{"id":4054,"date":"2026-06-08T18:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/en\/?post_type=support_article&#038;p=4054"},"modified":"2026-06-08T18:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T15:02:17","slug":"why-is-the-browsing-protection-extension-name-still-browsing-protection-by-f-secure-for-elements-products","status":"publish","type":"support_article","link":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/support-articles\/why-is-the-browsing-protection-extension-name-still-browsing-protection-by-f-secure-for-elements-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is the Browsing protection extension name still &#8222;Browsing protection by F-Secure&#8220; for Elements products"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Issue:<\/h3>\n<p><font style=\"\"><font style=\"\"><font style=\"\"><font style=\"\">Why is the Browsing protection browser extension or add-on still named &quot;Browsing protection by\u00a0F-Secure&quot; for Elements Endpoint Protection products?<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<h3>Resolution:<\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: start;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><font><font><font><font>WithSecure products will switch to using the &quot;Browsing Protection by WithSecure&quot; browser extension in early March 2024. You can\u00a0read more about this change from the Elements Endpoint Protection <a href=\"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/discussion\/comment\/130513\/#Comment_130513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changelog Community post<\/a>.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p>If you are using GPO to force extension usage on user&#39;s devices, you can change the extension ID in your GPO settings. \u00a0In that case the switch to the new extension should be silent. If you aren&#39;t using GPO or MDM, for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge the extension will be switched automatically and the user will see a confirmation window: &quot;do you want to enable this extension?&quot;. The end-user needs to agree to take the extension in use.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why is the Browsing protection browser extension or add-on still named &#8222;Browsing protection by\u00a0F-Secure&#8220; for Elements Endpoint Protection products?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","support_article_product":[99],"class_list":["post-4054","support_article","type-support_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"source_foreign_id":"000011984","source_version":3,"source_system":"salesforce","source_date_updated":"2026-06-08 15:02:17","import_hash":"a624de4bb33a513fb3714ce1617c221ce3db4a45","vanilla_article_id":32282,"vanilla_url":"https:\/\/community.withsecure.com\/en\/kb\/articles\/32282-why-is-the-browsing-protection-extension-name-still-browsing-protection-by-f-secure-for-elements-products","vanilla_kb_id":30,"vanilla_category_id":102,"machine_translated":false,"reactions_helpful_yes":0,"reactions_helpful_no":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article\/4054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/support_article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"support_article_product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.withsecure.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/support_article_product?post=4054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}