VIPRE Anti-virus protects your computer from a variety of cyber threats which are a potential danger to your system, including viruses, rootkits, and all kinds of other spyware and malware.

VIPRE Anti-virus and Anti-spyware’s technology, developed by Sunbelt, is melded into a single system to make sure that no threat slips under the radar. This is also the same for any e-mail which may try to bring viruses or otherwise infected documents onto your PC. This can be supported by most e-mail clients, including Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and any email programme which uses POP3 or SMTP.

To make sure that all threats – however well hidden – are found in your system, VIPRE Anti-virus and Anti-spyware offers FirstScan. This scan operates when your system is booted, and checks locations on the hard drive for any malware that may be hidden. If an infection is found, it is instantly removed.

FirstScan works alongside VIPRE Anti-virus and Anti-spyware’s Active Protection to make sure that all known and unknown dangers are stopped before infecting your computer. Active Protection works from the core of your operating system as an active guard against malware. Active Protection monitors in real-time, meaning there is no time when a virus or spyware cannot be caught and destroyed before it infects your computer. To do this, Active Protection uses signature matching, heuristic analysis and behavioural analysis to ensure no malware or danger goes unnoticed however new it may be.

Advanced anti-rootkit technology also makes sure that your PC is safe from rootkits. These are malicious files, processes or registry keys which stay hidden in your system, causing havoc as they able to prevent detection of other malware. VIPRE Anti-virus and Anti-spyware finds and then disables any hidden rootkit in your system, using both the FirstScan and Active Protection technology.

VIPRE Anti-virus and Anti-spyware is also certified by West Coast Labs.