Rising Antivirus Free

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[WaterWall]

Just installed Rising to replace AVG 8 on my moms PC and it's sure is better 

[Vettetech]

I am using it now Kyle.

[Vettetech]

I set the updater to cycle every 2 hours. Default was automatic and I don't know when that interval is but when I manually checked for updates I was out of date so I changed the updater. Also check off to use silent mode.

[Vettetech]

Ok I think I found the problem. There are several processes needed to run in Rising. Change RavTask to trusting as well as change Update/Setup and Smart up to "updater/installer" .

[Vettetech]

Ok I really got it now encase anyone else is having this issue. RavTask was being blocked by D+. I set Rising updater to update 2 minutes from now and when D+ gave me an alert about Ravtask wanting to try and run smartup I clicked allow. All better. I set the updater back to every 2 hours. RavTask tells Smart up to run.

[Vettetech]

Ok here are some pros and cons :

Pros : Nice GUI, Hundreds of options,Pretty good detection rates,Low on resources, Free

Cons : No web shield, Installer folder is 159MB, Task Bar icon is an umbrella while the main GUI desktop shortcut is a Lion.

[Vettetech]

Ok one last con. 9 program entries in D+ to make it run.

[Vettetech]

Look what I found to tweak Rising.

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1274286&postcount=57

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1270399&postcount=21

[Kyle]

5 posts from Vette lol.

What's your view on rising?

[Kyle]

My views on web shields etc are just a marketing ploy..

[Xman]

Hi Vette, glad to see you gave it a go, I just finished my Saturday morning scheduled scan & it picked up all of eicar
from yesterday, I have smart update running for 6:00 pm daily in normal mode & not silent & it's been given all required permissions by Comodo Firewall by myself when I initially installed RAV. I told you dude it was a decent program. Explore the help file to see the Web protection & keep plugin away at it to discover all it has to offer!
Have fun while waiting for CAVS3 to make its appearance...

Regards
Xman

[Vettetech]

Well I am realizing web shields aren't all that I guess. I like how Avast and NOD32 stop viruses the second you click on them like on the eicar site. But actually aslong as a virus scanner does catch it you are protected before it runs. I guess Kyle is right that it is a marketing thing more then anything. It makes you feel safe that your av stop you from even downloading something even myself. Rising is definitely a force to reckon with. I tried all those tweaks from Wilders but its too much. I put everything back to default except for the updater. Those settings are good if you currently have no HIPS but D+ takes care of all that.

[Kyle]

   Here is a good example about such things as a websheild etc.. allot of you use avast!.. Turn the websheild off, download Eicar, avast! will catch it.    turn the websheild on, avast! will catch it. it's just another service running..

[Vettetech]

True. I guess it just makes people feel safer if there av stops a virus even before they attempt to download it. I am guilty of that but Rising to me is as good as Avast. Nicer GUI. The active defense is like Comodo's D+ but I am not sure if its weak or stronger.

[Kyle]

Simple answer.. D+ is better, Rising alerts you of suspicious behavior, D+ alerts you for every behavior, Unless known to be safe.
Of course the behavioral detection would probably be better for the below\average user!

Glad you've found a program that you like. I can't ever settle on an anti virus lol. They all have their pro's and con's.. I can never decide

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