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hi Perry,

I have responded to Eric's query first.

Now. in the past i have downloaded the latest copy of Vipre - all 62MB only to discover that the download did not have the latest virus defs, and the program failed on update and decided to download the FULL definitions, another 62 MB - which was a total waste of bandwidth. My biggest criticism of Vipre is that the installer and virus defs are NOT separated - they should be - The installer is then kept at a reasonable size and then as a part of the installation, the latest defs are sourced - thus avoiding duplication of the process. ( other antiVirus products seem to be able to do this seamlessly.)

It does concern me that the installer and virus defs DO get out of sync, and in this day and age, it should not be happening.

I am in australia, and a number of ISPs have restricted download limits, once they start appearing in the US then you will find local customers complaining about the same scenario

Rgds
Phill. – Victor Muscles, on January 01, 2009 01:03

Hi Eric..

the ping results are..

C:\Documents and Settings\pdaniel>ping updates.sunbeltsoftware.com

Pinging updates.sunbelt-software.com [64.128.133.140] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.128.133.140: bytes=32 time=270ms TTL=112
Reply from 64.128.133.140: bytes=32 time=270ms TTL=112
Reply from 64.128.133.140: bytes=32 time=269ms TTL=112
Reply from 64.128.133.140: bytes=32 time=268ms TTL=112

Ping statistics for 64.128.133.140:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 268ms, Maximum = 270ms, Average = 269ms

C:\Documents and Settings\pdaniel>

Rgds
Phill.. – Victor Muscles, on January 01, 2009 00:58