When new viruses, worms and other malicious attacks strike,
traditional signatures are
insufficient. Every minute you wait for an update is another
minute that your computer and network are vulnerable to
damage, infection, or identity theft. ThreatSense®Heuristics
closes the window of vulnerability by safely identifying and
stopping malware as it attempts to run on your computer.
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 2009 "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
