Yeah, but snakes and ninjas... Still kind of works. -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 10:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Want to beta test Sunbelt's new combined antivirus/antispyware product?
I thought for sure the next product would have been SAMURAI or maybe GEISHA. :-) On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Alex Eckelberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > VIPRE, our new combined antivirus and antispyware product, is now in beta. > If you'd like to check it out, follow the instructions below. > > I talked about some of the philosophy behind VIPRE in a blog post > early last year, here: > > http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/evolving-antimalware-technolog > y-model.html > > To register for the beta: > > 1. Navigate to http://beta.sunbeltsoftware.com and register for the beta. > > 2. After registering, you'll get an email sent to the address you give > in the above form, it will contain a link you'll need to follow in > order to activate your account > > 3. Once your account is activated, you can log into the forum and > click on Downloads & Updates under the VIPRE 3.0 Antivirus Consumer heading. > > 4. Please make sure to post any issues you find with the beta on the > beta forum itself (not on this list, for example). > > Remember, this is a beta, and it will invariably have bugs. We want > as many people testing it as possible to insure a quality final release. > > About VIPRE: > > - VIPRE is a completely new, built-from-scratch antivirus and > antispyware product. The antivirus engine is our own creation, not > licensed from another company. It has been a major undertaking, > consuming millions of dollars in R&D costs and thousands of man-hours. > > - The technology itself is next-generation, incorporating a completely > new architecture that combines antispyware, antivirus, antirootkit and > other technologies into an integrated product. > > - It's designed to be fast and tight on resources. One of the reasons > we decided to "build our own" was because of the enormous performance > penalty of cobbling an antivirus and antispyware engine together. > > - VIPRE is not a "suite" per se - the first release is a combined > antivirus and antispyware product. Personally, I'm not a big fan of > suites, because it seems you get some good, some bad, all thrown > together, and what the user gets is an experience that is less than > satisfying (system slowdowns, tons of popups, more potential for > system instabilities, etc.). However, we do plan on tightly > incorporating our Sunbelt Personal Firewall code into a future > release, providing complete firewall, intrusion detection and intrusion prevention capabilities, in addition to antivirus and antispyware. > > - VIPRE is going to be Checkmark certified by West Coast Labs for both > Virus Detection and Removal upon release, and will receive additional > certifications through other certifying bodies in the coming months. > > - Enterprise versions of CounterSpy and VIPRE will be following > several weeks after the release of the consumer products. There will > be a CounterSpy Enterprise 3.1, free to all customers under maintenance. To > upgrade to VIPRE, there will be a nominal upgrade fee. Note that the new > performance characteristics of VIPRE are identical to what you will > see in CounterSpy (since CounterSpy is actually going to be a sub-set of VIPRE). > > - This version is compatible with Win2K SP4+, Win XP and Vista. > Support for > 64 bit platforms (Vista, XP) is forthcoming. > > To register for the beta, go to http://beta.sunbeltsoftware.com and > create a user name. After email confirmation, you will be able to go > to the forum and download the beta. > > I recommend that you disable your existing antivirus product while > running VIPRE (although it's technically possible to run both VIPRE > and another antivirus product at the same time, it does create the > real possibility of performance issues). You also do not need > CounterSpy with VIPRE running, as VIPRE already includes complete antispyware functionality. > > Remember, this is for the client version, not the enterprise. We'll > have an enterprise beta up in a few weeks. > > Also, for those of you who have had particularly hard-to-remove > malware on a client system, I would be very curious what your results > are with the beta of VIPRE. > > Alex > -------------------------- > Alex Eckelberry > CEO > Sunbelt Software > -------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
