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ESET NOD32 Antivirus One of Four to Receive AV-comparatives Advanced+ Rating
In a recent report released from AV–comparatives.org, ESET NOD32 is one out of only four antivirus solutions to receive an Advanced+ rating based on results of tests evaluating proactive, on-demand detection of virus/malware, false positive and scanning speed. A total of 15 antivirus solutions were involved in the comparative review. In addition, ESET also won its 41st Virus Bulletin award, extending its industry leading eight-year track record as the vendor with the most awards.
San Diego, CA, November 28, 2006Deer Valley Unified School District Relies on ESET to Protect 6,000 Users
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that Deer Valley Unified School District (USD) has selected ESET NOD32 Antivirus software as the default antivirus solution for its 36 K-12 schools located in Phoenix and five neighboring cities. Currently, ESET software is deployed district-wide across 6,000 personal computers and has been responsible for removing all traces of previous malware infections that plagued the school district prior to switching to ESET. Since implementing ESET software in June of 2005, no computers have been compromised at Deer Valley USD, resulting in an increase in network uptime and end-user productivity for the schools. The deployment of NOD32 software is expected to reach 12,000 computers by 2009.
San Diego, CA, November 20, 2006ESET Voted Best Anti-malware Solution Finalist by SC Magazine Readers
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced it has been named a finalist in the SC Magazine Award program for outstanding achievement in information-technology (IT) security. ESET NOD32 Antivirus software was named in the Reader Trust Award ‘Best Anti-malware Solution’ category of the competition.
San Diego, CA and New York, New York, November 20, 2006Game On! ESET and Matrix Games Team to Protect Gamers with Minimal Impact on System Performance
In an ongoing battle between performance and protection, the following scenario plays out every day around the world: “Jeremy” has invested thousands of dollars optimizing his PC to ensure maximum performance on his favorite games. He has found that his antivirus solution makes his system sluggish, hindering his play. He turns off his antivirus protection so his experience will not be affected, and settles in for competition against his virtual opponents. During play, he receives an instant message and clicks a link that immediately infects his system. Game over.
San Diego, CA and Dallas, TX, November 15, 2006ESET and Tri Synergy Collaborate to Combat Growing Malware Threat among Gamers
In a move that will allow gamers to experience their computer video games at full-throttle and remain protected from malware, ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, and Tri Synergy, a computer and video game co-publishing company, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance. Under terms of the agreement, ESET is offering consumers who purchase select Tri Synergy games a free 30-day trial to download ESET NOD32 software, as well as a special 2-for-1 ESET licensing promotion. ESET offers gamers complete online threat protection in a single integrated solution that does not impact computer performance.
San Diego, CA, November 14, 2006Free Upgrade to ESET Antivirus Software Offers Support for Microsoft Vista and Rootkit Protection
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that its upgrade to ESET NOD32 Antivirus software, version 2.7, with support for Microsoft Windows Vista will be available on Friday, November 17, 2006 The enhanced software is one of the few malware solutions on the market today that is fully compatible with x64 versions of Vista, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. In addition, the upgrade to ESET NOD32 also features enhanced anti-stealth technology that offers more comprehensive protection against rootkits through its ability to see the true state of running processes and the file system. Rootkits enable hackers to maintain control of a compromised system by hiding their presence.
November 8, 2006Vista Support & Rootkit Removal Now Available in NOD32 v2.7 RC
ESET NOD32 v.27 Release Candidate (RC) is Now Available
San Diego, CA, November 1, 2006ESET to Host Inaugural North American Partner Conference
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced it is holding its inaugural North American Partner Conference on November 1-3, 2006, in San Diego. The event will allow ESET executives to deepen relationships with its growing partner base, and learn about evolving customer requirements and partner needs. ESET’s channel partners can look forward to expert education in industry trends and technology as well as enhancements to the sales, marketing and technical support arenas.
October 26, 2006ESET captured on TV at Infosecurity show
While at the yearly Infosecurity tradeshow, TVWorld caught up with Rick Moy, VP Marketing at ESET to discuss the changing landscape of the anti-malware industry. Moy also discusses the factors behind ESET's phenomenal growth rate in an industry that is growing 12% yearly according to IDC.
