Vipre Premium 4.0 coming soon

weird thing. if i leave the firewall in auto mode its a LOT lighter and browsers open way faster then when in learning mode.

 

zfactor, does this happen even after you've "allowed" the browsers etc. There's no increase in speed after time?

You should post this on the Vipre beta forums

Simon

 

not on this machine no. even after allowing it and opening it 20+ times it still took more than 10 seconds or longer to open chrome. i will post this to the forums over there later today after i play with it some more. im going to continue to see if this is in fact what is causing it. but with auto turned on its MUCH faster than in learning even opening programs like word etc. im also going to test in on another machine to see if its just the system or not.

overall i like the suite i just hate the gui. oh and the tray icon lol

 

yeah the tray icon is not serious but it's such a small thing that just can't go ignored any longer.

I like the GUI however, not bloated and rather simple despite having plenty of options. However what I really like is that Vipre is extremely light and lighter then any other AV/SS I've used.

Simon

 

not saying any one is better im just curious templar if you have tested avast 5 yet...

 

hi Z

No need to be careful when asking about other suites, I try to stay away from the religious aspect of software.

I have not tried Avast 5 but I did use Avast free in the past.

 

I like it very much I got a site license in Nov when it was for $19.95 for the year, to me there are three problems it should automatically update after boot up and the tray Icon can look alittle more professional and it's such a simple thing to make a change for the better and it needs to be Tested with the others to see how it fairs in detection and clean up!

I have no need for the firewall version as I'm still using Look'n'Stop.

TH

 

The tray icon is not a problem it is more of a preference, I disable tray icons anyway, I can't stand to look at any of them.

 

I've looked into this and it appears the reason we didn't include the new icon in this beta release was just due to time and priority. We wanted to get as many bug fixes as we could in this release but I've been informed we should be seeing the tray icon in the next beta release (should be the RC) or in the final release.

 

Thanks Nick for your reply and we can't wait to see what they came up with but anything would be better than it is now! It's working very well in all of my VM's!

TH

 

thats great news

 

VIPRE & CounterSpy 4.0 Beta 4 Release Announcement

Sunbelt Software is very pleased to announce the release of CounterSpy and VIPRE 4.0 Beta 4. This Beta 4 build is the Release Candidate, and we encourage as much testing as possible prior to the final release. The build number is 4.0.3235.

There are three products available for testing:

• VIPRE Antivirus Premium--Antivirus, Antispyware, Firewall
• VIPRE Antivirus--Antivirus + Antispyware
• CounterSpy--Antispyware

Beta Keys are supplied!

You have to join to get it http://beta.sunbelt-software.com/log...2fdefault.aspx

But where is the new Tray Icon Nick?

TH

EDIT: I was told the Icon will be changed at some point in the Hotfix #1 after release! Better late then never!

 

well i hope the tray icon isnt postponed any further...

 

Running Vipre premium beta now.
How to turn off that splash screen while opening from the system tray??
Thats very disturbing.

 

Yes, this unfortunately got pushed to a lower priority as we had a few bugs we needed to get fixed before the RC and official release. Luckily, hotfix 1 will likely be released not too long after the official release with a few extra features we've seen requested often.

Unfortunately, there is currently no way to disable the splash screen. I believe this option has already been added as a feature request.

 

Why plan to release a hotfix 1 already. To me it sounds better to use a month more and release a better working product. When I read this, I get the feeling that U plan to release a 89% working product just to release it, If U get what i mean ...

 

We're actually very happy with how 4.0 has turned out. It's a very solid product. We should probably not use a name like hotfix 1 as it may imply it's being released just to fix something. In actuality, we are planning on adding some additional feature in the next few software updates that we have seen a lot of demand for. We wanted to get a stable release out mostly for our customers who want to use the firewall on Windows 7 and 64 bit systems but we also have several features we still want to implement in the coming updates.

 

Im glad to hear that Been following the development and are looking forward for the final release! Btw. I agree about the hotfix

 

NichHSunbelt do you know if the ability to decide the location where Vipre creates its temp files will make it into Vipre 4?

 

Ibrad,

This option won't be included in VIPRE 4.0. It will still use the temporary folder on the drive that Windows is installed on.

 

VIPRE & CounterSpy 4.0 Release Candidate 2

There are three products available for testing:

The build number is 4.0.3248.

• VIPRE Antivirus Premium--Antivirus, Antispyware, Firewall
• VIPRE Antivirus--Antivirus + Antispyware
• CounterSpy--Antispyware

Beta Keys are supplied!

You have to join to get it http://beta.sunbelt-software.com/log...2fdefault.aspx

TH

 

Registered the current version a few days ago and like it very much.
I use an old P3-1000 and Vipre runs very light with no slowdowns.

Question #1: do you plan to add other languages with version 4? (my primary language is french, and even your Firewall has localizations already)

Question#2: the database updates are not as frequent as other products. Should I worry about that?...

Thanks again!

Best regards,
François

 

More frequent database updates are planned to come soon if I remember correctly.

 

there are a couple references to hourly updates starting "within a couple of weeks" on the official sunbelt forums. posts by both nick and alex. the last one i found was 2/19/2010.

 

I think that more frequent updates are a fact already. I have noticed Vipre update twice everyday...these 2 last days.