![]() Clicking for details gets an explanation of how to give Vipre the necessary permission, and doing so changes the orange logo to a serene green, with status "Protected." Once it launched, it displayed an orange Vipre logo with the words "At Risk." That's because the full disk access required for an antivirus to do its job is no longer a gimme in modern versions of macOS. ![]() Vipre installed without incident on the MacBook Air I use for testing. More recently, J2 Global, owner of PCMag’s publisher Ziff Davis, acquired Vipre. For example, if you click a malware notification popup for more information, you come to a page with sunbeltsecurity in the URL and several references to ThreatTrack on the page. You can still see this history in some of the product's web pages. ![]() Originally published by Sunbelt Software, its name stood for "Virus Intrusion Protection Remediation Engine." Over the years, the product was bought by GFI and then spun off as a separate company called ThreatTrack. You may be surprised to learn that Vipre has been around for more than 25 years. If you're stuck on an older OS version, perhaps due to antique hardware, you might look at ProtectWorks AntiVirus (for Mac), which both extend support back to Snow Leopard (10.6). Vipre does go farther back than some, with support for El Capitan (10.11) or later. Most Mac users keep their operating systems up to date, so the fact that many Mac antivirus products only support recent versions isn't usually a problem. Sophos Home Free (for Mac) also costs nothing, though technically it's limited to three devices per household. Avast, AVG, and Avira all offer free Mac protection. J2 reported revenues of $316.0 million, up 25.6 percent from the fourth quarter of 2016, but falling short of analyst expectations of $319.0 million.Of course, it's also possible to protect your Macs without paying a single dollar. Publicly-traded J2 Global released its Q4 2017 earnings on Wednesday evening, topping Wall Street's estimates with earnings per share of $1.79 compared to analyst estimates of $1.70 per share. At the same time, Vipre will be able to more quickly develop and deploy its own solutions using J2's cloud platform, the security company said.Īdditionally, the acquisition gives customers and solution providers access to J2 Global's cloud-based offerings such as FuseMail, a product that provides spam and virus filtering, email archiving, and email encryption. "Our goal, as always, is to provide our customers and partners with the modern, advanced security offerings they need to combat malicious threats-now and into the future … We’re excited to see our partners and customers reap the benefits," Vipre said in a blog post on the acquisition deal.Ĭhannel partners and their clients, via the merged vendors, will be able to more quickly access new Vipre products and services through J2's far-reaching cloud infrastructure. Financial terms of the acquisition deal are not being disclosed.īy combining Vipre with Los Angeles-based J2 Global, the companies can better provide customers, especially SMBs and the partners that serve them, with advanced security tools that can keep pace with the ever-growing number of potential security threats and increasingly malicious cyber-attacks, according to Vipre. Jamie Box, vice president of worldwide sales for Vipre, will continue to lead the company's channel strategy as channel chief, a spokesperson for Vipre told CRN. The two companies will help their channel partners and end-customers bolster and advance their security profiles by combining J2's cloud infrastructure and global resources with Vipre's security technology, according to Clearwater, Fla.-based Vipre. Together, the two companies say, they will provide a stronger barricade against online security threats. Endpoint security technology vendor Vipre is becoming part of J2 Global, a business cloud service provider and digital media business, through an acquisition deal the companies disclosed Wednesday.
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