Competitive Advantages
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ESET products remain the best virus protection available in 2011, whether it's ESET NOD32 Antivirus or ESET Smart Security (built with the same ThreatSense® engine as ESET NOD32 Antivirus).
AV-Comparatives named ESET NOD32 Antivirus the "Best Antivirus Product" in 2006 and 2007 as they know that proactive, precise technology —not brand names— stop malware. ESET NOD32 Antivirus was then awarded "The Best Proactive On-demand Detection" and "The Best Overall Speed Performance" for 2008.
Direct comparisons with other antivirus solutions tell the story better than we ever could.
Also, using the in-depth chart below, you can compare antivirus software 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 .
| Comprehensive Protection | ESET | Symantec* | McAfee | Avira | Kaspersky |
| VB100 Awards for Detection of All In-the-Wild Viruses in the VB Test Sets Without Any False-Alarms (virusbulletin.com, May 1998 - Jun 2011) | 68 | 55 | 43 | 28 | 55 |
| Advanced+ Awards Tests of Proactive and On-Demand Detection (AV-Comparatives.org, May 2005 - Dec 2010) | 14 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Missed In-the-Wild Viruses in Virus Bulletin Tests (virusbulletin.com, May 1998 - Dec 2010) | |||||
| - On-Access/On-Demand | 0/0 | 31/4 | 77/78 | 124/898 | 36/16 |
| Proactive Detection Click to learn more | |||||
| Proactive Treat Dectection (AV-Comparatives.org, May 2010) | 52% | 43% | 38% | No Data | No Data |
| Proactive Treat Dectection (virusbulletin.com, Apr 2010) | 78% | No Data | 66% | 62% | 77% |
| Performance Advantages Click to learn more | |||||
| Boot Time (PassMark, Sep 2010) | 25.9 seconds | 26.9 seconds | 32 seconds | No Data | 32 seconds |
| File Access Lag Time (virusbulletin.com; Apr 2010) | 32.5 s/MB |
57.5 s/MB |
220 s/MB |
No Data | 90 s/MB |
| Commit Charge (Clean Systems, West Coast Labs; Sep 2008) | 100.63 MB | 186.3 MB | 157.93 MB | No Data | 156.12 MB |
| Application Startup Time (Internet Explorer, West Coast Labs; Sep 2008) | 1.94 seconds | 3.1 seconds | 3.74 seconds | No Data | 2.17 seconds |
| Boot Time (West Coast Labs; Sep 2008) | 157 seconds | 229 seconds | 187 seconds | No Data | 168 seconds |
| * Norton AV | |||||
"ESET is the worthy winner of yet another VB100 award, thus maintaining NOD32's position as the product with the largest number of VB100 awards." John Hawes, Virus Bulletin magazine, October 2009
Number of VB100 Awards Won |
"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.
Number of Undetected Threats
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