Previously I’ve tested and reviewed free Rising Antivirus. In my opinion, it is a very good antivirus which I will prefer to use if I had to choose between AVG and Rising Antivirus. However, many people would avoid using Rising Antivirus just because it is developed in Beijing China, where the 2008 Olympics will be held, as there are news saying that China is a home to half of all malicious websites. I think this perception is wrong.
Anyway, different people has different thinking and I don’t want to argue about that. I am here to do what I do best, which is to find interesting stuff and share with you guys everyday without fail. Today I will share with you another free antivirus which I discovered and this AV is developed in United States. It is made by a very well known vulnerability and security research company called eEye Digital Security. Let’s check it out…
Blink Personal provides home PC protection plus Internet Security. Including all-in-one antivirus, antispyware, antiphishing, identity theft protection, plus personal firewalls.Blink’s interface is intuitive and easy to use because it resembles Windows XP’s streamlined Control Panel, and icons include summaries of configuration details.
Blink Personal Features:
Firewall – Controls network traffic to and from this system, permitting or denying communications based on a set of rules. Virus and Spyware Protection – Performs in-memory protection and disk scanning for computer threats such as viruses, worms, trojans, adware and spyware. Intrusion Prevention – Monitors network activities for malicious or unwanted behavior and reacts in real-time to block or prevent those activities. Vulnerability Assessment – Scans the local machine and identifies missing patches, misconfigurations and poor security settings. System Protection – Provides proactive, host-based security against zero-day attacks.
Is Blink FREE?
There are 2 versions of Blink, the Personal and Professional edition. The Blink Personal Edition normally cost $24.95 and the Professional edition cost $29. Currently eEye is giving away their Blink Personal edition for you to use for a year if you live in the United States and Canada, or for 30 days if you live outside of these countries. I’ve tried setting my clock few months ahead and it tells me that my license has expired. The weird thing is when I hit the back button and then the Next button to re-enter the old serial number, it allows me to use Blink Personal Edition again.
Is Blink effective against computer security threats?
I’ve tested Blink against a few public version of trojans which can be detected by other antivirus program and it can immediately warns me that a backdoor is found. Unfortunately Blink is unable to detect any backdoor when I tested it with private version of trojan. A private version of trojan is meant to avoid being detected by an antivirus program. If the antivirus fails to detect it, then I can say that its heuristic detection is not that good. One thing I can be sure of is Blink can protect you from most of zero day exploits and vulnerabilities.
Is Blink light on system resources?
From the official website, it mentioned that Blink is extremely lightweight and the Blink endpoint protection agent runs at around 60MB. From Sysinternals Process Explorer, I see that there are 4 processes that belongs to Blink. All 4 processes takes up 124MB memory usage! That is a freaking bloated internet security software and they dare to say that Blink is EXTREMELY lightweight?
So there’s my review on eEye Blink Personal Edition. Now you tell me whether would you use Blink Personal Edition to protect your computer against internet security threats?
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it sounds good i will try this once, can you give me the basic speed information for this software please
thank you
First off, 124mb of RAM usage for an “All-in-one” security application is hardly anything! Try using any other “All-in-one” security application; especially something like McAfee or Symantec and then compare your results!
Second of all, all this talk about “Rising Antivirus” being better. *chuckles* Rising Antivirus will not protect you from a Zero Day vulnerability in software from being exploited like Blink is able to. You really need to get your facts straight on what your stating.
Pure detection rates (on signature products) don’t mean sh** anymore, it is about protecting a system from vulnerabilities. What do you think is targeted to allow Malware to download and install itself on your system!? … Vulnerabilities are!
Hey Ray, Thank You Very Much,
never huh ! the best anti-virus is rising internet security 2009 loll it’s better than norton, eset, avira, avast, yess it’s a very gd protection application :D:D:D
Here is a post that I made explaining Blink.
please PC Security registration code
Just to add that I tested Rising Antivirus earlier today and it missed a number of viruses. It may work in China but not so well in the UK.
“That is a freaking bloated internet security software and they dare to say that Blink is EXTREMELY lightweight?”
He he, this made me chuckle.
Yes, Rising antivirus is underrated and very good, smooth to use, and woks great with the best firewall of them all, Comodo!
You run a fantastic site, btw
Hello Raymond,
First of all, You are doing an Excellent job Raymond! Love your work. I wish I had your talent.
The 5 blogs I visit every day to keep up are….
raymond.cc.
Life hacker,
downloadsquad,
betanews,
majorgeek
ok….
Raymond said
\”As much as I detest China for being ONE of the country that has the highest rate of piracy for nearly everything, Rising Software is NOT a chinese software. They have office in Australia, USA, Canada, Germany, Italy and Singapore.\”
Not according to Cisco |
newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_01-18b.html
Where is Rising Stars coroprate headquarters? Al queda from what i know has offices in the United States, Au, Singapore and Germany. does that make them not threatening?
discuss..
I do know there are countries that do hate us. I like to use common sense and ALWAYS keep this in mind, Its called Wisdom, Understanding the knowledge you have and using it.
One note about China, I hear 15000+ Chinese a DAY are becoming Christians. Those are my brothers and sisters so I do not hate China, hey maybe some of the execs in Rising Tech. Co. Ltd are Christians?!
Hurrayyyy to your posts!!!! It’s definitely enjoyable
Not to be too nit picky, but the Blink AV is not developed in the United States. It is actually Norman AV that is used in the Blink Suite, although I believe it is an older scanning engine. But Norman hails from Norway.
This blog\’s the best!!!!
Your great bro! I will just wait for another one from your future exploration of a better computer security. Just keet it coming.
can u send me the subscription key for norton antivirus 360 version 2.0
can u send me norton 360 antivirus version 2.0 subscripton key.it is either of 25 or 30 digits.
It just happens that several of past posts are about protection. so what? Next time there will be concentration in some other type of utility. That\’s the way it is.
Thanx a lot bro ray. U ar helping us a lot.
Keep continuing.
Can A- squared antimalware detect private trojans?
I just had a chat with a Chinese friend in China, who pointed out that Rising is the most popular AV in China and for good reason: it spots all the viruses created there, whereas lots of “foreign” AV software doesn’t.
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Your blog is great Raymond,and im also very interesting in Security software,im using Bullguard do you know anything about it,ive been using it for 3years,and they have a great support,and remote assistant also.
nah ill pass for 30 days protection– plus your info on what it does & doesnt do , . i visit here everyday to hear your thoughts Raymond ,keep doing what your doing :)
Thanks for your everyday effort.
Protection as said is most important.
But no thanks at this consumption.
Keep up A hell of A good job.
thanks
karel
Computer security is part and parcel of computer world…Thanks for the info, Raymond. Keep it coming.
Very nice but i think im gonna try Rising Antivirus sounds better…. hehehe thx alot Raymond like always
Ha ha ha this review is funny, sarcastic … Thank you
Hey Raymond when we are online PC protection is important so please do continue exploring security software
-Thanks
Thanks Ray, I do believe I’ll give this one a miss ! LOL.
Anyway, Ray, the protection of computer is essential, so please continue to explore
Security is part of computing and also happens to be my interest. I started this blog to record down what I found and learn about computers. Why do I get the feeling you HAVE to pay to read what I write? It’s free isn’t it?
hey raymond..
thanks…your blog is excellent!
Thanks for the info Raymond. But I think Rising Antivirus is better than this.
… this used to be a computer blog, now it’s a protection blog… we all have enough security software to last a lifetime…
Hey Raymond i would definitely not use Blink hogs memory like anything and not even detecting threats effectively…….