For those interested in learning about the new vipre here we go GFI Software is excited to announce the first

public preview of the new VIPRE Antivirus 2 !" and VIPRE Internet Securit# 2 !"$ %hese products have added i&portant new features and i&prove&ents in perfor&ance and enhanced securit#$ %he following two products are available for beta testing' VIPRE Antivirus 2 !" VIPRE Internet Securit# 2 !" (oth products are version )$ $*"+!, with installer version )$ $!-)-$ .hat/s 0ew GFI focused in two areas for VIPRE 2 !"1 first, broadening the scope of protection b# including VIPRE Eas# 2pdate, and increasing our protection with a new anti3root4it engine$ %he other 4e# area is perfor&ance1 users of VIPRE 2 !" will notice i&proved perfor&ance browsing the web and faster scan ti&es$ VIPRE Eas# 2pdate 5Internet Securit# onl#6 7utdated software installed on P8/s is often exploited b# &alware$ 7ne of the best wa#s to ensure a secure experience is to 4eep the software on #our co&puter up3to3date$ Software vendors fix securit# issues with their software, and VIPRE Eas# 2pdate fetches those updates and applies the& to #our &achine auto&aticall#$ Eas# 2pdate will also let #ou 4now if .indows 2pdate is not properl# configured and will re&ed# that with a single clic4 of a button$ .eb Filter I&prove&ents 5Internet Securit# onl#6 %he web filter in VIPRE 2 !" has been i&proved to dra&aticall# increase web browsing perfor&ance$ 0ew Anti3Root4it %echnolog# VIPRE/s advanced anti3root4it technolog# has been re3engineered detect and re&ove even the hardest to detect &alware$ 8onflicting Application Re&oval .hen the VIPRE Setup progra& starts, it chec4s for other installed securit# software that can often cause proble&s for the user, including severe slowness and crashes$ VIPRE Setup will auto&aticall# re&ove such software, or users can choose to uninstall the& &anuall#$ .indows + 8o&patibilit# VIPRE 2 !" is co&patible with .indows + Release Preview$ VIPRE 2pdates .e/ve &ade it easier to 4eep VIPRE up3to3date as well, with a new 9anage VIPRE 2pdate panel that displa#s infor&ation about that VIPRE software and threat definitions that are being used$ 2ser Experience VIPRE 2 !" i&proves the &ain user interface in several places, including the Settings dialog box, additional &enu options, i&proved lin4s to GFI technical support, and shortcut 4e#s to co&&onl# accessed functionalit#$ Getting the (eta Software %here are 2 wa#s to get the (eta$ !6 2ninstall #our VIPRE *$x$xxx 5&a4e sure to not delete All data files to preserve #our settings6, reboot and download the version #ou are interested in fro& here' Product' VIPRE Antivirus 2 !" 50on3pre&iu&6 :ownload' http';;dl$gfi$co&;<lin4id=!-+* Product 4e#' -!!.932)S823-FS>?3@?ABC3E>"8R Product' VIPRE Internet Securit# 2 !" 5Pre&iu&6 :ownload' http';;dl$gfi$co&;<lin4id=!-+) Product 4e#' - *A.3)("A)3D@*..3ED2>23EEE+(

26 If #ou have (eta flag enabled, Fust wait for the (eta popup and follow the pro&pts$ Cnown Issues As this is a pre3release preview of VIPRE 2 !", there are areas of inco&plete functionalit# and proble&s$ Dere are so&e 4nown issues with this release' .eb Filtering Perfor&ance Preview releases are not final$ Although we have focused on perfor&ance i&prove&ents in VIPRE 2 !", the i&prove&ents in the web filter are not included in this beta release$ 0ew Anti3root4it engine not included with (eta ! A supple&ental release will be &ade available with the new anti3root4it engine$

International Support %his release is for 0orth A&erican English$ Future releases will target other regions and languages$ S#ste& Restore and .indows + .indows + li&its the nu&ber of restore points that can be &ade in a particular ti&e period$ 2sers who select G8reate a S#ste& Restore pointH when perfor&ing a scan and clean &a# notice that a restore point was not created$ :ocu&entation Inco&plete As this is an unfinished preview, the docu&entation is still in progress$ %he REA:9E$%A% file has not #et been updated$ .e welco&e #our feedbac4 regarding the Iualit# and Iuantit# of docu&entation$ Product Ce# 0ot Persisted After 8onflicting Applications Re&oved .hen running VIPRE Setup, if #ou enter a product 4e# and the co&puter is restarted to re&ove a conflicting application, the entered product 4e# is replaced with a generic trial 4e#$ If this happens, open VIPRE, choose Delp 3J Registration 5or press F+6 and enter #our beta 4e# again$ %his will be fixed in the final release$ :eletion 9essages during 8onflicting Application Re&oval .hen VIPRE Setup restarts the co&puter to re&ove conflicting applications, the s#ste& will displa# a nu&ber of GdeletingH &essages followed b# filena&es$ %his is expected behavior and &ight change in the final release$ Server (us# 9essages 7ccasional a &essage will appear G%his action cannot be co&pleted because the other progra& is bus#$H .e are interested in learning fro& beta users if this &essage appears, including as &an# details as possible about what was being done at the ti&e$ Eas# 2pdate :ownload Fails Eas# 2pdate uses definitions that are freIuentl# updated$ Dowever, so&e third3part# software vendors re&ove or change the location of their updates$ In those cases, the update will not be downloaded until the Eas# 2pdate definitions are revised$ Eas# 2pdate with 7pen Progra&s So&e applications cannot be updated b# Eas# 2pdate if the# are open at the ti&e$ If a particular update does not install auto&aticall#, tr# closing the application and &anuall# scanning and appl#ing updates$ Eas# 2pdate Stops Responding .hen an internal error occurs, Eas# 2pdate can stop functioning until the &achine 5or the VIPRE service6 is restarted$ %his will be fixed before the final release$ VIPRE 2pdate Icon %he VIPRE %hreat :efinitions icon is a placeholder and will be revised in the final release$ (eta Feedbac4 and Support Please report an# proble&s using our (eta Foru&s located at the following web address' http';;foru&s$gfi$co&;GFI3VIPRE38onsu&er3(eta3f! ?$aspx For an# other Iuestions, please e&ail the (eta 8oordinator at the following e&ail address' lana$dec4erKgfi$co& http';;foru&s$gfi$co&;VIPRE3Antivirus32 $$$! !+ $aspx So what are #ou waiting for< Give it a go