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Vipre AntiVirus + AntiSpyware
 
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Product Description

VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware is rated one of the best antivirus programs available. VIPRE is high performance security software that doesn't slow your computer down like older, traditional antivirus products that have been around for years. VIPRE combines antivirus, antispyware, anti-rootkit and other security technologies into a seamless, tightly-integrated security solution. VIPRE delivers comprehensive protection against today's highly complex spyware, viruses, and blended malware threats.

VIPRE home page that includes status of you protection and the threat level of the Internet. Click to enlarge.

Shows the progress of a scan and anything that may have been found while scanning. Click to enlarge.

The different items that can be managed are here (e.g. quarantine, known good, known bad and schedule scans). Click to enlarge.

This settings page is for setting up Active Protection and how you interact with it. Click to enlarge.

Finally--Security No Longer Slows Down Your PC

Sunbelt realizes that as a PC user, you face very real threats of virus infections, spyware and malware that can steal your personal, sensitive, and financial data. Rootkits and other malicious files can also compromise the security and privacy of your computer. That's why Sunbelt is excited to introduce VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware as your PC security product of choice for today's threats. VIPRE features a new technology in PC Security, VIPRE is the antivirus program of the future.

Unlike older antivirus program, such as Norton or McAfee, that have bolted on antispyware or antivirus modules to their existing software, VIPRE is designed to optimize overall performance by melding antivirus and antispyware together into one, single, powerful tool. This combination of technologies gives you high performance software that doesn't slow down your PC, is low on system resources, and makes it easy for you to protect your PC from the bad guys.

With its next-generation technology, VIPRE means powerful protection against today's highly complex malware threats. No more sluggish PCs, system slowness, and resource headaches of older antivirus programs!

VIPRE is in a league of its own when it comes to antivirus software; VIPRE is clearly one of the best antivirus program available today.

VIPRE is the Future of Antivirus Programs

High performance threat protection with low impact to system resources
User surveys show the biggest frustration with existing antivirus programs is bloat and high resource usage. VIPRE Antivirus runs seamlessly without significantly impairing system performance and is designed for an unobtrusive user experience, keeping notification pop-ups and warnings to a minimum.

All-new technology delivers a unique antivirus and antispyware engine
At VIPRE's core is an antivirus and antispyware engine that merges the detection of all types of malware into a single efficient and powerful system. The new technology was developed exclusively by Sunbelt, without building on older generation antivirus engines. VIPRE uses next-generation technologies making it the future of antivirus programs!

Advanced anti-rootkit technology
VIPRE's all-new anti-rootkit technology finds and disables malicious hidden processes, threats, modules, services, files, Alternate Data Streams (ADS), or registry keys on a user's system.

VIPRE is Checkmark Anti-Virus Desktop certified by West Coast Labs and will receive additional certifications through other certifying bodies in the coming months.

Removing rootkits is supplemented by VIPRE's FirstScan which runs at the system's boot time. FirstScan bypasses the Windows operating system, to directly scan certain locations of the hard drive for malware, removing infections where found.

Real-time monitoring with Active Protection
VIPRE's Active Protection delivers real time monitoring and protection against known and unknown malware threats. Active Protection works inside the Windows kernel (the core of the operating system), watching for malware and stopping it before it has a chance to execute on a user's system.

Active Protection incorporates three methods to protect the user:

  • Signature matching, comparing a file for an exact match against VIPRE's definition database
  • Heuristic analysis, which looks at the internal characteristics of a file to determine the likelihood that it is malware;
  • Behavioral analysis, observing the actual actions of a program to determine if it is possibly malware.

Full protection against email-borne threats
VIPRE Antivirus includes comprehensive protection against email viruses, with direct support for Outlook, Outlook Express and Windows Mail; and support for any email program that uses POP3 and SMTP (Thunderbird, IncrediMail, Eudora, etc.).

Why VIPRE?

It's fast and light on system resources, with everything you need and nothing you don't! VIPRE is designed to be a high-performance product, without compromising on detection and cleaning of viruses, trojans, worms, and spyware.

With VIPRE you get:

  • High-performance technology that won't slow down your PC.
  • An easy-to-use interface that gets you up and running in a matter of minutes.
  • Low memory usage and more efficient scanning intelligence than other products on the market today.
  • Unlimited "home site license" for all the PCs in your home.

Product Comparison

Product Details

  • High-performance, next-generation antivirus + antispyware technology
  • Home Site License for all the computers in your house
  • Won¿t slow down your PC
  • Keeps notification pop-ups and warnings to a minimum
  • All-new technology with a unique antivirus and antispyware engine

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Customer Reviews

Easy to use and offers significant protection with very little resources used.
 
Review Date: July 16, 2009
Reviewer: Will Everly Jr., Henderson, Nevada
In the past, I have used TrendMicro, Norton, McAfee and Kaspersky anti-virus software for my PC. But this time, I wanted to try VIPRE's Anti-virus and Anti-spyware software. One of the major plus that caught my eye that was offered with this software was:

* Unlimited Home Site License
* Next-generation Anti-Malware Technology
* Over 12 Real-Time Customizable Monitors
* 67MB of RAM memory used unlike other software which needs over a 100MB of RAM.

Installation was quite easy. Upon installation, an update was required but that didn't take too long (via a broadband connection).

With a quick scan, the software detected several spyware which were not caught by my other spyware software which was interesting. I went ahead and did a full scan and sure enough, six more were found on my system.

With this software, you can organize your schedule of when to scan your computer and it can auto-update as well.

The company also prides itself with free live US-based Tech Support by phone, e-mail and chat, also including a history cleaner and secure file eraser.

