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1. #VIPRE ADVANCED SECURITY FOR ANDROID REGISTRATION#
2. #VIPRE ADVANCED SECURITY FOR ANDROID CODE#
3. #VIPRE ADVANCED SECURITY FOR ANDROID TRIAL#

You can see when the last scan finished and when the next one is due. Clear status information tells you whether the system is working correctly, your definitions are up-to-date and the firewall is active. VIPRE Advanced Security opens with a straightforward interface which focuses on just the core antivirus basics. But it does show VIPRE Advanced Security is a little more vulnerable to attack than some of the competition, and that leaves us wondering if there were other issues we didn't spot. Most malware won't go to this kind of effort, and if a dangerous executable is able to run on your system with administrator rights, you're in big trouble anyway. This isn't quite the security hole it seems.

#VIPRE ADVANCED SECURITY FOR ANDROID CODE#

It did protect against attempts to delete its code or close the main processes, but we were able to run scripts that might affect VIPRE's drivers, and an attacker with administrator rights could delete VIPRE's main service from the Registry and disable it entirely. Sadly, VIPRE Advanced Security wasn't quite that successful. We only use very basic hacks that could be launched from a batch file, so most antivirus engines should block our efforts with ease. To test this, we run simple attacks to try and delete key files, close processes or change Registry settings. It's important that security packages can prevent malware from disabling them. Several of these files are unsigned, but these were mostly the third-party products, and it's very unlikely to make any functional difference to the security suite.

It grabbed under 800MB hard drive space and added only two background processes to our test PC, using barely 25MB RAM between them.Įxploring the VIPRE Advanced Security folders, we found several executables from other developers, including the Bitdefender engine, some email filtering components from the excellent Cloudmark, and other third-party DLLs. VIPRE's system footprint was reasonable for a security suite. When it was done, there were no red 'Problem!' warnings demanding that we manually run updates or do anything else, because the suite had already been properly set up. Folders were created, files downloaded, updates fetched and an initial quick scan launched. The rest of the setup process was clear and straightforward, with the installer telling us what it was doing every step of the way. Fortunately, the package allowed us to ignore the warning and carry on, so it didn't cause us any issues. This was just the launcher, not Avira Antivirus, and it's difficult to see how it could cause any problems at all. The installer seemed unusually sensitive about 'incompatible software', recommending that we uninstall Avira's launcher.

#VIPRE ADVANCED SECURITY FOR ANDROID REGISTRATION#

You'll need to hand over your email address, but there's no further registration required.

#VIPRE ADVANCED SECURITY FOR ANDROID TRIAL#

VIPRE Advanced Security has a 30-day free trial version which you can download from the website. There are huge discounts available if you add more computers, though, and a 10-computer licence can be yours for only £53.22 ($66.50) in year one, £81.88 ($102) afterwards. The standard price for a one computer, one-year licence is fractionally higher than we expected at £29.27 ($34) for year one, £45 ($56) for subsequent years.

The package has none of the big extras you sometimes get elsewhere – no parental controls, no backup tool – but it more than covers the essentials, and will probably be enough for most users.