ESET Press Center

Awards, Certifications and Accolades

Windows IT Pro

2011 Editors' Best and Community Choice Award Winner by Windows IT Pro Magazine

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

SC Magazine

Readers Trust Awards 2012 Finalist

2012 Finalist in Best Anti-Malware Management for the SC Awards

Information Security Magazine

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."

Parents Tested Parent Approved

Seal of Approval

ESET Smart Security 5 received the esteemed PTPA (Parents Tested Parent Approved) Seal of Approval, the most publicized and highly recognized award seal in North America.

Virus Bulletin

71 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.

AV-Comparatives

Most "Advanced+" Awards

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

CNET

Editors' Choice Award

The coveted CNET Editors' Choice award recognizes outstanding consumer electronics that represent the best available choice for quality, performance, design, service, value, and its logo is a mark of excellence denoting the best possible investment for consumers.

Frost & Sullivan

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.

Maximum PC

Kick Ass! Award

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

West Coast Labs

West Coast Labs' Checkmark certifications are given based on products' ability to detect and remove threats. ESET currently holds Checkmark certifications in both detection and removal of infections, all together 18 certifications by West Coast Labs.

PC Home

Best Performance Award

In 2009, ESET NOD32 won the "Best Performance Award" from PC Home demonstrating minimum resource usage and excellent product performance.

Recognitions

Inc. 500

Leadership Recognition

Every year the Inc. 500 celebrates the remarkable achievements of today's entrepreneurial superstars – the men and women leading the 500 fastest-growing private companies in America. For the past three years, ESET has been named a member of this exclusive club.

PCDIY

In 2008, ESET NOD32 Antivirus was recommended as the best from PCDYI, one of the most popular computer magazines in Taiwan, especially popular with heavy users of computer software.

NOVA

Most Recommended Software

NOVA is one of most important 3C channels in Taiwan. NOVA investigates the best choice from the shoppers who frequently buy software and computer peripherals every year. ESET NOD32 Antivirus was recommended by most shoppers as their favorite antivirus software.