VIPRE Antivirus Antispyware PDF Quick Start Manual Guide
Welcome! VIPRE® Antivirus + Antispyware gives you powerful protection against today’s highly complex malware threats. VIPRE (Virus Intrusion Protection Remediation Engine) utilizes advanced, next-generation antivirus technology. VIPRE is a high-performance application that doesn’t slow down your computer like older, traditional antivirus products. It is low on system resources and optimizes your overall PC user experience.
This Quick Start Guide allows you to jump in and start scanning and protecting your computer from viruses, malware, and other unwanted applications right away. It only covers the basic steps needed to get VIPRE up and running: Installing, Starting, Using the Wizard, and Scanning your computer for malware.
Installing VIPRE
Running more than one antivirus, antispyware, or antimalware product (e.g. McAfee, Norton, etc.) with real-time protection turned on can cause serious degradation in your computer’s performance. Only one should be active at a time. In addition, you can use several scan tools to perform manual scans, but do so one at a time for the best performance. Please refer to those products’ documentation for specific advice. If you are upgrading from CounterSpy®, this install will first uninstall CounterSpy completely and then install VIPRE. You will need to reconfigure your settings due to the extent of changes in the new VIPRE application. The first time you run VIPRE, the Setup Wizard automatically runs allowing you to do this.
1. To install VIPRE from a download, open Windows Explorer, navigate to the location where you saved the vipre.exe file on your computer, and double-click the file. -or-
To install VIPRE from a CD, insert the CD in the disk drive. The installation should start automatically. If not, open Windows Explorer, navigate to the CD drive, and double-click the vipre.exe file.
2. Follow the prompts in the installation wizard.
3. After VIPRE is installed, restart your computer. You can now open and start using VIPRE.
Using the Setup Wizard
The wizard provides you a quick way to initially set up VIPRE to get you protecting your computer right
away. The Setup Wizard covers the following:
• Internet Access and Proxy Settings - if you use a proxy to connect to the Internet, enter the information here. For most home users, this screen won’t apply because a Proxy is generally used in corporate networks. If you think you may need to use a proxy and do not know how to acquire the necessary information, you can consult your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or network administrator to obtain proxy information.
• Update Now and Automatic Updates - it is important to get the latest risk definitions now before you begin a scan. Click Check For Updates and leave the “automatic” check boxes selected to ensure VIPRE is always up to date.
• Active Protection™ (AP) - leaving AP selected to the default setting will give you the most effective real- time protection against viruses and other malware threats to your computer. Depending on how you have AP set, AP watches for harmful activity that can include known risks, unknown programs attempting a harmful action, and suspicious programs. When enabled, AP constantly looks for this harmful activity,
without causing noticeable strain to your system, and takes the corrective action that you select when prompted.
Email Protection is a behind-the-scenes tool that protects your computer from potentially harmful inbound and outbound email messages. This tool protects your computer by automatically scanning email attachments for malware and viruses without you having to do anything. VIPRE supports the following email programs: MS Outlook 2000+, Outlook Express 6.0+, and Windows Mail on Vista. Any POP3/SMTP client is also supported.
ThreatNet™ is a worldwide network of VIPRE and CounterSpy users automatically reporting detections of known malware to Sunbelt Software for tracking new outbreaks and compiling statistical information. While using ThreatNet is optional it is recommended.
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