Release Notes for VIPRE Home Hotfix - Oct 15, 2020

Written By Marissa Fegan (Super Administrator)

Updated at September 11th, 2023

Product release information for VIPRE Advanced Security for Home and VIPRE Antivirus Plus for Home version 11.0.5.314 Hotfix on October 15, 2020.

What's New

Older versions of the Transport Layer Security protocol (TLS 1.0 & TLS 1.1) are not as secure as they once were. As a result, VIPRE is phasing out support on both email and web application connections using anything older than TLS 1.2.

This release includes security and privacy improvements for our Web Filtering (URL Scan) and our Anti-Phishing (Email Protection) features by switching support to TLS 1.2.

Important Note

Please note, Windows 7 and Windows 8 do not have TLS 1.2 enabled by default so our Web Filtering (URL Scan) and Anti-Phishing (Email Protection) features will stop working until TLS 1.2 is enabled. Please see Microsoft's website for directions on how to enable TLS 1.2: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/mem/configmgr/core/plan-design/security/enable-tls-1-2-client. If you have any issues with this process, please reach out to Support here.

Special Instructions

To manually check for this update in VIPRE Advanced Security:

  1. Click Manage in the top menu then select Updates in the left-side menu
  2. Under Software Updates, click Check Now
  3. If a software update is available, click Install
  4. The VIPRE Setup window will pop up; click Update Now
  5. The Windows User Account Control window will pop up asking if you want to allow this app to make changes to your system; select Yes
  6. Read the End User License Agreement then click Agree and Continue
  7. Once the update has finished installing, select one of the following options:
    • Continue to VIPRE opens VIPRE Advanced Security and allows you to restart your computer later
    • Restart will restart your computer now to fully enable the latest update

System Requirements

Product or Component Minimum Requirement
Operating System
  • Windows 10* (All Versions)
  • Windows 8.1*
  • Windows 7* (Convenience Rollup)

*32-bit or 64-bit versions

Hardware
  • 2GB of hard drive space
  • 1GB RAM
  • Dual-core processor
  • Internet connection (Broadband recommended)
Email Clients
  • Microsoft Outlook 2019
  • Microsoft Outlook 2016
  • Microsoft Outlook 2013 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Outlook 2010 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft  Outlook 2007 Sevice Pack 3