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Rating: 9.8 out of 10
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9.8 out of 10

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Pros

Effective Security: Many users have stated that Vipre Antivirus is highly effective in protecting their devices from malicious virus attacks and spyware intrusions. It consistently outperforms major brands in AV contests, demonstrating its strong performance and reliability.

Low Resource Consumption: Numerous reviewers appreciate that Vipre Antivirus runs smoothly in the background without causing any slowness or sluggishness in their computing devices. The software is designed to have low resource consumption, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted performance even during scanning processes.

User-Friendly Management Tools: Several users have praised the console of Vipre Antivirus for being user-friendly and helpful in managing endpoint protection. The console allows them to easily identify unprotected machines and push updates directly to them, simplifying the administration process.

Reviews

16 Reviews

An antivirus that meets expectations.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

This tool is so helpful that is being installed in the various departments of our organization. My colleagues and my team wanted a tool with two basic features one a tool that would provide excellent security and the second demand was a tool that is easy to use and removes viruses thoroughly and luckily VIPRE is meeting both of our needs.

Pros

  • It is quite effective against all kinds of viruses and provides 360-degree protection.
  • Its scanning action is quite fast and less time taking.
  • It has the ability to scan emails too, from viruses.
  • It is reliable, easy-to-use, and provides excellent protection.

Cons

  • The price of this tool is discriminatory.
  • It has some bugs, especially in its latest update. we are facing some issues.
  • It sends so many unwanted notifications rather we wanted just on-point notifications and reports.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is so good against all kinds of malicious viruses and helps protect data. It is good for all sizes of firm and as it is not heavy on the storage any computer system can afford it and this too is its good part that it doesn’t demand high storage and an extraordinary RAM and Processor rather it adjusts with all sort of systems. But its pricing is a bit disappointing.

LG
Lawrence Gibson
Product and Marketing Analyst in Marketing at LawPanel (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
VIPRE
1 year of experience
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VIPRE lives up to expectations as a complete Enterprise Virus solution

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We currently use VIPRE on (2) Windows Servers as well as approx 65 Windows 10 Pro workstations. Centrally managed using a console installed on the server as well as any workstation(s) you want to manage it on as well. Used to scan downloads, websites, URL's and attachments within emails as well.

Pros

  • Scanning all emails from both Exchange server as well as standard POP and SMTP ports.
  • Scans computer and scheduled times and reports back to server.
  • Sends email notifications of any files or emails that might be contaminated.

Cons

  • When sending email notifications it would be nice if it stated the actual file infected not just the virus and host computer.

Likelihood to Recommend

VIPRE does a great job when used with an Enterprise server but not so well as a standalone solution.

TS
Tom Schmidt
Senior Information Technology Audit Manager in Information Technology at Almco Steel Products Corp (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
VIPRE
3 years of experience
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VIPRE keeps you protected like a hat

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use VIPRE Endpoint Security to help secure users and their computers. It is deployed throughout the organization. It gives you the ability to have one centralized server to manage all the clients. You can set up different policies from relaxed to very strict. It can block attachments in emails, processes that are taking potentially malicious actions, and even block malicious web sites. This version also has patch management so you can help keep software up to date.

Pros

  • It blocks malicious attachments in emails.
  • It blocks malicious processes from running without you knowing.
  • Daily scans help keep the computers protected and has the ability for a rapid scan to help keep CPU levels down.
  • Doesn't bog down the computer when it is running a scan.

Cons

  • The patch management feature could be updated. It doesn't work all of the time.
  • Some updates cause issues with computers. This has happened a couple of times but I was able to get a hold of someone at VIPRE support and work through it.

Likelihood to Recommend

VIPRE would be well suited for any size company. It can do many things to stop a user from getting a virus unless a user gives out their credentials in an email. I think everyone should be well educated about the dangers and scams going around. No antivirus software is 100% effective if you have someone that is not informed.

VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
VIPRE
4 years of experience

VIPRE is the best comprehensive endpoint protection at an affordable price.

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

My company uses VIPRE as the core for desktop anti-virus and malware protection. VIPRE has consistently been a solid performer in protection. Not only is its protection and detection reliable, it has much less overhead than its competitors. There is little if any performance degradation, which was our primary selling point. The central management makes deployment, updating, and ongoing monitoring a breeze.