Dallas, TX, October 17, 2006St. Louis College of Pharmacy Finds the Right Prescription with ESET for Combating Malware
From the EDUCAUSE conference, ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that St. Louis College of Pharmacy has selected ESET NOD32 Antivirus software to protect its student laptops and campus network from evolving malware threats. Following an outbreak of IRC-bot Trojans during the 2005 to 2006 calendar year, the college required a more sophisticated antivirus solution that would proactively protect its technology assets from emerging threats, while offering greater flexibility in scheduled maintenance and administration. Rigorous testing of antivirus solutions led them to ESET antivirus software, which was implemented last spring and is fully deployed across all systems in use by students and staff who returned to school this fall.
San Diego, CA, October 6, 2006ESET Achieves 40th Virus Bulletin 100 Award
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that ESET NOD32 Antivirus received its fortieth VB 100% award in the October 2006 Virus Bulletin Comparative Review. ESET earned its latest VB 100% score in comparative testing of 27 antivirus products running on Windows 2000 Server, further extending its eight-year track record as the vendor with the most awards. Virus Bulletin awards VB 100% scores to products that detect 100 percent of viruses from the WildList without false positives.
San Diego, CA, September 27, 2006ESET Named Finalist for AeA High Tech Awards
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced it has been named a finalist in the software/Internet category for the AeA San Diego 13th Annual High Tech Awards. The awards are given to San Diego-based companies that have demonstrated technological or business innovation, marketplace validation and have made significant contributions to the San Diego community.
September 23, 2006Managing Malware in Higher Education
Managing Malware in Higher Education: Why Colby–Sawyer College switched to NOD32
San Diego, CA, September 22, 2006ESET, LLC 5th Fastest Growing Private Company in San Diego
ESET, LLC the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that it has been named one of the fastest growing private companies in San Diego, and a top 10 winner on the San Diego Fast 100. Based on strong revenue growth of 656 percent from 2003 to 2005, ESET ranked number five on the list of 100 companies. Each year the San Diego Business Journal researches and publishes the list of Fast Growing Private Companies in the San Diego area. The ranking is based on a percentage of revenue increase over a three-year period and identifies the region’s top emerging growth companies.
September 22, 2006ESET, LLC 5th Fastest Growing Private Company in San Diego
ESET, LLC the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that it has been named one of the fastest growing private companies in San Diego, and a top 10 winner on the San Diego Fast 100. Based on strong revenue growth of 656 percent from 2003 to 2005, ESET ranked number five on the list of 100 companies. Each year the San Diego Business Journal researches and publishes the list of Fast Growing Private Companies in the San Diego area. The ranking is based on a percentage of revenue increase over a three-year period and identifies the region’s top emerging growth companies.
San Diego, CA, September 21, 2006Nerds On Site Selects ESET as New Antivirus Provider
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that Nerds On Site has selected ESET as one of its preferred antivirus vendors and has become a new ESET channel partner in the U.S. and Canada. Nerds On Site customers in North American will now have access to ESET NOD32 Antivirus software. Increased demand for innovative online threat protection led to Nerds On Site’s evaluation of new technology to meet customer requirements.
San Diego, CA, September 6, 2006Report Validates Even Hourly Signatures No Match for Heuristics
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced further validation of its ThreatSense® advanced heuristics technology based on the results of a recent test conducted by AV-Comparatives. The results reveal that more frequent antivirus signature updates do not necessarily provide greater protection against malware and cannot replace the job that heuristics does for proactive detection. The AV-Comparatives test compared antivirus release rates and update size through a comparison of four leading antivirus solutions and clearly shows that strong proactive heuristic protection coupled with at least daily signature updates – a hallmark of ESET NOD32 Antivirus software – offers the most comprehensive protection to safeguard users from emerging and existing forms of malware.
