Rising Antivirus

[C.S.J]

40% discount at the moment,

http://www.rising-global.com/offer/risingoffer.html

2 years AV for less than $30

just thought id let you know while im searching the asian markets :)

they offer a 50% renewal price, so maybe its best to just buy the 1 year

offer expires in 3 days

[trjam]

and it was a trip to use, not a good trip.

[JasSolo]

a little to ricy for my taste...Perhaps in a year or 2. ;D


Cheers

[C.S.J]

it reminds me of VirusChaser, which is basically a clone of Drweb.

similar layout, but its GUI is better than VC's.

im hoping drwebs v5 will have a similar GUI to Rising's (or better... of course :) )

[Sjoeii]

dr Web v5 , when????;)

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "dr Web v5 , when????;)" }-
lets not go down that road again, i dont know.

ask them ;)

this is a rising thread, i like the AV but my only query was the EXTREMELY slow scanning speed (and this is in comparison to drweb :D )

[C.S.J]

your thoughts please ;)

over 40 million users, surely they cant all be wrong.

196403

[bigc73542]

Not all that good it doesn't look like, at least on this site. you can look here also http://www.westcoastlabs.com/checkmark/productList/checkmarkTestResult/?productID=311&techGroupID=27&from=tg

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "Not all that good it doesn't look like, at least on this site. you can look here also http://www.westcoastlabs.com/checkmark/productList/checkmarkTestResult/?productID=311&techGroupID=27&from=tg" }-
yeah but many failed the VB100,

i dont think its true ability is shown.

the trial is actually very good.

hmm, ok ... its been merged :)

wel, this AV is only $8, surely its worth that.... that is fast food price. :)

[bigc73542]

Yep, you just have to take those test results with a grain of salt concerning all av's ;)

[C.S.J]

well i purchased it,

i, like you bigc, am a sucker for cheap prices :)

[bigc73542]

they will get us everytime ;D ;D ;D

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "they will get us everytime ;D ;D ;D" }-
its ok,

having rollbackrx has its advantages, i can choose what setup i like every week/month :)

i bet you own more than me though,

current snapshots are:

drweb + prevx (3yr)
avg suite + prevx (2yr)
rising + prevx (1yr)

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not using, but own:

F-secure IS (many years+)
Bitdefender (2yr)

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stupid aint it, but for the prices ive paid for all, i doubt ive paid more than a 1 year RRP purchase. *lol*

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drweb + prevx will always be my primary one though, the one i will use 90% of the time, the one i always use for support/sending in files etc.

but its nice to have a choice, for a cheap price.

[bigc73542]

I might try Rising but I am trying to break the habit of all the av changing :-\ . Besides all the expense it is becoming a pain in the neck.:-\

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "I might try Rising but I am trying to break the habit of all the av changing :-\ . Besides all the expense it is becoming a pain in the neck.:-\" }-
thats why i only buy ones that aint 'expense' :)

some of the deals i have are just stupid, i would never sell them at that price.

i dont think ive paid more than an RRP of norton or whatever, with all the years i have and different solutions.

[midway40]

-{ Quote: "I might try Rising but I am trying to break the habit of all the av changing :-\ . Besides all the expense it is becoming a pain in the neck.:-\" }-

I have been trying to break the habit myself but sometimes you have to. In my case it was either my memory card reader or NIS that had to go which prompted the latest change :(

[NAMOR]

It seems to have done pretty well here ( http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19670621-avtestorg-12-months-Test ). The OP said it was done by av-test.org. anyone have a link to this test for further reading?

[midway40]

I couldn't find one searching around. IBK did indicate that it would be included in his future tests.

[Blackcat]

-{ Quote: " i like the AV but my only query was the EXTREMELY slow scanning speed (and this is in comparison to drweb :D )" }-
It must be SLOW!

No express mode as in DW? Or can you tweak the settings, as in deselecting archives to speed things up?

[C.S.J]

Things have speeded up since I last tried it

Its got a decent scan speed

[Blackcat]

-{ Quote: "Things have speeded up since I last tried it

Its got a decent scan speed" }-
Maybe it uses some sort of caching between updates?

