Upgrade information
Optus Internet Security Suite is upgraded each year with new features and the 2009 version is now available to all Broadband customers.
Existing and new customers can upgrade to Security Suite 2009 by downloading the latest installer.
Before downloading please take the time to ensure your computer meets the system requirements for Security Suite 2009 and familiarise yourself with the new and improved features.
Minimum and recommended System Requirements
Security suite 2009 can be installed on Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems. Please note that Security Suite 2009 is presently not compatible with Linux and Macintosh operating systems.
These are:
Minimum: Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Processor: Intel Pentium III 600MHz or higherMemory: 256MB RAM
Disk space: 600MB free HD space
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 or Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Browser: Internet Explorer 5.0 or newer.
Recommended: Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Processor: Intel Pentium III 1GHz or higherMemory: 512MB or more
Disk space: 800MB free HD space
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 or Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 or newer is required.
Minimum: Vista
Processor: Capable of running Microsoft Vista 32bitMemory: 512MB
Disk space: 600MB free HD space
Browser: Internet Explorer 7.0 or newer.
Recommended: Vista
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 2GHz or higherMemory: 1 GB or more
Disk space: 800MB free HD space
Browser: Internet Explorer 7.0 or newer is required.
Latest features
All features now support running on
DeepGuard 2.0
DeepGuard can now do a query over the network as part of the
proactive protection, which helps to reduce the amount of user prompting. This
also brings improvements in the speed F-Secure can respond to new outbreaks of
suspicious items, and improved accuracy.
Improved Parental
Control Timelock
Greatly enhanced Parental Control allowing the parent to
control how much time the children can spend on the Internet.
Improved interoperability with Parental Control and Web
Traffic Scanning
The technology behind Parental Control and Web Traffic
Scanning has been improved to work better with 3rd party applications.
Performance security
control
For systems having less than the minimum recommended amount
of memory, the product now offers the possibility to install a subset of the
features.
New Online help
The Online help has been rewritten to focus more on
troubleshooting.
Easier Installation
User can now select Automatic Installation type. Less user
interaction is needed during automatic installation. In this mode most dialogs
will be skipped and the default settings taken into use.
Downloading conflicting product definitions during
installation
During installation, the product will automatically try to
connect to the server and download new definitions of conflicting products.
Core technology improvements for malware detection and
removal
The product provides fast and carefree maintainability of
Virus & Spyware protection scanning architecture. This allows quick and
smooth response to constantly evolving threat landscape.
Sidebar Gadget
showing the protection status
A gadget is added automatically into the Windows Sidebar and
Google Desktop (if installed). However, the Google Desktop gadget is not
available on
The gadget shows the status of the product and opens the
user interface when double-clicked.
Service News
It is now possible for service providers to advise users of
upcoming news via an easy to use RSS-style news feature.