that this article be merged into cyren . discuss proposed since october 2016 . frisk software international type private industry software computer security security software founded reykjav k 1993 headquarters reykjav k iceland key people fri rik sk lason chief research officer vesselin bontchev products f prot antivirus f prot aves esp l n p ki website frisk.is frisk software international was an icelandic software company that developed f prot antivirus and f prot aves antivirus and anti spam service . 1 its name is derived from the initial letters of the personal name and patronymic of fri rik sk lason its founder . the company was founded in 1993 . 1 it was acquired by commtouch now known as cyren in 2012 . frisk software competes in the antivirus industry against avira eset f secure kaspersky mcafee panda security sophos and symantec among others . contents 1 history 2 f prot antivirus 3 fri rik sk lason 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit f prot antivirus is one of the oldest antivirus products since its creation in 1989 . 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 linux and bsd . there are corporate versions for microsoft exchange solaris and certain ibm eservers . 3 4 the linux and bsd versions are 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 . 5 the company has also produced a genealogy program called esp l n 6 7 and p ki a spellchecker with additional features . 8 in summer of 2012 frisk was acquired by cyren an israeli american provider of security products . fri rik sk lason joined cyren as the vice president of antivirus technologies . 9 f prot antivirus edit f prot antivirus developer s frisk software international stable release 6.0.9.6 29 november 2011 ; 4 years ago 2011 11 29 10 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 is an antivirus product developed by frisk software international . it is available in related versions for several platforms . it is available for microsoft windows microsoft exchange server linux bsd solaris aix ibm eservers and nix . the scanning engine used by f prot provides signature based detection capability heuristics and low use of the computer s resources . in 1991 f prot antivirus for dos became the world s first heuristic behavior scanner . f prot for dos has since been discontinued . frisk software international allows to develop applications based on their scanning engine through the use of a sdk specifically released . many software vendors use the f prot antivirus engine including suse . their sdk is known today as the commtouch antivirus sdk . fri rik sk lason edit fri rik sk lason 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 and subsequently started the company . he was for many years the technical editor of the virus bulletin . 11 12 see also edit companies portal computer security portal comparison of antivirus software comparison of computer viruses references edit a b f prot antivirus frisk software information and ... . htm . frisk . retrieved march 14 2006 . fri rik sk lason ehf . . 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 antvirus for windows linux bsd ... . htm . frisk . retrieved march 14 2006 . f prot antivirus products detailed product information on f prot antivirus 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