Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware Specifications

Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware Product Details

Features

  • High performance threat protection with low impact on system resources
  • All-new technology delivers a unique antivirus and antispyware engine
  • Advanced, anti-rootkit technology
  • Real-time monitoring with Active Protection™
  • Full protection against email-borne threats

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.

System Requirements

  • At least an IBM Compatible 400MHZ computer with minimum 256MB RAM
  • At least 150MB of available free space on your hard drive
  • All Internet browsers are supported for Active Protection, scanning, and removal of threats. Internet Explorer 6 or higher must be installed for VIPRE to function properly; however IE does not have to be your default browser.
  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000 SP4 RU1, Windows XP and higher (32 and 64-bit), Windows Vista and higher (32 and 64-bit)
  • Supported Email Applications: Outlook 2000 and higher, Outlook Express 5.0 and higher, Windows Mail on Vista, and SMTP and POP3 (Thunderbird, IncrediMail, Eudora, etc.)
 
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Vipre Antivirus + Antispyware

Publisher: Sunbelt Software
Very Good
Overall Rating
Excellent
Ease of Use
Very Good
Effectiveness
Very Good
Updates
Excellent
Feature Set
Excellent
Ease of Installation
Excellent
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doe not leave a huge foot print or cpu hog. very easy to navigate through out all its features. well worth the price. have actually spoken to technical support out of curiosity. they were extremely courteous , professional, and knowledegable. most of the
by dartskipper on April 09, 2009 02:22 PM MDT OXFORD, OHIO
26 of 32 found this review helpful
I'm a former BitDefender user and BitDefender has gone down the drain...period.... I am still working with Vipre but from all the other programs I've evaluated it's a great program that does what is expected and what is told. It
by stack979 on July 27, 2009 03:26 PM MDT EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN
10 of 12 found this review helpful

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by louieland February 17, 2009 8:57 AM MST
I guess the program works but to be honest it is constantly alerting you to things you really have no way of knowing if you want to allow or not. But the real reason I uninstalled it was in relation to the fact it's almost impossible to install a program with it. It gave me at least 20 pop up and stop the presses notices while trying to download I-tunes. You can't shut it off long enough to download anything either. It simply won't go away. With Windows Visas craziness and Vipre on top of it, you just about can't download a program. I thought Zone Alarm was a bit hyper, but it's nothing compared to Vipre.
reply by dartskipper April 9, 2009 2:24 PM MDT
if you would have read and set your active protection to medium you would not have had that problem with all the pop ups. i have tested it with the eicar antivirus software and it works very fast. it is also as advertised light weight on your pc. i have now had it for over 4 months without any problems. it has scanned my pc while i was on the internet without me knowing it until i happened to notice the start up icon turns green meaning a scan is in process. i would give it 9 3/4 stars out of 10 only beacuse nothing is perfect. a great product especially for the price. thanks
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