What is the memory usage, update intervals and does it have heuristics, Chris?

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "Maybe it uses some sort of caching between updates?

What is the memory usage, update intervals and does it have heuristics, Chris?" }-
not on my computer, iPhone :)

Celebrating the new year, will let you know when I can.

Happy new year to all.

[Firecat]

Yes, Rising AV does have heuristics, though it is disabled by default (but you can enable it easily via the user interface). The heuristics have not been tested professionally yet but it does not seem like a very good heuristic to me. Regardless, I don't think that the heuristic would fail AV-comparatives' testing, but of course all this is just speculation.

I hear that the 2008 version has improved in this regard as well as general proactive protection. However, I have not yet tried the 2008 version.

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "Maybe it uses some sort of caching between updates?

What is the memory usage, update intervals and does it have heuristics, Chris?" }-
yes it has heuristics,

i like the Smart Virtual Machine with Behaviour Pattern Recognition.

also, the registry protection is pretty effective aswell.

pre-login scans are capable, aswell as a system area scan even before login.

5 processes / 12mb

no real drag on the machine, and takes up about 150mb HD space.

* the GUI is just awesome!

and for the £4 / $8 i paid, its a good purchase :)


edit: its an impressive package, very good software and glad i have this as an option.

uses an umbrella icon, not sure how i feel about that though.

[Blackcat]

Offer ended earlier in December.

Will be interesting if you can upgrade to the 2008 version.

[C.S.J]

i know blackcat, its an old thread.

one of the mods merged my new thread with the old one.

only time will tell with the upgrade to 2008, wonder when its out? :shifty:

[Blackcat]

-{ Quote: "

only time will tell with the upgrade to 2008, wonder when its out? :shifty:" }-

Nevertheless, you obtained the 2007 version at a bargain price ;)

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "Nevertheless, you obtained the 2007 version at a bargain price ;)" }-
when i registered, i got a free 3-month key for antivirus+firewall, want it?

[Blackcat]

-{ Quote: "when i registered, i got a free 3-month key for antivirus+firewall, want it?" }-
Thanks for the kind offer, Chris, but I will stick with the security software I have at present ;)

[C.S.J]

well the offer is there for anyone who wants it.

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "Offer ended earlier in December.

Will be interesting if you can upgrade to the 2008 version." }-

End of January, 2008 will be released.

[Firecat]

Yes, upgrading to new major version is free and maybe automatic as well ;)

[Bunkhouse Buck]

-{ Quote: "well i purchased it,

i, like you bigc, am a sucker for cheap prices :)" }-

Me and you both. I have licenses for many of them. I think we support the industry with just our purchases! :D

[C.S.J]

I'm selling / giving away all mine ;)

[whoiam]

-{ Quote: "I'm selling / giving away all mine ;)" }-

are you selling RISING ?

[Jadda]

Are you suprised? It isn't that good you know.

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "are you selling RISING ?" }-
If your serious about using rising as your primary Av, you can have my key, its still good for many months.

If not though, I'd rather give it to someone who will use it.

[whoiam]

-{ Quote: "If your serious about using rising as your primary Av, you can have my key, its still good for many months.

If not though, I'd rather give it to someone who will use it." }-

are you sure you license for 2008 and free ?
if yes , could you send with me to try ?

[C.S.J]

do Rising not offer free upgrades?

im having trouble putting in my licence for 2008.

[Macstorm]

-{ Quote: "over 40 million users, surely they cant all be wrong." }-
40 million chinese users, did you mean to say... ;D

[C.S.J]

doesnt matter where they are from, they are massive :)

[Jadda]

I can't imagine all of the chinese users have chosen by themselves to use Rising antivirus. Do they have som laws there or something? Like they just can use Chinese Google and Chinese Wikipedia, with limited information.

They have probably just been offered one antivirus - Rising. Probably therefor they have such many users. But yes, they are massive. The same would VirusBuster been to, if the whole world was forced to use it. And then it is all wrong.

Rising does not have users because of the quality, that's for sure.

