1. IMPROVEMENTS

Advanced Active Protection

Now handles advanced heuristic detections
Better remediation with improved cleanup of files and registry items
Now works on systems with Device Guard enabled

Additional Improvements

Performance on startup is quicker
Scans and exclusions now support case sensitivity
Added better support for Windows Security for RS5 (ELAM/AM-PPL)
Improved safety of “Always Allow” option in Quarantine (see Upgrade Notes, below)
VIPRE installer's failure reporting contains more useful information

New Default Color Theme - "Endless Sierra"

VIPRE's new default color theme looks fantastic against darker backgrounds and allows important elements to really pop! As always, you can select a favorite color theme at any time on the Account screen.

2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Important: VIPRE Advanced Security for Home uses advanced technologies for today’s newer operating systems and does not install on Windows XP or Vista.

HARDWARE AND OPERATING SYSTEMS

To run VIPRE Advanced Security for Home features effectively, you need a PC-compatible computer with:

1 GB of hard-drive space
At least 1 GB of RAM
Dual core processor recommended
Internet connection (broadband recommended)

32- or 64-bit versions of either

Windows 10 (All versions)
Windows 8.1
Windows 7 (Service Pack 2 or Convenience Rollup)

SUPPORTED EMAIL CLIENTS

(applies to email PC internet security protection)

Microsoft Outlook 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Outlook 2016

Other email products that use SMTP/POP3 for sending and receiving messages, including Mozilla Thunderbird, and many others.

Note: SSL and TLS security protocols are only supported with Microsoft Outlook.

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3. UPGRADE NOTES

This section highlights changes to VIPRE that could affect how you use the product. Review the items below to better understand how we've improved VIPRE and learn about actions you may need to take.

Exclusions that contain manually-entered file paths with mismatching character case are no longer supported.

Any manually-entered exclusions with mismatching character case that you created before upgrading to 11.0 will no longer work.

Example:

The actual application path is C:\Program Files\Application.exe

The manually-entered exclusion is set for c:\program files\APPLICATION.exe

Action Needed: Because of this change, if you experience applications that do not work as expected (application cannot connect to the internet, etc.) please create new exclusions for them. Any new exclusions you add will use the correct file path format.

View your exclusions at Manage > Antivirus > Manage Excluded Items

It's a good idea to occasionally review your exclusions and ensure each of them are needed. This helps to better identify questionable applications and activity as it occurs.

The "Always Allow" option for quarantined items now creates an exclusion based on the file instead of the threat.

Previously, selecting an item in quarantine and choosing "Always Allow" would allow all instances of that suspicious item. This was a broader method of telling VIPRE to ignore something that it had quarantined.

VIPRE's Always Allow is now more specific, cautious and safer. VIPRE will allow only the exact file and path that you choose, so "similar" potential threats are not automatically allowed through. However, because of this stricter behavior, you may encounter situations where you've moved a file or made a change in Windows, and need to re-allow a file through.

Example:

If VIPRE quarantines a file that you know is safe and you mark it for "Always Allow", then you move or rename that file, you'll need to "Always Allow" it again (because VIPRE doesn't know it has changed).

Action Needed: As we mentioned above, we recommend you take a moment to review your exclusions and ensure each of them are needed. This helps to better identify questionable applications and activity as it occurs.

View your exclusions at Manage > Antivirus > Manage Excluded Items

4. KNOWN ISSUES AND WORKAROUNDS

VIPRE Advanced Security for Home requires .NET 4.6 to run [VIPREHOME-7484]

Workaround: In order to install .NET 4.6 on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, you must first run Windows Update and patch your PC. For more details, see the Microsoft articles for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

5. BUG FIXES

The following bugs have been resolved with this release of the product.

VIPREHOME-3098 - Clicking the "Watch progress" button on the "Check for Updates" pop-up notification does not display the update status
VIPREHOME-8647 - In some rare circumstances VIPRE may incorrectly remove files, causing a BSOD condition
VIPREHOME-8706 - With on-access scanning enabled, Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 could crash at application launch
VIPREHOME-9579 - With Outlook email protection enabled, emails with malicious content were not assigned a proper category name
VIPREHOME-9549 - VIPRE UI could crash during modification of a Firewall Advanced Port Rules
VIPREHOME-9546 - Selecting Scan after viewing Timeline could cause the VIPRE UI to crash

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