And there were no additional software added to my system or toolbars for my browser which was a plus.

Its taxing of available resources is low in comparison to similar prroduct, which leaves more resources available for ongoing tasks.

Overall, this software has done everything I have expected from it so far. I like the fact that this software has an unlimited home site license and for those who want simplicity of install and scan or for those who want to be hands-on with the software can do so.

Easy to use, works effectively and overall a solid anti-virus and anti-spyware software.

Highly recommended!

--WE
Delivers what it promises
 
Review Date: August 16, 2009
Reviewer: Matthew K. Morgan, Ruther Glen, VA USA
I loaded Vipre on a computer system that previously ran a different security suite. To be fair, I like the other suite and I have been very satisfied with it, but I noticed that the target computer system ran slowly and took a while to boot up from a power-off condition, even after a full disk optimization. Vipre claims to be very fast and light on resources so I decided to use it on this system, with the hope that it would work better. It vastly exceeded my expectations.

After uninstalling the other package and loading up Vipre, I rebooted the system and was stunned - the computer loaded in roughly half the time. From the claims and other reviews, I expected a speedup, but I never expected that significant an improvement. Once up and running, the system ran smoothly for the first time in many, many months.

Vipre updates itself based on schedule settings, and the updates are relatively straightforward and quiet.

As a BIG test, I updated Vipre and told it to scan, all while running a presentation in front of over 100 people. As the update proceeded and the scan ran through, NO ONE noticed a slowdown. Vipre did not interfere with any aspect of the presentation; the screen display was smooth and uninterrupted and loading applications in the middle of the scan did not take any appreciable extra time toload.

I contacted Sunbelt Software to inquire about the availability of a full security suite, and I got a quick and courteous response explaining that such a suite is on the way and will be available toward the end of the year. I was pleased that Sunbelt stands behind its products and responds to inquiries.

Vipre has won me over. It is fast, light on resources, and supported by its manufacturer. This package lives up to the claims made and can breathe new live into an underperforming machine that is running a bloated suite. If you need an antivirus and not a whole suite, Vipre is all you need. Sunbelt does have a firewall, available separately.
Easy no fuss protection
 
Review Date: September 24, 2009
Reviewer: Scott Pointon, Crest Hill, IL United States
I have had this product installed on all three of my home computers for a couple months now and I have to admit I have become a big fan. The software was easy to install, it runs quietly in the background, it doesn't use up a lot of processor speed, and it seems to be keeping my machines free from all the spyware/malware crud that I normally would be dealing with.

I especially like the customization capabilities and the ease by which I was able to set up the scan times. I have only had to do a full update to the software once and it was a fairly painless 5 minute process.

All in all I am very pleased with this and would recommend it to anyone for home use!
As Advertised - This Works Great and Is So Easy!
 
Review Date: December 14, 2009
Reviewer: J. Schneider, Mosinee, WI United States
Installation was a breeze: the installer wizard sensibly guides you through it with minimal fuss. For scanning, it somehow runs both quickly and with a much smaller footprint than any of the common names (Norton, McAfee). The license is also unlimited: if you have multiple computers, put it on all of them without worry. There's really nothing bad I can say about it.
The Real Deal
 
Review Date: January 3, 2010
Reviewer: Gaye A. Cocoman, Macedonia, OH USA
As recommended by Vipre, I uninstalled my current anti-virus software (TrendMicro) first and, unlike trying to uninstall Norton product, uninstalling TrendMicro was fast and easy. The Vipre install wizard makes installation easy but things slow down when the "update" step starts and the download meter is displayed. I suspect that's because the Vipre CD is so out-of-date that you're essentially downloading a whole new version. I say this because after that first download finished I was instructed to re-boot and once that was done Vipre went back into "install" mode. That made me really nervous but once that second install process was completed (including a much faster second download, presumably of up-to-date virus definitions) Vipre was installed. The first thing I chose to do was to have Vipre do a deep scan of my entire system and although that took a long time (70 minutes to scan 90,000 files, 37 processes and 28,000 registry items) it found two high-risk Trojan threats that my TrendMicro software had completely missed. It's also worth pointing out that even though the deep scan takes a long time and consumes a healthy chunk of my system, it doesn't seem to slow down any other processes, including game playing and browsing the internet. (TrendMicro slowed down both and was the main reason why I decided to try another product.) The Vipre "console" is also a little more robust than TrendMicro's and a lot more intuitive. I also like the option of scheduling both deep scans and quick scans or you can develop customized scans where you control what is or isn't scanned. I've opted for a deep scan every Saturday at 6 p.m. and "quick scans" at 8 p.m. on every other day. (The quick scan takes less than 3 minutes and scans all of my registry items and processes but only 3800 files.) After doing numerous speed tests with TrendMicro installed and now Vipre installed, I'm happy to report that I'm seeing a 30-40% increase in my internet download speeds and a 10-15% increase in my upload speeds. More proof that Vipre runs much more efficiently than TrendMicro. I'm also getting clean shutdowns now for the first time in years. (What is it about Norton and TrendMicro that there's always one little thingy that won't stop running when you try to shut down your system and you have to click "end now" ??) One last note if you're used to having a firewall included in your internet security software: the Vipre Anti-Virus software does NOT include firewall protection. You'll either have to rely on your Windows firewall (not a great choice) or find another option. I've decided to take advantage of Sunbelt's 30-day Personal Firewall free trial. If it's as good as their Vipre software I'll be buying it after my free trial ends.

My PC is a 3 year-old Dell Optiflex 740 with a dual processor, 250GB hard drive, running Windows XP.

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