Hi,
It is accessible to a degree and I was using it as recently as February.
though areas like quarantine couldn't easily be interacted upon nor could
you read the results window of a scan of a drive or single file easily if at
all which again harkens back to what Merv was saying. So while it's main
window is still better than others how useful is any suite if you can't read
your results and make decisions accordingly. the one thing I will say for
vipre is that at least they offer the means to call US based tech support
who are willing to help while acknowledging that accessibility isn't what it
once was for their products. So you do have some recourse without incurring
any extra cost. Still it is a sad state of affairs.
Robin
-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Wocher
Sent: Monday, April 3, 2017 1:10 PM
To: av-a11y@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [av-a11y] Re: PC Magazine's Top Antivirus Programs for 2017
Hello,
Have you tried Vipre anti virus? The last time i used it was last year
sometime and it was accessible.
Regards,
Greg Woher
On Apr 3, 2017, at 12:01 PM, Merv Keck <blind5sparrow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Web Root does have serious issues. Or it did last time I used it which was 2015. I always loved Bit Defender and used it for many years. I hated to stop using it but was forced to abandon it when I started losing my vision back in 2007. It was one of the first really good security suites to embrace the cloud, and also to be very non-accessible. Since then I have seen both Vipre and Kaspersky Internet Security go from being accessible to not accessible. It is a real shame. Because I have never hesitated to pay for excellent security suites.
I'm well aware from reading the tech magazines and following the tech lists and social media that everyone has their favorite antivirus program or suite. And many are willing to defend their choice with all exuberance. I don't care! I go with what is good, what is accessible, an what works for me personally. If some magazine gives it five stars and it is not accessible it does not work for me. If some Accessibility specialist give it five stars and it does not work for me then it is no good to me.
Kaspersky worked great for several years. And it was a highly rated application. As well as very accessible. I had the best of both worlds. Accessibility and functionality. Now Kaspersky Internet Security no longer works for me. If it still works for 98% of the sighted community and 75% of the blind community that is awesome. But I'll use a mediocre Windows Defender until I find something else because it is better than not having anything at all.
And having a five star application that I could not use was like having nothing at all. Because I could not scan a file or folder. I could not make a rule or exclusion. And I could not read a report of the latest scan.
I'm still searching for something to replace my recently uninstalled Kaspersky Internet Security. But for now I'll just have to depend on Defender and firewall. And be very cautious. And hope I can find a good and accessible solution. But I'm not holding my breath.
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From: av-a11y-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:av-a11y-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brenda
Sent: Sunday, April 2, 2017 5:48 PM
To: av-a11y@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [av-a11y] Re: PC Magazine's Top Antivirus Programs for 2017
I don't think any in the top 10 are accessible, and I have read on several lists Webroot has serious conflicts with screen readers.
Time doesn't permit me to read all 46 programs that pc magazine
recommends, so not sure where Sophos Home and viper are on the list. I
read a review last year where it was said that you could do better than
sophos. But, if a program isn't accessible it is probably better to
have a good program that is accessible rather than one in the top 10.
Just curious where Defender falls.
brenda
On 4/2/2017 5:33 PM, David Goldfield wrote:
PC Magazine's review of Kaspersky several years back was one of the
factors which caused me to switch to that product. They have detailed
reviews of the top antivirus programs for 2017, updated on March 3, so
it's pretty recent. Kaspersky still gets high ratings, as did Bit
Defender and Norton. Those are three out of five editor's choice
awards, although they reviewed 46 different products. They will tell
you everything you'd want to know regarding the various pros and cons
of each package, although you won't get information as to how it works
with NVDA, JAWS or your screen reader of choice.
I should point out that I've used corporate versions of Symantec's
security software and I find them to be 100% accessible with screen
readers. However, this is not the same as their Norton products for
home users and so I have no idea as to the level of accessibility you
would find in those products.
Here's the link with PCMag's reviews. It's a lot of information to
wade through but may be worth it, at least for the top five editor
choice products.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372364,00.asp