[whoiam]

-{ Quote: "do Rising not offer free upgrades?

im having trouble putting in my licence for 2008." }-
rising 2007 license cant activate 2008 software

[ErikAlbert]

I ran it in the hope, it would find something, but viruses = 0, just like all the other scanners.
I don't like its GUI either, a bit too dark for me, which makes me depressive.

[whoiam]

-{ Quote: "I ran it in the hope, it would find something, but viruses = 0, just like all the other scanners.
I don't like its GUI either, a bit too dark for me, which makes me depressive." }-
Congratulation !!! your computer is safe now ;D

[ErikAlbert]

-{ Quote: "Congratulation !!! your computer is safe now ;D" }-
ROFLMAO. One reboot and Rising AV was uninstalled.

[DjMaligno]

-{ Quote: "They have probably just been offered one antivirus - Rising. Probably therefor they have such many users." }-

Rising is not the only Chinese AV product.

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "rising 2007 license cant activate 2008 software" }-
and here, lies their biggest fault.

[solcroft]

-{ Quote: "and here, lies their biggest fault." }-
I think they compensate for that in other ways. They were selling RAV2008 for 30 yuan per year not too long back. Which amounted to only about AUD6... too bad the promotion was already over when I noticed it.

[whoiam]

-{ Quote: "and here, lies their biggest fault." }-

RISING provides Solutions for Existing 2007 licenses Users :
http://www.rising-global.com/Published/InformationCenter/NewsEvents/2008-04-12/20080412225302.htm

[C.S.J]

-{ Quote: "RISING provides Solutions for Existing 2007 licenses Users :
http://www.rising-global.com/Published/InformationCenter/NewsEvents/2008-04-12/20080412225302.htm" }-
ok, check your PM box.

[wujxin]

-{ Quote: "I can't imagine all of the chinese users have chosen by themselves to use Rising antivirus. Do they have som laws there or something? Like they just can use Chinese Google and Chinese Wikipedia, with limited information.

They have probably just been offered one antivirus - Rising. Probably therefor they have such many users. But yes, they are massive. The same would VirusBuster been to, if the whole world was forced to use it. And then it is all wrong.

Rising does not have users because of the quality, that's for sure." }-

I have to tell you that Chinese goverment doesn't force people to use One antivirus,NOD32,Norton,Mcafee,KAV and other antivirus are also sold here.

[Jadda]

Ok, my mistake then.

[C.S.J]

rising support turned my 1yr/1pc AV-only licence into:

A fresh 2yr/2pc AV+Firewall, just for asking them to upgrade my 2007 licence to 2008

:thumb:

[ejames82]

-{ Quote: "rising support turned my 1yr/1pc AV-only licence into:

A fresh 2yr/2pc AV+Firewall, just for asking them to upgrade my 2007 licence to 2008

:thumb:" }-

i think that's pretty good of them. i assume that you got the update as well.

[Jadda]

-{ Quote: "rising support turned my 1yr/1pc AV-only licence into:

A fresh 2yr/2pc AV+Firewall, just for asking them to upgrade my 2007 licence to 2008

:thumb:" }-

Impressive! Good support is what I like - and probably all others too.

[Firecat]

It is interesting to see what the North American Rising website says:

-{ Quote: "Rising's scanning technology for unknown viruses is protected by patents in the United States of America and Europe. This technology protects your personal computer before new virus definitions are available." }-

Right here: http://www.rising-us.com/product_3.aspx

Patented heuristic scan technology? Something special in this product? Can someone shed some light on the matter? :)

[controler]

Maybe it looks to see if ther are any BSOD's in it's VM and if none all is good?

LOL

[Macstorm]

-{ Quote: "-{ Quote: "Rising's scanning technology for unknown viruses is protected by patents in the United States of America and Europe. This technology protects your personal computer before new virus definitions are available. " }-Patented heuristic scan technology? Something special in this product?" }-
'especially' designed to fight against new Chinese malware? ;D

[whoiam]

RISING Patent :
Unknown Virus Scan&Clean(Patent No.:ZL 01 1 17726.8)
Fully automatic SmartUpdate(Patent No.:ZL 01 1 42155.X)