That would have the bean counters sitting on the edge of their seats! ROTFL That was a good one ME2!
Jon On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh how funny would that be: "The ROI for GEISHA has been fantastic! > The up-time have been great, and no complaints!" > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Tim Vander Kooi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > ME2 is all about beta testing geishas. > > :-) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 9:36 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-technology- > > 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> ~ > > > > > > -- > 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> ~
