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Title: why is Vipre so darn tiny?
Post by: pinnacle on December 05, 2009, 04:40:49 AM

My buddy is using it he says its like a little over 26 MB. He is testing the Vipre 4.0 beta premium with Firewall, Host intrusion, IDS. How is that possible. an entire secuity suite so small.

Title: Re: why is Vipre so darn tiny?
Post by: Chris Thomas on December 05, 2009, 07:56:59 AM

Certain software makers don't have the time or patience to improve its detection capability without increasing the size.

Think what happened to Ad-aware by Lavasoft. Its big size doesn't justify its detection capability. It had a nice software few years ago.

There are also some less size softwares that just run on steroids

Title: Re: why is Vipre so darn tiny?
Post by: pinnacle on December 05, 2009, 05:47:06 PM

Oh so it's just a matter of the technology they use  basically. yeah i agree with you AD-Aware wa good eons ago but now a Huge Behemoth.

Title: Re: why is Vipre so darn tiny?
Post by: Shiw Liang on December 06, 2009, 10:12:47 AM

If they continue like that I think they will become popular for the heaviest anti malware!
Hehe!

Title: Re: why is Vipre so darn tiny?
Post by: Chris Thomas on December 06, 2009, 11:46:07 AM

Absolutely, but people are still downloading it.

Don't know why?

Title: Re: why is Vipre so darn tiny?
Post by: Shiw Liang on December 07, 2009, 04:31:40 PM

Hey I have a question!
I'm always trying to search for new software so...I was wondering if Vipre is not a bogus!
Hehe by the way can someone tell me how to know if it is a bogus?

Title: Re: why is Vipre so darn tiny?
Post by: Chris Thomas on December 07, 2009, 08:20:08 PM

Vipre is not a bogus software and its not for free