Recognitions

SC Magazine

2012 Reader Trust Award

ESET Smart Security has been recognized as the Best Anti-Malware Management solution after proving the product’s success and overall impact to the Reader Trust Voting Panel who are SC Magazine readers that are high-lever IT security executives.

AV-Comparatives

2011 Top Rated Product

ESET NOD32 Antivirus has achieved excellent overall results in 2011 AV-Comparatives tests earning Top Rated Product of 2011 award.

AV-Comparatives

2011 Best Overall Speed

For the consistently low impact on system performance, ESET NOD32 Antivirus has earned Best Overall Speed award from AV-Comparatives.

AV-TEST

2011 Best Usability

ESET Smart Security 5 won Best Usability 2011 Award by AV-TEST among 18 other vendors. The award is given based on ESS’s performance in terms of minimizing notification messages, false positives and overall low system impact.

Windows IT Pro

2011 Windows IT Pro Editors’ Award

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition was named the Bronze Editors’ Choice winner in “Best Antivirus/Anti-Malware product” category.

Windows IT Pro

2011 Windows IT Pro Community Choice Award

ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition was named the Bronze Community Choice winner in “Best Antivirus/Anti-Malware product” category.

PassMark Software

Fastest, Best Overall Performance

ESET Smart Security Business Edition ranked first in an independent review by PassMark Software and was recognized for the "fastest, best overall performance".

73 Virus Bulletin VB100 Awards

ESET NOD32 Antivirus has achieved more Virus Bulletin VB100 Awards than any other product. In order to get awarded, product must detect all In-the-Wild viruses while reporting no false positives. ESET NOD32 has never missed an In-The-Wild virus.

Highest Rating, Advanced+

ESET has more “Advanced+” awards in retrospective tests than any other vendor. To receive this highest ranking, product has to have excellent excellent detection rates and low false positives.  

2011 Readers Choice Awards

Readers vote on the best business-grade desktop and server antivirus and antispyware products.  "Whoever believes commoditization drained innovation and competition from the enterprise antimalware market clearly hasn’t been paying attention to ESET. The Slovakian firm and its NOD32 Antivirus product leapfrogged its way to the top the 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards."

Readers Trust Awards 2010 Finalist

ESET has been long recognized by SC Magazine's reviewers and readers. In January 2009 ESET Smart Security – Business Edition was awarded 5 out of 5 stars. A few months later, it was named finalist for "Readers Choice, Best Anti-Malware Solution".

Most Effective

According to Forbes' Andy Greenberg in 2008, "ESET may be the most effective virus scanner you’ve never heard of."

Software of the Year

ESET Smart Security 4 was awarded “Software of the Year 2009” by PC PRO, a monthly computer magazine published in the United Kingdom.

Kick Ass! Award

ESET is the overall winner of the “Kick Ass! Award” that was issued by the Maximum PC magazine in January 2009.

Best Technical Award for Security Software

Users awarded ESET Smart Security with “Best Technical Award for Security Software” and ESET NOD32 Antivirus placed second (2009).

The Best Security Suite

ESET Smart Security 4 was awarded the top spot in the test comparing fourteen paid security suites with a built-in anti-malware and firewall.

Computer Digest Editor's Choice

In 2010, ESET NOD32 Antivirus was named the winner of Computer Digest Editor's Choice award in the category of antivirus software.

2011 Global Customer Value Enhancement Award in Endpoint Security

Based on the findings of their Best Practices research, Frost & Sullivan's global research organization of 1,800 analyst presented the 2011 Global Customer Value Enhancement Award in Endpoint Security to ESET.

China IT Brand Fengyun Bang Editor's Choice Award

In the April 2009 issue of the Chinese Popular Computer Week magazine, ESET NOD32 was the only antivirus product on the list to receive the "2008/2009 Editor's Choice Award."

In May 2010, ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition was awarded with the "Citrix Ready" certification. This certification confirms that the solution works effectively on Citrix XenApp virtual environments.

ICSA Labs certifies ESET NOD32 Antivirus on Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 in both detection and cleaning.  In addition, ESET is the first and only company in the world with ICSA antivirus certification for ESET NOD32 Antivirus Business Edition for Mac OS X.

In September 2010, ESET Smart Security received the VMware Ready certification, which ensures that ESET is fully compatible with the VMware environment.

Each quarter, AV-Test.org tests security products in the areas of protection, repair and usability.  ESET met all the requirements and achieved certification for Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista Operating System. 

After extensive testing and evaluation, the CheckVir laboratory certified ESET with the Highest Advanced Rank (2008).

In 2009, ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 and ESET Smart Security obtained the “Compatible with Windows 7” logo.

ESET Smart Security and ESET NOD32 Anitvirus have both garnered OPSWAT Certification. This certifies that these ESET products are verified interoperable with solutions from leading technology.