eEye Blink Personal Edition Anti-Virus Anti-Spyware: Windows 2000/XP Only
My general rule is not to include trialware in this blog. But, given the apparent importance of this product in the Windows security space and a one year trial period, I figured the rule could be bended a bit for this one...
I learned about this anti-virus anti-spyware product while listening to episode 91 of the Security Now podcast which featured an interview with eEye co-founder Marc Maiffret. If you listen to the podcast or read the transcript, I think you may agree that it was worth bending the freeware/Open Source rule a bit for this one. Couple of caveats though: First, it does not work with Windows Vista yet. According to the statement made on the podcast, that will come by the end of the year (2007). Second, again, it is only free for the first year. However, a single license costs US$24.95 and a three-PC license is $29.95. That seems pretty reasonable. Having jettisoned Norton and McAfee from all PCs and AVG from Vista PCs, I may jetison Microsoft OneCare from my XP desktop and give eEye Blink a shot for a year.
Hope you get notified of
Hope you get notified of comment posts on old pages - I came back to this after the ZoneAlarm/MSFT hotfix debacle this week and now the lastest version of ZA Firewall won't install 'cos I've CA's eTrust AV loaded. I think it's time to change and eEye looks interesting.
Did you stick with it or did you dump it without telling anyone? Any more comments on Blink?
Rgds,
Don
Don: I never got around to
Don: I never got around to trying Blink. I decided to go with a suite of freeware/Open Source products which I'll list soon. Perhaps someone else can chime in with updated feedback on it.
Todd, You will not be
Todd,
You will not be disappointed with the FREE version of eEye Blink Personal. Of course it is a trimmed down version of the Pro product, but it includes the features that matter to a home user. Don't let the fact that it is FREE for a year throw you, they are competing with some giants in the industry that have a pretty strong hold on the end-users. This will all change once they gain better brand name recognition. I have been using the Pro version of the product and it is absolutely amazing. eEye Blink Pro includes the following:
1) System Firewall
2) Application Firewall
3) Intrusion Prevention
4) Identity Theft Protection
5) Virus & Spyware Protection
6) System Protection
7) Vulnerability Assessment (eEye Retina - Vulnerability Scanner)
8) Trusted & Banned IP List
9) BOTNET Protection
The Pro can be used stand-alone or managed via eEye REM, an Enterprise level EndPoint Management, Reporting, and Deployment solution for Blink & Retina. You can compare this product to any other on the market, and no one else comes close to the features they have packed into this product.
The eEye Blink Pro version only costs $59.00 and is worth every penny! Try the free version, but I guarantee you will purchase the real thing before the FREE year subscription has expired! And, your system will be more secure and virus free!
BTW: I don't work for eEye, it just sounds like I do :)
I give this software a test
I give this software a test run to see what its like
Cheers
Britec - http://www.britec.org.uk
Thanks for your detailed
Thanks for your detailed comments about eEye, Brian. eEye should definitely consider you for a VP of Marketing position :-)