VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware is now released

[maymoons]

Originally Posted by Alex Eckelberry

Today, I’m pleased to announce that after a very long development and beta testing effort, we have released VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware. This is the consumer version; the enterprise version will be shipping next week. Company propaganda here, earlier beta announcement (with more information) here. Some reviewers also took an early peek at the beta — including Robert Vamosi at CNET and John Hawes at Virus Bulletin.
Those who have been following this blog may have read some of my prior postings, which started out with a blog post early last year entitled Evolving the Antimwalware Technology Model. In that blog post, I discussed how antivirus products have had to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.

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[cupez80]

time to try

[lodore]

Hello,
i think the concept is great.
the product does work very well.
i only have two issues which are easily solveable.
it has an awesome name and shortcut on the desktop. but why do the tray icons look so rubbish? its a minor issue and shoudnt deter people from a very decent product.
lanching programs such as process explorer a known product from microsoft generates a few prompts.
overall a fantastic product.

[ronjor]

Off topic post removed. Stay on topic please.

VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware is now released

[ambient_88]

Originally Posted by lodore

Hello,
i only have two issues which are easily solveable.
it has an awesome name and shortcut on the desktop. but why do the tray

I'm currently testing VIPRE and yes, the tray icon doesn't look as well as the desktop icon. In fact, it's the first thing I've noticed.

Other than that, it is indeed a fantastic product.

[Ro4dRuNn3r]

Originally Posted by ambient_88

[...]
Other than that, it is indeed a fantastic product.

Yap, nice program, but, open a directory with many *.exe files.....

[Fly]

Well, I'm waiting for some comparatives review ... (not necessarily
av-comparatives).

I presume that the software doesn't have something that protects you from bad sites, like the SiteAdvisor, the similar thing from Zonealarm, or the Spy Sweepers communications shield ?

I also wonder how they got that malware (in particular virus and trojan) database, purchased or improvised ? Old viruses can still be dangerous.

[Malcontent]

Originally Posted by Fly

I also wonder how they got that malware (in particular virus and trojan) database, purchased or improvised ? Old viruses can still be dangerous.

Deep research intelligence a cornerstone to VIPRE's powerful threat protection
VIPRE's ability to provide powerful threat detection and remediation is supported by deep research intelligence from Sunbelt's Malware Research Labs (SMRL). SMRL includes some of the industry's leading malware experts, as well as broad capabilities in automated malware research and analysis. In addition to its proprietary research, SMRL works extensively within the security community, through cooperative relationships with other security companies and groups; and participation in VirusTotal, the largest online malware submission site. SMRL also provides technology to the security industry, with its Sunbelt CWSandbox and ThreatTrack threat data in use by some of the world's largest telecommunication, government, education, search engine, and security organizations.

http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Press/Releases/?id=237

[Malcontent]

http://www.reuters.com/article/press...008+MW20080401

-Edited for clarity on home license and single yearly license.-

Old news but VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware will come with an unlimited home site License. The unlimited home license will cost $49.95. A single yearly license will cost $29.95.

CLEARWATER, FL, Apr 01 (MARKET WIRE) --
Sunbelt Software, a leading provider of Windows security and management
software,
today announced a new annual subscription licensing option for its entire line
of consumer security software products. The company's new unlimited home site
license for consumer security software is an industry first, where all PCs
in a single household are protected with a single site license.

"With our unlimited home sitelicense,customers pay one low annual subscription price for the product of their
choice for all the PCs in their home. We don't care if it's five, ten, or
200 computers. One price covers all the computers located in that residence."

Home Site License Pricing and Availability

The following are the annual subscription prices for home site licenses
forSunbelt's consumer products:


iHateSpam $39.95
CounterSpy $39.95
Sunbelt Personal Firewall $39.95
VIPRE(TM) Antivirus + Antispyware $49.95 (scheduled release in Q2)


The annual subscription provides protection for unlimited PCs and
includesone year of software updates and upgrades, any relevant threat
definitions,and live US-based toll-free technical support.

[bigc73542]

On their web site it states that a single yearly subscription will cost $29.95


New! Unlimited Home Site License
Uniquely, VIPRE is the first security product to provide a "home site license". For an annual subscription price of $49.95, all the PCs in your house can be protected with a single site license. A single user annual subscription is $29.95. All annual subscriptions include one year of threat definition updates, software upgrades, and live US-based toll-free technical support.

[Atomic_Ed]

Originally Posted by bigc73542

On their web site it states that a single yearly subscription will cost $29.95


New! Unlimited Home Site License
Uniquely, VIPRE is the first security product to provide a "home site license". For an annual subscription price of $49.95, all the PCs in your house can be protected with a single site license. A single user annual subscription is $29.95. All annual subscriptions include one year of threat definition updates, software upgrades, and live US-based toll-free technical support.

Hi BigC I was wondering if you had personally tested this product out yet? I know I have appreciated your input over the past few years and was interested in this when I read about it here in the threads but being so new I am skeptical. As I am still running Mcafee (and happy thus far the past few years) I of course wanted to bolster that with an additional AS product and no longer want to purchase spysweeper as I feel it has really went south and don't want the headaches anymore. However as this new Vipre has also AV in it, I am wondering of conflicts with Mcafee. Anyway any info from your expert knowledge is appreciated.

Regards,

Atomic_Ed

[Dave2609]

Originally Posted by ambient_88

I'm currently testing VIPRE and yes, the tray icon doesn't look as well as the desktop icon. In fact, it's the first thing I've noticed.

