Introducing, The New Prevx Edge.

Hi Joe

Glad my eyes are not defective. Really like the whole look and feel of Edge now...very, very professional!

Thanks for clarifying the timing. First time I have ever been that close to a new release being issued.

Finally, excellent news about the upcoming betas...just bring them on when the Team is ready to release them...we will be ready to test them...and make Edge even better than it is now (...is that possible ).

 

Joe can you tell us what the all Right Click Scans do? Because I just did a RCS on C Drive and it just did a normal scan.

TIA

 

The bug in the right click scanner will fix itself after you run one more right click scan using .36 or .37. Could you try updating and run a scan and then try running one more scan? Right clicking the C drive should scan the C drive once the bug is avoided

 

Yes it now works with 3.0.1.37 thanks!

 

There's been over 2,700 posts covering a lot of evolution of this so I decided to ask for a simplistic, current recommendation of what is 'needed' besides Edge. Potentially I'll buy 5 licences, two for myself and one each for my 3 'kids'.
Can I let my Trend Internet Security lapse in July (it provides a lot of 'stuff' including a firewall but, being on dial-up, the downloads to support it are getting very tedious and time consuming)?
I'm also one of the lucky ones with FD-ISR and along with Edge I'd like that to be 'enough'.

 

I personal opinion is to have a layered security you can have what you have and Prevx Edge or Prevx Edge and a free AV such as Avira Antivir and your FD-ISR!

TH

 

The only other suggestions is make sure all security patches are up to date for Windows, IE7, Quicktime, Real Player, etc., you should also be running some sort of firewall hardware or software and if you use IE7 add something like Spyware Blaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html or a modified HOSTS file http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm. Both are free and don't take up any resources. I tried a trail version of FD-ISR and had problems with KAV at the time. Glad to see it is still around. A key stroke or two and you are back to a good snapshot.

 

Excellent RCS of C Drive.

 

I agree with the principle that Triple H has stated

 

yes, I also have FD-ISR and threw in Sandboxie not as just a safeguard, but to clean out the trash.

 

I was going to check the site about Prevx Edge, but, I'm unable to access it for quite a long time now.

I've already tried with two systems, unconnected with each other, and separate Internet connections.

Can anyone confirm it?


Thanks

 

I was just there and it worked.

 

take that back, just tried to go and could not. Joe?

 

Jep its down but Joe is online though

 

We've been making website changes throughout the day - all users are still completely protected, just the website will be down for a bit

 

yeah right, that is what Symantec said.

 

It's true Try downloading EICAR when your copy of Edge doesn't know about it and it will block it The website and database are completely separate (for security and technical reasons)

 

Joe,
I notice that the download size of these latest beta are larger than 3.0.1.17 which is 848kb against 996kb for 3.0.1.36. Is this accounted for by all the hidden goodies waiting to be unleashed on us Beta testers when the next *version* goes live

 

Yes We are working on cutting it back though - we <cannot> break 1MB!

 

It worked, as I knew it would but, here is a interesting thought. It asked me to block or gave me options to allow. With kids, there are no options. It would be nice if it just blocked if you wanted it to. Kid Proof.

 

Interresting observation

 

Yes, that's a good point. I'll see what we can do with a "Child-proof" mode which automatically blocks infections

 

I think it is. Something that can be password protected. It will make the world of difference for folks wanted to put it on their kids computers.

Under Edge Protection settings there are 2. Save and automatically block actions and automatically remove blocked files. I guess I kind of thought with these ticked, it did what I am suggestion. But it doesnt based on the Eicar test. This is the failing of HIPS and families.

 

Would it be a nono teaming this up with Treathfire?

 

wouldnt being hooked on phonics be a wonderful thing to.