The Security Centre

The Security Centre

NOD32 Antivirus

The latest generation of ESET’s Internet security for businesses, ESET NOD32®, provides proactive protection against increasingly sophisticated and targeted cyber threats. Known for being fast and unobtrusive, it allows you to focus on your business, not your antivirus.

  1. Smart Detection

ESET NOD32 Antivirus uses proactive detection technology to identify malware, providing your system with around the clock protection. Proactive detection relies on advanced heuristics as well as generic and genetic algorithms to detect new malware and new mutations of known malware.

  1. Extremely Light System

Footprint ESET NOD32 Antivirus is so light your users will not even notice it’s running.

  1. Advanced Archive Scanning

Threats don’t always enter where you expect. ESET NOD32 Antivirus can scan into layers of compressed files to ferret out malicious software. Users can control search depth, file size, archive size and timeout of archive scans.

  1. Encrypted Communication Control

Scanning SSL-encrypted HTTP and POP3 protocols and even defeats threats that hide from plain sight.

  1. Enhanced  Portable Computer Support

Enhanced settings for portable computers allow tasks to be postponed when the computer is running on battery power.

  1. ESET SysRescue

Creates rescue CDs, DVDs or USB drives for cleaning unstable, infected systems.

  1. ESET Sysinspector™ Integration

Administrators will love our advanced diagnostic tool for taking “deep-dive” snapshots of systems. Files and processes are colour coded in scan logs to make it easy for IT administrators to identify potential threats in the system.

  1. Uninstall Password Protection

Password protection prevents ESET NOD32 Antivirus from being uninstalled by unauthorised employees or visitors.
 

  1. ESET Self Defense and HIPS

ESET NOD32 Antivirus has built-in technology to prevent malicious software from corrupting or disabling it. Unauthorised attempts to modify your OS or applications are actively blocked through a combination of advanced behavioural analysis and network filtering that monitor your system processes, files and registry keys.

  1. Removable Media Access Control

Protects against infections from USB drives, fl oppies, CDs and DVDs.

  1. Improved Cleaning

Cleaning of certain difficult to remove infections has been significantly improved.

  1. Support for Cisco Network Admission Control

Regulatory compliance is simplified with native support for Cisco NAC.

  1. Mirror Updating

Mirror servers make it easy to manage distribution of signature database updates
to all ESET products within the network, saving you valuable time and bandwidth.
 

  1. Proactive Protection

Award winning ThreatSense† technology combines advanced heuristics and malware signatures to deliver the best Zero-Day protection.

  1. Precise Detection

Accurately identifies known and unknown threats. Consistently wins top awards from testing labs. Businesses will bypass false alarms that cause confusion, loss of time and resources.

  1. Lightweight

Built to ensure fast system startup, utilising less system resources than competitors. More room for other business applications to run, increasing employee productivity.

  1. Fast

Highly optimised code ensures file scanning and updates are quick and efficient, maximising work performance.

  1. Remote Administration

Ensures hassle-free installation, centralised administration and seamless updating within a network environment. From five users to hundreds of thousands can be managed through Remote Administrator, saving resources, time and money.

  1. PRODUCT COMPARISON
  ESET v4 Kaspersky Sophos Endpoint McAfee
GENERAL        
Antivirus/Spyware * * * *
Spam/Anti-Phishing * * * *
Two-way Firewall * * * *
Rootkit Detection * * * *
ADVANCED        
Intrusion Detection
System (HIPS)
 HIPS Intrusion Prevention  HIPS -
Removable media
access control
*  *  Device Control -
Self Defense *
Fast Scan Smart Optimalization * Decision Caching -
ENHANCEMENTS        
Rescue Disk SysRescue Recovery CD  *  -  -
System diagnostic utility  SysInspector Security analyzer  -  -
Password Protection  *  *  -  -
Laptop Enhancements  *  -  -  *
Fullscreen Enhancements  * Gamer Edition  -  -
SUPPORT AND UPDATES        
 Free Phone Support * * *  -
 Win 95/98/ME NOD32 v2.7  -  -  -
DETECTION CAPABILITIES        
Heuristic Detection 62% 33% 62%  30%
False Positives  4  9  259  3
Boot Time Percentage Overhead 12%  108%  101%  70%
Scanning Speed on Win08 Server 21 MB/s 10 MB/s 11 MB/s 10 MB/s
Average File Access Lag Time 45 MB 176 MB 123 MB 136 MB