Other than that, it is indeed a fantastic product.

Yes the icon does not look nice, but also they do not have a lot setting for the Email Protection you can just try it off or on and change the ports, Can't choose to scan income and out going mail or just income mail etc etc.

[DVD+R]

I particularly like the option to upgrade from Counterspy to VIPRE for and Additional $9.95 as I currently have a 2 year subscription to Counterspy.

~off topic verbage removed....Bubba~

[larryb52]

I loaded up the new VIPRE & sunbelt new firewall as it's vista now. Now on VIPRE the positive is the lightest I have every seen & I have a few programs that will tell me impact from an AV, I'm glad to report none I mean it has 0 impact on this program. Also very light in resorces, very minimal. I don't get tied up over # of processes, I look for the 2 criteria mentioned above. I ran a full scan on about 65 gig & it took an hour found weather bug that has never been installed but called it a minor risk & ok'ed it & found 25 tracking cookies but no false positives & I have a game that some other 'Big' brand AV's always warn that the exe is a trojan & is incorrect and I have to use exclusions. This is very good. However on boot up this morning it took about an extra minute to scan opening files & held the wireless from connecting. My over opinion is this has promise speed up the start up scane (maybe a registry thing) and I think this AV has potential, very good start...

[bigc73542]

Originally Posted by Atomic_Ed

Hi BigC I was wondering if you had personally tested this product out yet? I know I have appreciated your input over the past few years and was interested in this when I read about it here in the threads but being so new I am skeptical. As I am still running Mcafee (and happy thus far the past few years) I of course wanted to bolster that with an additional AS product and no longer want to purchase spysweeper as I feel it has really went south and don't want the headaches anymore. However as this new Vipre has also AV in it, I am wondering of conflicts with Mcafee. Anyway any info from your expert knowledge is appreciated.

Regards,

Atomic_Ed

I have not tried this product yet. I am running mcafee at this time also and am satified with it as I have used McAfee off and on since back when it came on floppy disc. Truthfully I don't need an antivirus with a bagillion modules in it. I am still satisfied with an AV and an FW and a hardware firewall. I might try Vipre in the future but have no plans to do so at this time.

bigc

[Baz_kasp]

I think it is a valiant first attempt but there are quite a few things which could be improved at first glance. I am writing up a report with suggestions/bugs that I will forward on to Alex Eckelberry once I have completed my testing.

Very "noob friendly" at first glance and doesn't bother the user on default settings.

[Durad]

Running perfect here.

How is the detection?
And which engine does it use?
Thanks.

[ambient_88]

Originally Posted by Ohmy

How is the detection?
And which engine does it use?
Thanks.

I'm not sure about detection. We'll have to wait for reviews.

VIPRE uses Sunbelt's own in-house engine that was developed from the ground up. It was very light when I tried it, so the "latest technologies" they've incorporated seems to be working.

Originally Posted by ambient_88

I'm not sure about detection. We'll have to wait for reviews.

VIPRE uses Sunbelt's own in-house engine that was developed from the ground up. It was very light when I tried it, so the latest technologies they've incorporated seems to be working.

Alright, thanks!
Does it have any *unique* feature of its own?

[ambient_88]

Originally Posted by Ohmy

Alright, thanks!
Does it have any *unique* feature of its own?

Unique feature... if you consider the history cleaner and secure file eraser, then yes. Otherwise, it's the same as other AVs.

[Malcontent]

I contacted Sunbelt support and asked about the cost to renew a 1 year, single user license. They responded that it would cost $29.95 to renew for another year for a single user license. No discount.

I hope this will change.

[danny9]

Originally Posted by Malcontent

I contacted Sunbelt support and asked about the cost to renew a 1 year, single user license. They responded that it would cost $29.95 to renew for another year for a single user license. No discount.

I hope this will change.

I hear that.

Discounts should be given for the 2nd and later yrs.
A few other av's should read this also, including the one I presently using.

[DarkButterfly]

I've been testing VIPRE since Beta 3 and I can say it is light on resources. But, thats about the only thing in favor.

When accessing Explorer and any folder that may contain alot of files, and special large ones, it will take too much time for the system to turn stable again.

The updates are too large. They (Sunbelt) say the updates are "Small, regular definition updates greatly reduce update downloading time", but they aren't. They're lying about it.

Before you can use it, you need to update after installing, otherwise Active Protection won't activate.

In their forum we can see this (VIPRE section Downloads): "Following installation VIPRE 3 will prompt you to either enter a registration key or start a 30 day trial period for the software. Please use the following key to activate the product:"

It is a 15-day trial, not 30. Aren't they aware of what they give to people?

In my tests system I also got CMF (Comodo Memory Firewall) and somehow VIPRE, either messed with it or with command line. I just know that after testing VIPRE, I could no longer close the command line by writing exit. I only could close command line with the mouse by pressing the X.

To be able to close the command line by writing exit, I had to add cmd.exe to CMF exclusion list.

(In case someone asks if CMF wasnt the one doing this, I shall say that I had CMF installed since it exists and cmd line always worked fine.)

More issues with the PC Explorer feature and Secure File Eraser.

I also dont think that it has a single file scanning feature, yet.

Honestly, they bring nothing new (not even the fact that it is light, for other antivirus are as lighter or lighter - NOD32), except that its their own engine.

And there are better existing alternatives to VIPRE. I'm done testing VIPRE.

[maddawgz]

It's not even VB100 certified