If you do choose to pay via cheque or wire transfer, you will need to wait until the payment has been processed before you can access the software and install it. However, with that aside, getting a subscription is easy and only requires a valid email, zip code, and payment.
With your subscription made, you can download the version of the app that you require. We went ahead and downloaded the Windows version of Vipre Advanced Security, which is the subscription we ended up getting for the review. With the. The first step is to input the Product Key, which will have been delivered to you in your welcome email.
Simply input that key, and the software will install on your device. Following that, Vipre will install on your computer and it will perform the first scan automatically. If you have any other antivirus programs installed on your machine, Vipre will prompt you to remove these.
This, it tells you, is because it is better to only have one security suite installed at any time. The installation takes only a minute or two, which is mainly due to it downloading all the necessary threat definitions. However, you will need to restart your computer halfway through installation in order to complete the process, which is slightly unusual.
The automated initial first scan is a foolproof way to ensure that the first scan occurs without hiccups, and ensures that the antivirus is doing its job right front the beginning, even if you are a total newbie with an aversion to tech.
A worldwide network of thousands of VIPRE users sharing and identifying potentially dangerous program files both through manual submissions and automatically , resulting in the blocking of new malware almost as quickly as it is released into the wild.
For privacy purposes, we decided to disable this tracking. However, the firm promises never to transmit any personal information to its servers that can be associated directly with you or your computer. Thus, it should be safe to engage in this telemetry tracking system.
Whether you choose to accept really depends on your personal threat model. Following that, you can finally open the application to see all of its superb security features.
We have included a screenshot of the main dashboard below, and, as you can see, the status shows that the first scan has already been successfully completed:. With Vipre now installed on your machine, you are ready to start using the antivirus suite.
The good news is that it comes preset by default to give you the protection you paid for. This makes Vipre extremely good for beginners. A big blue Scan button allows you to scan your computer as and when you want to. In addition, users can easily click on Schedule a Scan to set up a convenient time when a regular automatic scan will occur. We found setting up a scheduled scan to be much easier than in some competing products, which is good.
We asked for a full scan on a Friday at 3 a. We left the quick scan setup to happen each day at 10 a. Users can also opt to change the scan from a Full Scan to a Custom Scan. This is ideal for anybody who wants to scan for specific things including cookies, programs that are running, the Windows Registry, archived and compressed files, as well as a specific deep level scan that searches for signs of Trojans or Rootkits.
Unlike some other antivirus programs, however, there is no way to set up a custom scan of particular files or folders of interest to you other than the Windows Registry. Thus, you will need to perform a full scan each time that you want to check all of the files and folders on your machine outside of the custom options provided.
Overall, we found this to be no real issue and were happy with the custom options provided by Vipre — which give users the ability to seek out particularly stubborn infections. With our scheduled scan setup, we decided to check out the rest of the available features. To do so, we simply clicked on Manage in the top right of the dashboard. Here we gained access to various extra settings and features. Here you can decide things like how often to delete any threats that have been quarantined, you can turn off the advanced active protection , which by default is switched on and will scan files when they are opened or copied and block any potential malicious processes.
This prevents exploits from being downloaded by your browser. This comes turned off by default, to ensure that the internet works normally, for beginners not used to dealing with this kind of feature.
However, it is a useful addition that has a whitelisting feature that advanced users can employ to whitelist any websites they trust that are blocked or work irregularly with the feature turned on. Blocks websites that could be dangerous, and comes turned on by default. As is the case with the firewall, the scanning of removable drives, and any other features that Vipre considers essential.
However, users can opt for a few other options here as well, so it is definitely worth checking the settings if you want Vipre to do a full scan, for example, when it finds something during the daily scheduled quick scan. We particularly like that there is a small information icon next to each parameter, which easily allows movies to get a clear picture of what each setting actually does. Clicking on updates allows you to check that the antivirus is up to date.
This is important to ensure that the scan is being effective and includes all the latest threat definitions are up to date. Again, Vipre ensures that this is set up to check the cloud for new definitions every half hour, which is extremely thorough.
Of course, Vipre will only be able to provide this service as long as you are actively connected to the internet, so this is something worth thinking about. In this section, you will also find the third party patching feature. This ensures that all the software on your computer is being kept up to date with any new patches that become available. This comes turned on by default to happen automatically without notifying you, however, the option is there to ask for your confirmation before patching occurs.
We would recommend that you switch this setting on so that you have some visibility over what is getting updated and when. In this tab, you can set up the antivirus suite to help protect your emails.
These features come switched on by default to work with Outlook. These browser-based email clients are protected differently, any potentially malicious incoming files will be quarantined using the Advanced Active Protection that is always running in the background in real-time. The final two tabs available are the Firewall and Privacy settings. The firewall settings are pretty comprehensive, which is good. They allow you to gain granular control over firewall rules, and to set up unique features such as the Stealth Mode, which prevents your computer from automatically responding to potentially malevolent port scans.
An option is also there to scan for threats that appear to be coming from within the same LAN, however, this is turned off by default. Overall, the firewall features are pretty self-explanatory, and for those users who lack knowledge of firewalls, it comes setup natively to provide the kind of protection most users need, which is good. A learning feature allows you to monitor what the firewall is doing via notifications, and allows you to teach Vipre how to behave when confronted with different types of network traffic.
This is an advanced feature that most people won't require, but it is nice to see this level of attention to detail. To get highly accurate and trustworthy information about how Vipre performs, we opted to rely on test data provided by the independent antivirus auditor AVTest. This is a highly trusted independent organization that tests a broad range of antivirus programs every year to see exactly how effective those services are.
AVTest most recently tested Vipre in August of At that time it awarded Vipre a 5. The results of the audit revealed that on Windows, Vipre was able to deal with 9. This is higher than the industry average. This reveals this antivirus to be highly effective at dealing with incoming threats in real-time.
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