ESET
NOD32 Antivirus and ESET
Smart Security (built
with the same
ThreatSense engine as
ESET NOD32 Antivirus)
have consistently been
rated as the best
protection against
zero-day threat and
attacks by the world's
leading proactive
antivirus testing
organizations:
AV-Comparatives.org
— an Austrian research
lab that performs
retrospective tests.
AV-Test.org — a
joint-research project
of the University
Magdeburg and AV-Test
GmbH.
AV-Comparatives.org
The independent testing
institution,
AV-Comparatives.org, is
an antivirus research
project coordinated by
Andreas Clementi with
the support of the
Innsbrucker
Kompetenzzentrum /
Computernotdienst. The
AV-Comparatives.org May
2008
"Retrospective/Proactive
Antivirus Test"
compared 16 different
antivirus products'
abilities to proactively
identify the increasing
complexity and nature of
the zero-day
threat. The
stringent testing used
recent "In-the-Wild"
samples and a variety of
other malware, Trojans,
viruses and worms
affecting Windows and
other operating systems.
To effectively test the
products for proactive
detection, the
organization used new
malware samples, and
tested them against the
products without
updating the antivirus
signatures.
Out of numerous antivirus products tested across multiple categories, ESET NOD32 Antivirus earned the status of "The Best Proactive On-demand Detection" and "The Best Overall Speed Performance" for 2008.
ESET NOD32 Antivirus consistently receives the highest possible rating—ADVANCED+—from AV-Comparatives.org.
AV-Test.org
AV-Test is a
joint-research project
of the University
Magdeburg and AV-Test
GmbH. The
Otto-von-Guericke
University Magdeburg is
located in Germany and
has over 13,500
students. The tests are
conducted in the
research labs at the
Workgroup Business
Information Systems at
the Institute of
Technical and Business
Information systems.
Currently, the virus
test lab has two
professors and
approximately fifteen
students working
regularly on virus
replication, analysis
and tests of antivirus
products. AV-Test GmbH
is a security
consultancy company with
a special focus on
computer virus
incidents.
Source: Dirk Knop,
Jürgen Schmidt: "Auf der
Pirsch: 17
Antivirenlösungen under
Windows Vista and XP"
(Going Hunting: 17 AV
solutions for XP and
Vista). c't 01/2008,
pp.92-103, Verlag Heinz
Heise, Hanover, Germany.
ESET NOD32 Antivirus's heuristics still remain undefeated. With one-month old signatures, the scanner found nearly 70% of the threats. Even the inexperienced users can modify the settings easily. ESET NOD32 Antivirus's fast scanning speed is a definite positive, finishing the tests quickly while keeping a good detection rate of Zoo viruses. Small size of update files, fast scanning speed and accurate detection make it an all-round winner in the leading group of antivirus programs.
