
In co-operation with Aalto University School of Science and Technology, F-Secure runs a one semester course for future virus analysts, with some material available on-line.


In June 2018, F-Secure acquired security company MWR InfoSecurity for 80 million pounds ($106 million). į-Secure Client Security received AV-TEST Best Protection award for the fifth time in 2016. The purchase of Inverse Path, a privately owned Italian security consultancy with experience in avionics, automative, and industrial control sectors, in February 2017 continues the expansion of its cyber security services. In June 2015, F-Secure expanded into the enterprise market by acquiring nSense, a Danish company that specializes in security consultation and vulnerability assessment. F-Secure was the first company that developed an anti- rootkit technology called BlackLight in 2005. F-Secure’ first antivirus product for Windows PCs was launched in 1994. Three years later, the company launched its first major software project and developed the first heuristic scanner for antivirus products.

Data Fellows trained computer users and built customized databases. F-Secure was first established under the name Data Fellows by Petri Allas and Risto Siilasmaa on May 16, 1988.
