Posted by Monte Robertson on Fri, Jun 11, 2010 @ 06:11 AM
Sets record of 45 straight Awards
Eset NOD32 has secured its 62nd VB100 award from Virus Bulletin, the world's leading independent antivirus software comparison testing group. ESET leads all antivirus software vendors with a record setting, 45 straight VB100 awards.
Virus Bulletin first introduced the VB100 award in 1998, and conducts several antivirus software comparatives every year, rotating platforms tested between Linux, Windows, Windows servers and Novell Netware.
This Virus Bulletin 100% test report was conducted on the Windows Server 2008 R2 platform. 33 antivirus software products participated in the tests, 24 succeeded with a 100% award and 9 failed.
In order to display the VB100 logo, the antivirus software must meet two criteria: (1) Demonstrate it detects all "In-the-Wild" viruses (viruses with known signatures), during both on-demand (you demand, it scans), and on-access (real time), scanning tests; and, (2) Generate no false positives when scanning a set of clean files.
Since the inception of the VB100 awards in 1998, ESET's NOD32 antivirus software continues to boast a success rate of over 97 percent - the industry's highest. Most antivirus vendors have success ratios in the 50 - 75 percent range across all operating systems.
"Detection rates were excellent, showing a continuation of the upward trend seen in the last few tests," said John Hawes, Virus Bulletin. "No false alarms were noted and the WildList was handled flawlessly, earning ESET yet another VB100 award."
ESET's NOD32 is powered by ThreatSense® technology, an advanced heuristics engine that enables proactive detection of malware not covered by even the most frequently updated signature-based products.
Unlike traditional approaches, ESET's antivirus software solutions decode and analyze executable code in real-time, using an emulated environment. By allowing malware to execute in a secure virtual world, ESET is able to clearly differentiate between benign files and even the most sophisticated and cleverly-disguised malware.
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Posted by Monte Robertson on Mon, Jun 07, 2010 @ 05:24 PM
I remember NOD32 Antivirus Software version 1.x. It was a very basic interface yet still a great piece of Antivirus Security Software. As the world changes it is important to note that change is change, sometimes it is good, sometimes, not so much.
ESET has begun phasing out NOD32 Antivirus version 2.7. Version 2.7 had an extremely light footprint (14MB) and a blazing fast scanner. NOD32 2.7 was great for computers without many resources. This is the majority of the older (>3 years) computers, and these days any current computer with less than 1GB of RAM installed.
The reason it was lightweight is because ESET had not yet bent to the pressures of moving from the early adopters to the main stream antivirus software buyers. That is code for "there were not a lot of bells and whistles in the program". This is the curse of all Antivirus Software, trying to "keep up with the Jones' by adding bells and whistles, thus going for bigger main stream bucks.
Antivirus software should be small, no frills and just WORK in the background. We don't want gadgets, we want protection!
But we, the reviewing public, Gartner, PC-x and other powerful industry reviewers keep insisting on features and fancy GUI interfaces, just because we can. That ends up working against the productivity of the Antivirus engine. It is no wonder Antivirus Software is under scrutiny. But I digress...
Current NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 customers are invited to upgrade to ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2 for free. ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4.2 offers the most current proactive protection technology, is easier to use and has more advanced options for power users (think bells & whistles).
NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 customers will continue to be protected with signature updates until February 1, 2012, but are advised to upgrade to the latest version as soon as possible. Engine updates will likely stop well before the end of life date of 2/1/2012.
NOD32 version 2.7 end of life timeline:
2/1/2010 - NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 software was removed from the ESET website.
ESET no longer sells NOD32 Antivirus 2.7.
February 1, 2012 - Virus signature database updates for NOD32 Antivirus 2.7 will be discontinued. ESET will no longer provide technical support for NOD32 Antivirus 2.7.
So long old friend, you will be sorely missed.
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