I would like to add to this when will the consultants version that works off of a self booting USB drive ever come out? On several occasions where the Vipre Rescue was run it did indeed find and remove a lot of stuff but it sure would be nice to have a self booting version that does not rely on the OS of the machine to work.
Jon On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 10:17 AM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks ! > > > > I’ve been working a contract that is migrating a mix of Symantec SAV/SEP > and McAfee VSE 8.0/8.5 to McAfee VSE8.7 ( not by my choice ) but I am > involved in establishing procedures for field staff to remediate end user > computer issues, and the topic of third party tools has come up in > discussions at least a few times due to incidents where the above products > did not catch certain malware. > > One manager had thrown out the idea of licensing malwarebytes ( which I > know is a different tool ) but I’d like to provide an alternative, portable > AV product that does NOT need to be installed to the OS. I’m recommending > that they add the VipreRescue to their field staff ‘toolkit’ > > > > ( normal procedure is to remove an infected system from the wire, so they > will still be using a USB memory stick to transfer the current version to > the system they’re working on, likely grabbed from their field laptop or a > neighboring known good workstation ) > > > > *Erik Goldoff*** > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > > *From:* Stu Sjouwerman [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 12, 2010 9:44 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Hijack : RE: VIPRE 4 - bad updated installer (4275) > > > > VIPRE Rescue is free. Anyone can download and run this command line > scanner, > > for any kind of environment, private, business, govmint, anywhere…. > > It gets updated every day with new definitions, so downloading it on a > stick is not > > really the best approach. Just go to the site and get a fresh copy: > > > > http://live.sunbeltsoftware.com/ > > > > > > Warm regards, > > > *Stu Sjouwerman* > > *Co-Founder, Publisher, Sunbelt Media* > P: +1-727-562-0101 ext 218 > F: +1-727-562-5199 > [email protected] > > > > > > > *From:* Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, March 12, 2010 8:49 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Hijack : RE: VIPRE 4 - bad updated installer (4275) > > > > Sorry for the hijack, but while on the topic of Vipre , what are the > license stipulations for Vipre Rescue ? Private only, or also ok for > government and business use ? > > > > *Erik Goldoff*** > > *IT Consultant* > > *Systems, Networks, & Security * > > ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