Pros

  • VIPRE consistently provides excellent virus and malware protection.
  • It has much less overhead than its competitors.
  • Provides both server and cloud-based management options.
  • The integration into ConnectWise Automate is really useful.

Cons

  • The newer Cloud management platform clouds use the ability to more easily import/export/share exclusions and policies. VIPRE is still in this process.
  • More details reported on incidents contribute to documentation, so additional reporting would be helpful, but isn't a necessity.

Likelihood to Recommend

My company has been using VIPRE as the core for our desktop anti-virus and malware protection for as long as I can remember. It doesn't clutter your computer with unnecessary bells and whistles. It does exactly what is says it will do, performs well, and is accurate. What more do you need on an anti-virus program?

JH
Jonathan Hozeska
Partner in Information Technology at Network Services Group (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
VIPRE
15 years of experience
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VIPRE Endpoint Security

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

VIPRE Endpoint Security is our current anti-virus solution being implemented across our entire organization. VIPRE Endpoint Security provides us with a fast, powerful, and easy to manage endpoint protection from malware, ransomware, spyware, and more! End users will never even know that it is working because it barely uses any of their computers' resources.

Pros

  • VIPRE is very easy to install and maintain. I have migrated Vipre from Windows Data Center server 2008R2 to a Windows DC Server 2016, and it was a very simple process.
  • Client resource use is very low. Users do not even know it is there until it blocks the bad stuff.
  • Customer support has always been very prompt and helpful whenever I've needed them.

Cons

  • Adding anti-virus exclusions are a real pain because you can only import them one at a time. I wish I could import a .txt file.
  • I have had problems with false positives in the past, especially as of recently. It has even quarantined its own threat definition files from all of our PCs!
  • The management console gets stuck and freezes every now and then, especially during agent push.
  • I have tried to deploy VIPRE using MDT, but with no success. It would be nice if I could deploy it with the rest of my image.

Likelihood to Recommend

<p>My company has been using VIPRE Bus Premium on its clients for several years. It has a fairly easy to use interface once you spend a little time getting familiar with it.</p><p>It has a nice management console that lets you not only see what is happening at all clients, but also road warriors that are not on your LAN. That feature has been very helpful for managing our mobile devices.</p>

VU
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
VIPRE
1 year of experience

VIPRE Endpoint Protection - a must have!!

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use VIPRE in our own production environment locally, at our office desktops, and installed on our remote deployment laptops. Our entire organization uses VIPRE Cloud Endpoint.

Pros

  • Easy to install. Very lightweight software and installs and sets up while your not attending it.
  • Cloud Endpoint is very simple to setup and VIPRE's expert protection settings are out of the box.
  • Very simple to manage. The cloud based software shows a dashboard of all the connected devices and it is easy to add or remove global policies.

Cons

  • It would be nice as a VIPRE Reseller to stop having to send out renewal emails to my clients that purchase VIPRe through me when the renewal is 2-3 months away from expiration.
  • It would be nice as a supporter of VIPRE if there is a support section that offers snippets of code to assist in allowing programs and ports in the firewall.

Likelihood to Recommend

I don't have specific scenarios to recommend, as I have all my clients using VIPRE. It is easy to setup and also very powerful behind the scenes. They don't offer anything for Mac or devices which could be a nice thing if they did. For the desktop or laptop, VIPRE Cloud Endpoint is really a great development.

RK
Rick Kane
Owner in Information Technology at XTREME IT, Inc. (1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Reseller
VIPRE
4 years of experience
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VIPRE - Great performance for great cost!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use VIPRE for our VMWare server environment. We like the small footprint and low resource consumption used by the product, as well as the pinpoint accuracy of the exclusions we add. We also really like the easy management portal where we can effortlessly push out installs of Vipre to any new servers we deploy.

Pros

  • Management of Endpoint protection made easy.
  • Low resource consumption.
  • So far it's caught anything that has been thrown at it, both test and actual viruses.
  • Very aggressive on pricing.

Cons

  • No cloud portal yet.

Likelihood to Recommend

Robust protection with a small footprint. Catches all malware and viruses, while respecting the exclusions put in place by our organization. Pricing was very aggressive compared to other products. Great management application, where you can manage the installations and even update third-party apps on those machines from that portal. Great product for a great price.

MB
Mike Braddock
Network & Systems Administrator in Information Technology at Mortgage Investors Group (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
VIPRE
1 year of experience
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Vipre - It's worth a look!