San Diego, CA, September 5, 2006Ontario Ministry of Education Protects 350,000 PCs with NOD32
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that the Ontario Ministry of Education (OME) has selected ESET NOD32 Antivirus software to protect more than 350,000 networked computers that are under the direct responsibility of the school boards from malware, spyware and other emerging online threats. School boards can decide to install this provincially licensed product or to use any other product that meets their needs.
San Diego, CA, August 3, 2006NOD32 Wins on Novell Netware
ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced that its NOD32 Antivirus software earned its 39th Virus Bulletin 100% award for flawless detection of in-the-wild viruses. Tested on the Novell Netware platform with a Windows XP client, NOD32 outperformed competitors several times over.
San Diego, CA, July 20, 2006NERCOMP Announces Licensing Agreement with ESET
ESET, the leader in proactive threat protection, today announced that North East Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP) has selected ESET as a preferred vendor based on their award-winning NOD32 Antivirus software. The software is being offered at an introductory price for those members who purchase a minimum of 100 user licenses, discounted up to 54%.
San Diego, CA, July 17, 2006Survey Reveals the Majority of U.S. Adult Computer Users Are Unprotected from Malware
According to a recent survey sponsored by ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, and conducted by Harris Interactive®, homeland computer security should be on high alert. The vast majority of U.S. adult computer users (88%) have an antivirus program installed on their personal computer, but about two in three (65%) have postponed updating their antivirus program, thus leaving them unprotected from the growing maliciousness of today’s online threats. The survey provides a look at the vast naiveté and complacency of today’s computer users with regard to online security.
July 14, 2006PowerPoint the Latest Target of Virus Writers
Microsoft Powerpoint is the latest Microsoft application to be subject a zero-day attack. This new exploit delivers a keylogger to the infected computer in order to steal personal information. ESET director of education, Randy Abrams, was interviewed for this article
July 12, 2006New Virus Pretends to be Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage
A virus posing as Microsoft's anti-piracy software is spreading via AOL's popular Instant Messenger network. Users who click on the "Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Notification" link launch malware that disables the Windows firewall and installs a backdoor.
San Diego, CA, June 24, 2006(NOD32) an extremely fast Hi-Performance Scanning Engine - interview with Randy Abrams
Randy Abrams, Director of Technical Education at ESET, talks about why, with all the many types of internet threats, it is so important to have an extremely fast scanning engine that also has low resource utilization to keep your computer safe. The NOD32 High Performance Scanning Engine has proven to be unique is this category.
San Diego, CA, June 22, 2006NOD32 Antivirus Receives Most Comprehensive Anti-Spyware Certification from Checkmark
ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced that its NOD32 Antivirus software is the first desktop security product to be certified by Checkmark for both preventing and cleaning spyware.
San Diego, CA, June 16, 2006ESET's NOD32 Achieves Highest Level of Certification in Anti-Virus Comparative Test
ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced that its NOD32 Antivirus software earned Advanced+ Certification in the May 2006 Anti-Virus Comparative No. 10 test. The Advanced+ Certification is granted to antivirus products that demonstrate leading proactive detection capabilities with minimal false positives.
San Diego, CA, June 15, 2006ESET NOD32 on Windows XP Achieves Record 38th Virus Bulletin VB 100 Award
ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced that ESET NOD32 Antivirus received its 38th VB 100% award in the June 2006 Virus Bulletin Comparative Review. ESET earned its latest VB 100% score in this test of Windows XP antivirus products, extending its eight-year track record as the vendor with the most awards. Virus Bulletin awards VB 100% scores to products that detect 100 percent of viruses from the WildList without false positives.
June 2, 2006The nature of evolving threats today, with Andrew Lee, CTO.
ESET has launched a series of podcasts to help small and medium sized businesses better understand the nature of tomorrow's evolving threats, and what types of technologies should be evaluated. Listen to Chief Research Officer, Andrew Lee as he's interviewed in this informative podcast.
May 22, 2006Rootkit threats explained by Andrew Lee of Eset
CTO, Andrew Lee talks about the newest and possibly the most dangerous threat to affect us while we are on the Internet, called "Rootkits" and how we can avoid them. What are they, and what makes them so dangerous, and why and how are virus writers and hackers using them?
