Prot Antivirus for Windows, Linux, BSD..." (.htm). FRISK. Retrieved March 14, 2006.
- ^ "Friðrik Skúlason ehf" (.htm). FRISK. Retrieved March 14, 2006.
- ^ named after Jón Espólín, an 18th-century magistrate of Snæfellsnes.
- ^ "Púki 2007". FRISK. Archived from the original (.htm) on April 5, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
- ^ Leyden, John (August 1, 2012). "The Register, Commtouch gulps down Icelandic anti-virus pioneer FRISK". The Register. Retrieved November 20, 2019.
- ^ "Current versions of F-PROT Antivirus". Retrieved 2016-10-06.
- ]
- ^ "F-PROT Antivirus EOL Announcement". CYREN. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "Interview with Fridrik Skulason". netlux.org. Archived from the original (.htm) on 2005-02-09.
- ^ "A Public letter to the University of Calgary" (.htm). FRISK.