AV-Comparatives named ESET the "Best Antivirus Product" the last two years as they know it's proactive, precise technology—not brand names—that stops malware. And ESET NOD32® Antivirus is the best virus protection available.
Direct comparisons with other antivirus solutions tell the story better than we ever could.
ESET NOD32® Antivirus consistently proves itself to be the best antivirus software, clearly ranking higher in detection, size and speed when compared to its competitors.
Compare antivirus solutions and see what happens when ESET goes up against Symantec, McAfee Trend and more. Discover why ESET is the most proactive, precise, lightweight and fast solution—and the best choice for home and business use.
Best Antivirus Software for Detecting and Eliminating Known and Evolving Threats
- Approximately 80% of threats discovered by ESET are proactively detected using ThreatSense® heuristics . For example, all variants of MyDoom, Netsky, Bagle and Mytob were detected heuristically—well before other vendors had issued a signature.
- When it comes to "In-the-Wild," virus detection, no one even comes close, as the following chart illustrates.
Over the past ten years, ESET has collected 52 VB100 awards—more than any other vendor.
Due to its highly proactive, on-demand detection rate and low false positives, ESET NOD32® Antivirus consistently receives the highest possible rating—ADVANCED+—from AV-Comparatives.org, an independent research group.
You might think something so powerful would tax your resources. But quite the opposite is true. Because of its highly optimized code and light system footprint, ESET NOD32® Antivirus includes one of the fastest scanners in the industry, as the following charts clearly illustrate.
West Coast Labs is one of the world's leading independent test facilities, specializing in product testing and certification for security technology vendors. West Coast Labs performs Checkmark certification, a highly regarded certification program, that provides end users with confirmation of a security product's effective functionality and performance. ESET products currently hold eighteen Checkmark certifications.
In September '08, West Coast Labs tested business anti-malware products from six leading vendors and compared product performance and impact on system performance. ESET Smart Security (Business Edition) had the lowest system memory usage and the least impact on system and application performance. The following charts compare ESET Smart Security with five other leading anti-malware vendors.
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Add it all up, and it's no surprise that ESET NOD32® was named "Best Antivirus Product" for 2006 and 2007 (read more here).
