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> ~