Rating: 6 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Vipre is currently used across our entire organization. We have a WAN with 15 sites connected along with 100+ remote sites. Vipre is used both remotely and directly. We have Endpoint Protection which not only assists us in virus detection and removal, but also with software patching. While we use SUS and GPO for major software updates, we use Vipre Endpoint for updates to items such as Flash, Java, and VLC just to name a few.

Pros

  • Software Patching - It just works. Rather well, actually. Flash, Java, etc are all kept up to date on my 400+ computers so I don't have to worry about them.
  • Auto-installs. Vipre periodically scans the network for new computers on the Domain and installs itself to help automate protection.
  • Management - It's easy to create deployable packages to give to our field techs. This ensures computers off-WAN are protected and report into the central server.

Cons

  • Upgrades - client upgrades don't appear to be automatic. I've recently had to be quite hands-on in upgrading client versions from 9x to 10x.
  • Control interface - the server control interface needs some work. And it has for years. It is definitely better, but it's a bit slow, and sometimes will randomly wipe the list of computers with which I'm working and rebuild it slowly.

Likelihood to Recommend

<ul><li>Automation is key with this software. It makes deployment so simple.</li></ul><ul><li>Detection and reporting are excellent. We get an email when any threat is detected, and we can check threat history any time.</li></ul><ul><li>Control - we can remotely perform some basic tasks on workstations via the console. Reboots, messages, etc.</li></ul><ul><li>Maintenance - the server is fairly simple to maintain. It doesn't require too much hands-on. It just... runs.</li></ul>

MM
Michael Metalios
I.T. Administrator in Information Technology at The Y in Central Maryland (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
VIPRE
4 years of experience
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My Vipre Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Vipre for our Anti-Virus. We are using the Advanced Active Protection, Email Protection, Email Alerts, Exception Groups, Patch Management. This helps with one layer of security to protect our computers. Protecting against Malware, Spyware, Phishing, etc has to be a multiple levels of protection. Vipre notifies us of problems very aggressively. Most alerts we receive it has quarantined or blocked issues from happening to our users.

Pros

  • Virus Protection You have to have Virus protection and that's the base of Vipre
  • Email Protection for the email client - Anti-Phishing. Another layer of protection
  • Web protection - Another layer to help protect you. You can also put in exception lists as well as block websites.

Cons

  • We receive a lot of notices from Vipre. This is probably less of a negative but more of a nuisance as we admins get spammed by the amount of Virus that are detected.
  • Occasionally you have to reinstall the clients if they stop updating.
  • Occasionally you have to force agent/definition updates. It's much better when it works automatically.

Likelihood to Recommend

Small Shops it's a great tool as you don't have to chase virus around as much. It does a great job and informs you. You can use the console to initiate scans on systems remotely so the user doesn't even know you're doing it. Less hassle getting a hold of users.

AM
Andrew Murphy
Systems Administrator in Information Technology at Stephenson Equipment, Inc. (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
VIPRE
2 years of experience
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Vipre Slithers Through the Competition

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We just started to implement Vipre in our Los Angeles &amp; Manila offices. When our Amsterdam office license expires next year on a different antivirus software, we plan to deploy Vipre there as well. Vipre takes care of antivirus protection for all our devices from mobile laptops, to stationary workstations to our physical as well as virtual servers.

Pros

  • Vipre Antivirus constantly scans your computer in the background without a need for user intervention.
  • In one program Vipre can successfully protect all your computing devices from both malicious virus attacks as where vicious spyware intrusions.
  • You won't feel any slowness or sluggishness with Vipre installed & running in the background while you continue to use your computing devices.

Cons

  • Though Vipre supports various modern Windows versions such as Windows 7, 8 & 10, it does not support Windows XP which are still in use by some XP die-hard users.
  • Vipre currently does not provide a web portal for online chat support.
  • Unfortunately Vipre does not provide an option for parental controls to prevent kids from accidentally or purposely uninstalling the virus/spyware protection.

Likelihood to Recommend

Vipre is clearly a well suited antivirus program both in the professional world as well as in the home environments. Vipre offering the same price per seat to protect the typical personal workstation as well as the robust office server is a major plus.

PL
Paul Li
Senior Associate in Information Technology at Stir Architecture (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
VIPRE
1 year of experience
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