It appears that you are a satisfied reseller of Prevx. I would like to ask you to try Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security 6.0. I think you will find it much faster than it was when you tested it in 2004, with less impact on the systems. Trend Micro has made huge improvements on the memory usage since then, by implementing a cloud client architecture which scans and blocks threats before they can reach the network/customer.

In addition to the lighter memory usage, increased protection, and established brand name. Trend Micro also offer all of our resellers access to Worry-Free Remote Manager, a web based management console you can use to view all of your Worry-Free Business Security customers from one console. This gives you the ability to remotely monitor, deploy commands and get graphical reports. This is a FREE download for all of our resellers.

If you would like an NFR of Worry-Free Business Security 6.0 all you have to do is enroll in the Trend Micro partner program and you will have access to all of our products including Worry-Free Remote Manager. Give it a shot what’s it going to hurt?

I am a reseller with my own shop, providing support for small businesses and individuals.

I needed security software that scanned quickly and effectively, and something I could push to clients that provided comprehensive support for both “viruses” and “spyware”. Back in 2004, you had to get an entire “suite” of products that consumed lots of memory and CPU cycles.

My business was in a rural area, and most people had older machines. The big name security companies killed these machines. AVG hadn’t yet integrated Ewido into their AV product. Using 2 or 3 different products to keep a customer’s machine clean just doesn’t work with the “average joe”. Tech users seem for forget this.

Prevx was an all in one program, that focused on ease of use. The less it bugged the end user, the better. That worked well with my customer base. The cloud definitions made sure they were always up to date. This was another chronic problem with my users. Canceling the updates because they were busy doing something, and the update was slowing things down. They’d also cancel the scans. And then they’d turn their PCs off whenever they weren’t being used. Updates and scans were hard to keep consistent. You, as a shop, don’t own the machines. You can’t force scans and updates. Prevx did one scan in the beginning, and only scanned new stuff coming in, eliminating the need to have daily scans. Customers loved this method.

I wasn’t much of a fan of CSI, and 2.0 was unstable, but Edge and Prevx 3.0 are products that really show off the benefits of the cloud. Their earlier products just had a community database with frills.

I guess my whole thing is, it ticks me off to see a company demonstrate true innovation, and then watch them get ignored and ridiculed because they didn’t play by the same rules as everyone else, or because they aren’t a known brand.

Yes, their website and marketing approach on it are a bit on the spammy side. They really aren’t helping themselves.

However, if you take a really close look at Prevx, and understand what it’s trying to do, it’s really quite ground breaking. Unfortunately, they do not make this information easy to find for the general public.

The traditional model for malware detection has been broken for a long time now. White listing, heuristics, and cloud resources are the logical way to fight malware and other similar threats today.