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Compare Detection Rates and Performances

In antivirus comparisons, ESET consistently outperforms the competition with outstanding results in detection and performance tests, making it the clear choice for your network's security solution. Given the sheer volume of malware that exists today, it’s essential to have the best virus protection software possible. See how ESET network security solutions compare to products from other global vendors in detection and performance.


Industry Leading with the Most Virus Bulletin Awards

Virus Bulletin Awards
Success ratio (%)
Selected Antivirus Vendors (not a complete list)
Source: www.virusbtn.com, May 1998 - January 2012

Since the inception of VB100 awards in 1998, ESET's antivirus products continue to boast a success rate of over 97 percent — the industry's highest.

To receive a VB100 award, product must detect all the In-the-Wild viruses while generating zero false positives. ESET NOD32 has never missed an In-the-Wild virus.

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Low Network Traffic Overhead

Daily Network Traffic - Overhead
Size of average daily updates (MB)
Selected Antivirus Vendors (not a complete list)
Source: www.passmark.com, June 2010

Daily network traffic can have a huge impact on the corporate network. All security solutions require the latest signatures and engine updates in order to provide managed networks the best possible protection against malware. However, not all security software are equal, with some products performing incremental updates and others downloading much more. ESET’s daily network traffic is only 4 MB.

 


More System Resources Available to Perform Tasks

Memory Consumption
Memory consumption (MB)
Selected Antivirus Vendors (not a complete list)
Source: www.passmark.com, June 2010

Security products that require extensive memory usage have a significant impact on endpoint system performance, causing more reliance on hard disk drives, which have slower read and write speeds than RAM. Business security products that use more memory will cause visibly slower performance on affected endpoints. ESET outperforms the competition in this category.

 


Small Local Database

Local Database
Size of local antimalware database (MB)
Selected Antivirus Vendors (not a complete list)
Source: www.passmark.com, June 2010

ESET Smart Security is not taxing the operating system and provides maximum level of protection in the default configuration. The signature database is three times smaller than the industry average, thanks to the optimized scanning engine utilizing sophisticated heuristic methods.

 


Won't Slow Down Performance

Faster Copying
File copy speed (lower is better)
System slowdown (%)
Selected Antivirus Vendors (not a complete list)
Source: www.passmark.com, June 2010

With ESET security solutions protecting the computer, the system runs smoothly and more effectively. The graph on the left shows the impact of leading antivirus solutions on copying both small and large files.