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Compare Eset Nod32 to other leading antivirus software
Using the in-depth chart below *, you can compare Eset antivirus software against other leading brands and find out which type will provide the kind of protection you need. The study stands ESET NOD32 Antivirus up to some of the biggest brand names - Symantec, McAfee, Trend Micro and Kaspersky - comparing protection as well as performance.
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| Comprehensive Protection | ESET | Symantec | McAfee | Trend | Kaspersky |
| VB100 Awards for Detection of All In-the-Wild Viruses in the VB Test Sets Without Any False-Alarms (virusbulletin.com, May 1998 - February 2010) |
61 | 52 | 42 | 16 | 49 |
| Advanced+ Awards Tests of Proactive and On-Demand Detection (AV-Comparatives.org, May 2005 - November 2009) Advanced+/Advanced/Standard |
17/2/0 | 8/6/5 | 3/12/4 | 0/0/3 | 12/4/3 |
| Missed In-the-Wild Viruses in Virus Bulletin Tests between May 1998 and February 2010(virusbulletin.com) | |||||
| - On-Access - On-Demand |
0 0 |
31 4 |
71 72 |
73 69 |
35 15 |
| Proactive Detection | |||||
| Proactive Protection by AV-Comparatives (May 2009) | 56% | 35%* | 25% | No Data | 50% |
| Proactive Test by AV-Test.org on 1-Month Old Signatures (January 2008) | 68% | 26%* | 30% | 27% | 24% |
| Performance Advantages | |||||
| Boot Time Overhead Percentage by AV-Comparatives (November 2008) | 12% | 26% | 70% | No Data | 108% |
| File Access Lag Time (virusbulletin.com; August 2008) |
0.02 MB/s | 0.04 MB/s | 0.08 MB/s | No Data | 0.04 MB/s |
| Commit Charge (Clean Systems, West Coast Labs; September 2008) |
100.63 MB | 186.3 MB | 157.93 MB | No Data | 156.12 MB |
| Application Startup Time (Internet Explorer, West Coast Labs; September 2008) |
1.94 seconds | 3.1 seconds | 3.74 seconds | No Data | 2.17 seconds |
| Boot Times (West Coast Labs; September 2008) |
157 seconds | 229 seconds | 187 seconds | No Data | 168 seconds |
| * Norton AV | |||||
Information gained from Eset.ie
"In-the-Wild" viruses are real viruses that have been reported to the Wildlist Organization by at least two independent reporters. When it comes to In-the-Wild virus detection, no one even comes close to ESET as the following chart illustrates.
Information and images gained from Eset.ie
If you are interested in protecting your pc with Eset Antivirus software, We can offer you Eset Nod32 and Smart Security for a price cheaper than go direct to Eset, this is because of the partnership deal we
have with Eset.
Visit the Nod32 Antivirus Page.
Visit the Eset Smart Security Page.
