FRISK Software International

Short description: Icelandic software company

FRISK Software International

Type| Private
Industry| Software, Computer Security, Security software
Fate| Acquired on August 2012
Successor| CYREN
Founded| Reykjavík, 1993
Founder| Friðrik Skúlason
Headquarters| Reykjavík, Iceland

Key people

| Friðrik Skúlason (Chief Research Officer)
Vesselin Bontchev
Products| F-Prot Antivirus
F-Prot AVES
Espólín
Púki
Website| frisk.is

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.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 F-Prot Antivirus
* 3 Friðrik Skúlason
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## 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.[4] It was the world's first with a heuristic engine.[2] It is sold in both home and corporate packages, of which there are editions for Windows and Linux. There are corporate versions for Microsoft Exchange, Solaris, and certain IBM eServers.[5][6] 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.[7]

The company has also produced a genealogy program called Espólín[8][9] and Púki, a spellchecker with additional features.[10]

In Summer of 2012, FRISK was acquired by Cyren, an Israeli-American provider of security products.[1][11]

## F-Prot Antivirus

F-Prot Antivirus

Developer(s)| FRISK Software International
Stable release|

6.0.9.6 / 29 November 2011; 11 years ago (2011-11-29)[12]

Operating system| Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange, Linux, BSD, Solaris, AIX, IBM eServers, *nix
Type| Antivirus software
License| Proprietary
Website| www.f-prot.com

F-Prot Antivirus (stylized F-PROT) is an antivirus product developed by FRISK Software International.[13] It is available in related versions for several platforms. It is available for Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Exchange Server, Linux, Solaris, AIX and IBM eServers.

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 31st 2021 and is no longer maintained.[14]

## 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

* Comparison of antivirus software
* Comparison of computer viruses

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wauters, Robin (August 1, 2012). "An Icelandic exit: Commtouch acquires FRISK's antivirus business". https://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/08/01/an-icelandic-exit-commtouch-acquires-frisks-antivirus-business/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "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.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
3. ↑ Anthes, Gary (April 1, 2002). "Good Viruses?". https://www.computerworld.com/article/2587913/good-viruses-.html.
4. ↑ Bidwell, Teri; Cross, Michael; Russell, Ryan (2002). Hack Proofing Your Identity In The Information Age. Syngress Publishing, Inc.. p. 62. ISBN 1-931836-51-5. https://archive.org/details/hackproofingyour0000bidw.
5. ↑ "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/.
6. ↑ "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/.
7. ↑ "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/.
8. ↑ "Friðrik Skúlason ehf." (.htm). FRISK. http://www.frisk.is/espolin.html.
9. ↑ named after Jón Espólín, an 18th-century magistrate of Snæfellsnes.
10. ↑ "Púki 2007." (.htm). FRISK. http://vefur.puki.is/.
11. ↑ Leyden, John (August 1, 2012). "The Register, Commtouch gulps down Icelandic anti-virus pioneer FRISK". https://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/01/commtouch_buys_frisk/.
12. ↑ "Current versions of F-PROT Antivirus". http://www.f-prot.com/currentversions.html.
13. ↑ Gregory, Peter H. (2004). Computer Viruses For Dummies. Wiley Publishing, Inc.. p. 258. ISBN 0-7645-7418-3. https://www.academia.edu/40371688.
14. ↑ "F-PROT Antivirus EOL Announcement". https://www.cyren.com/f-prot-eol-announcement.
15. ↑ "Interview with Fridrik Skulason" (.htm). netlux.org. http://vx.netlux.org/lib/static/vdat/ivskulas.htm.
16. ↑ "A Public letter to the University of Calgary" (.htm). FRISK. http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/030603_open_letter_univ_calgary.html.

## External links

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* McAfee
* Microsoft
* NortonLifeLock
* Panda
* Quick Heal
* Qihoo 360
* Sophos
* Trend Micro
* VIPRE

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* Agnitum
* Cisco
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* Microsoft Security Essentials
* NANO Antivirus
* Norton AntiVirus
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