San Diego, CA, May 22, 2006Eset Delivers Generic Patch for Microsoft Word Vulnerability
Eset, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced its rapid response to the new zero-day exploit against Microsoft Word. After quickly identifying the dangers posed by the new vulnerability, Eset immediately developed the world’s first proactive, generic protection against current and future exploits. As a result, Eset’s NOD32 antivirus software enables users to safely use the popular word-processing application until Microsoft releases an official patch.
San Diego, CA, May 2, 2006ESET Tackles Spyware with NOD32 Version 2.5; Receives Checkmark Certification
ESET, a global security software company providing next generation virus protection, today announced the availability of the newest version of its award-winning flagship product, NOD32 version 2.5, which includes enhanced protection against spyware, adware, phishing and riskware. To-date ESET is one of only two security companies worldwide that have received Checkmark’s certification for anti-spyware. To achieve certification, a product must be able to detect Trojans, key-loggers, cookies and other malware in the West Coast Labs spyware test suite. With the release of NOD32 v2.5, ESET is also launching ThreatSense.NET, an online early warning system that enables fast bidirectional notification of impending threats.
April 24, 2006Eset warns about IRS Phishing Scam
Andrew Lee, ESET LLC CTO, discusses NOD32's proactive approach to preventing the latest phishing attacks, including emails claiming to be from your bank or the IRS.
March 31, 2006ESET NOD32 Antivirus Software Protects Users from Current Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities
ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced that its award-winning NOD32 Antivirus solution is protecting users from recently announced vulnerabilities in Microsoft Corporation's popular Internet Explorer (IE) browser. While Microsoft is developing a patch to fix the vulnerabilities, ESET NOD32 Antivirus software allows users to safely surf the Web without becoming a victim of these vulnerabilities.
March 25, 2006Understanding Proactive Antivirus Tests - Andrew Lee explains how to interpret retrospective tests
Andrew Lee, CTO of ESET LLC explains how retrospective tests identify and measure heuristic capabilities of various antivirus products. Proactive detection of malware is essential in today's environment of evolving and accelerating threats - what do these tests measure, and why they are so important. How anti-threat programs are really tested
San Diego, CA, March 1, 2006ESET Joins Microsoft Virus Information Alliance
ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, has joined the Microsoft Virus Information Alliance (VIA) alongside vendors including McAfee and Symantec. Alliance members assist the Microsoft Product Support Services Security Team in providing Microsoft customers with detailed information about significant viruses that are affecting Microsoft products and its customers.
February 18, 2006Interview on Let's Talk Computers radio with Andrew Lee, CTO of ESET
Andrew Lee, CTO of ESET talks about the newest threats to hit the Internet and gives us invaluable tips and techniques, which allow us to safely surf the Internet without fear of malicious threats and identity theft. Andrew says, "Get smart. The biggest weapon that you have against malware is your own knowledge."
San Jose, CA, February 13, 2006ESET Protects Against Microsoft Media File Vulnerability
ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, today announced the upgrade of its NOD32 Antivirus for Linux. With this release, enterprise and ISP customers benefit from even greater performance and flexibility at their gateway mail servers.
January 9, 2006Safeguarding Businesses - Interview with Randy Abrams
Randy Abrams, Director of Technical Education addresses how to make sure that your company is protected from Viruses, Spyware, Malware, Identity Theft, as well as other Internet pests in the coming year.
San Diego, CA, January 4, 2006ESET Protects Against Microsoft Media File Vulnerability
ESET, a global provider of security software for enterprises and consumers, announced today that its NOD32 protects against a new Windows Metafile (WMF or .wmf) vulnerability for which Microsoft does not yet have an available resolution. Users running Microsoft Windows ME, 2000, XP and Windows 2003 systems are vulnerable to a “loophole” in WMF which enable cyber criminals to take control of online devices and execute malicious code. With a patch from Microsoft pending for January 10, 2006 at the earliest, ESET has made an interim patch available for both customers and non customers.
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