System Requirements

Written By Marissa Fegan (Super Administrator)

Updated at September 5th, 2025

Your computer must meet the system requirements to run the application effectively.

Note: This product should not be installed on any type of storage media that may be inaccessible at times. This includes network drives, removable drives, hot-swappable drives, USB drives, and FireWire (IEEE 1394) drives that may be disconnected.

 

Supported operating systems (32-bit and 64-bit)

  • Windows 10, Windows 11

Additionally, we recommend at least 1 GB of memory, a broadband Internet connection, and the latest service pack for your version of Microsoft Windows.

Note: Non-Intel architectures of Windows, such as Windows Server 2008 Itanium-edition and Windows on ARM, are not supported.

 

Note: Installations on Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 are not supported.

 

Hardware requirements

  • CPU: 1GHz (dual core processor recommended)
  • RAM: 1GB
  • Hard disk space: 2GB

Miscellaneous

  • A web browser
  • Internet access for updates (Broadband recommended)

Note: The requirements below apply only to VIPRE Advanced Security

 

Supported Email Clients (applies to )

  • Microsoft Outlook 2007 or newer, including Outlook 2013
  • Other email products that use SMTP/POP3 for sending and receiving messages, including Windows Live Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, and many others.